Abstract: This article aims to show how Tristan L'Hermite, in these three tragedies, manages to reconcile the figuration of heroism and the pathos awakened by the death of a righteous man, by constructing political situations in which the legitimacy and stability of power is threatened. While the plays seem to schematically pit a tyrant against his victim, the holders of power are confronted with heroizing circumstances that may lead them to glory or to ethical degradation.
