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单词 tragic flaw
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tragic flaw
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A tragic flaw is the secret weakness of character that brings about a tragic hero's downfall.
The Greeks had another word for such a character failing, which was hamartia, literally "fault," failure," or "guilt." The term tragic flaw, which originally was used strictly in a literary sense, is now commonly used to refer to anyone whose baser nature gets the better of them. Shakespeare's plays are full of such unfortunate people, perhaps most famously Othello — who, thanks to his rabid jealousy and a little misunderstanding about a handkerchief, ended up killing the love of his life.
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In the eyes of disability advocates, the goals had a tragic flaw: People with disability were an afterthought, if they were thought of at all.
US News(Sep 07, 2016)
These guys’ tragic flaw, if you want to put it in grand and mythical terms, was the need to be famous or be loved.
Los Angeles Times(Jul 06, 2016)
If I were writing the Greek play, I think the tragic flaw was the belief that he was right.
The Guardian(Oct 19, 2015)
n the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall
Syn|Hyper
hamartia
flaw
defect or weakness in a person's character
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