hamartia
noun[CorU]
literaryuk/ˌhɑː.mɑːˈtiː.ə/us/ˌhɑː.mɑːrˈtiː.ə/acharacterfaultor amistakethatcausessomeone tofailor bedestroyed:
(导致毁灭的)判断错误;(导致悲剧的)性格弱点Just likeGreektragedy,realityTVplayswithhubrisand hamartia, withfaultyself-images andmistakesthatprovecatastrophic.就像希腊悲剧一样,真人秀电视剧充满了傲慢自大和固有的弱点,错误的自我形象和错误被证明是灾难性的。
- In theplay, Heracles is agreatheroand does manygreatdeeds, but his oneflaw, his hamartia, ismadness, which makes himkillhisfamily.
- Hamartia is thenameused todescribethefatalflawthatbringsabout theundoingof theheroinclassicalGreektragedy.
- True Aristotelian hamartiaariseswhenmistakesorerrorscausetheplotordirectionofactiontochangein atragicway.
- Thisfailuretoactmustleadto achangeinfortunefor themaincharacterinorderfor it totrulybe a hamartia.
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