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hamartia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tragic flaw |
| Type of | flaw |
Examples of hamartia
hamartia
The hero's downfall is caused by his hamartia, or tragic flaw, which is normally a fatal mistake of his own making.
From the washingtonpost.com
When Aramaic had to be translated into Greek in editing the New Testament, the Greek word hamartia came to be used.
From the en.wikipedia.org
For Petraeus, it seems more like hamartia, the fatal flaw or error of an honorable man, resulting in disproportionate misfortune.
From the npr.org
I don't care if we're tricked into empathising, even sympathising with her, just so long as we get hamartia, hubris and anagnorisis as well.
From the guardian.co.uk
They emphasized drama on a household scale rather than a national scale, and the hamartia and agon in his tragedies are the common flaws of yielding to temptation and the commission of Christiansin.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Tragic flaw: the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall
- The term hamartia derives from the Greek u1F01u03BCu03B1u03C1u03C4u03AFu03B1, from u1F01u03BCu03B1u03C1u03C4u03ACu03BDu03B5u03B9u03BD hamartu00E1nein, which means "to miss the mark" or "to err". It is most often associated with Greek tragedy, although it is also used in Christian theology. Hamartia as it pertains to dramatic literature was first used by Aristotle in his Poetics...
- The fatal flaw of a literary tragic hero; : sin
- `Error in judgment'. According to Aristotle's Poetics, the cause of the tragic hero's misfortune.
- The tragic flaw or character weakness in a literary character. The word is derived from the Greek verb hamartanein "to miss the mark"
- In literature, the tragic hero's error of judgment or inherent defect of character, usually less literally translated as a "fatal flaw." This, combined with essential elements of chance and other external forces, brings about a catastrophe. ...
- Or "miscalculation" (understood in Romanticism as "tragic flaw")
- Greek, "error," "mistake," "transgression." DOES NOT MEAN FLAW! The hamartia of a noble or lofty character is always what sets tragic action in motion.
- (GK 'error') Primarily, an error of judgement which may arise from ignorance or some moral shortcoming. Discussing tragedy and the tragic hero in Poetics, Aristotle points out that the tragic hero ought to be a man whose misfortune comes to him, not through vice or depravity, but by some error. ...
