English to Shona Meaning of hamartia - hamartia

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Definitions of hamartia in English

Noun(1) the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall

Examples of hamartia in English

(1) The terms hamartia and hubris should become basic tools of your critical apparatus.(2) Aristotle's idea that a tragic hero acts from a hamartia or mistake rather than evil intent was distorted into a theory of the so-called tragic flaw and was applied to describe foibles of Hamlet and Othello (jealousy).(3) The tragic hero's reversal inspires pity if it is due not to wickedness of character but rather to some hamartia , by which Aristotle seems to mean some error in action, sometimes blameworthy and sometimes not.(4) The critic Frank Kermode corrected our mistranslation of Aristotle's word hamartia (tragic flaw), suggesting that a more accurate and useful interpretation would be missing the mark.(5) there's supposed to be an action that reveals the protagonist's hamartia(6) Rather, her moment of hamartia comes when she decides to behave in a manner that she knows might destroy her social and familial standing.

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