Georgia proves to be the tragic hero in “Georgia.” The fact that she has been given the gift of a beautiful voice is a tragedy in and of itself. An unfortunate reality many sisters face is constantly being compared to one another their entire lives. The comparison between Sadie and Georgia has been centered on their singing voices since they were very young, with their father deeming Georgia to be the better contender of the two. Unfortunately, the sister given the voice is not the sister who actually wants it. Who lives for it. Who would die for it. Yet Georgia chooses to use her voice as a career. A choice I feel Aristotle would deem an error of judgment. Because of her choice, her relationship with her sister would never be the same again. Georgia will forever be reminded that she has the musical career she admits “I never really wanted,” while having to watch her sister starve for the music career she has. Not only does Georgia have to live with the guilt of being gifted with the better singing voice, but she has to fight the feelings of co-dependency from her sister who is suffering from drug addiction and alcoholism. Aristotle might define Georgia’s guilt as being a reversal in fortune due to Georgia’s decision to build a career from her voice. When Georgia tries to include her sister on the stage despite Sadie’s talent, she ends up wrapping up Sadie’s rendition of “Take Me Back” by Van Morrison as Sadie drunkenly stretches it out for close to eight minutes. Within this moment, Georgia’s entrance on stage to save her sister can be characterized as excessive pride, yet another quality of the tragic hero.
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