hamartia in English

noun
1
a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.
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.
noun
    tragic flaw

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1. " Hamartia "?

2. HAmartia definition, tragic flaw

3. ἁμαρτία (hAmartia) — 35 Occurrences

4. HAmartia, (hAmartia from Greek hamartanein, “to err”), inherent defect or shortcoming in the hero of a tragedy, who is in other respects a superior being favoured by fortune

5. HAmartia (n.) "tragic flaw," Greek, literally "fault, failure, guilt, sin" from hamartanein "to fail of one's purpose; to err, sin," originally "to miss the mark," from PIE *hemert-"to miss, fail." "The aspiration must be analogical

6. They address "Aristotle: Life and Work," "Greek Literature as Aristotle Found It," "The Poetics: Hazards of the Text and What Not to Look For," "The Poetics in Aristotle's Philosophical System," "The Poetics: Imitation, Plot, Character," "HAmartia and the Tragic Flaw," "Reversal and Recognition," "Katharsis," "Thought and Language," and "Tragedy and Epic in the Poetics" This Introduction is