亚洲网紅露点

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hamartia

[ hah-mahr-tee-uh ]

hamartia

/ 丑蓹藞尘蓱藧迟瑟蓹 /

noun

  1. literature the flaw in character which leads to the downfall of the protagonist in a tragedy
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of hamartia1

First recorded in 1890鈥95; Greek 丑补尘补谤迟铆补 鈥渇ailure, fault,鈥 derivative of 丑补尘补谤迟谩苍别颈苍 鈥渢o miss the mark, fail, err鈥 + -ia noun suffix; -ia
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of hamartia1

C19: from Greek
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I would email her study guides saying 鈥淲hat do you think Oedipus鈥檚 hamartia was? What is your hamartia?鈥澛燽ut when I saw her it was always difficult to work into conversation.

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If you鈥檙e unfamiliar with hamartia, it may sound like the sort of medication your family doctor would prescribe to ward off a series of colds or a massive coronary.

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鈥淎 hamartia?鈥 he asked, the cigarette still in his mouth.

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An instance is provided by Aristotle's famous saying that the typical tragic hero is one who falls from high state or fame, not through vice or depravity, but by some great hamartia.

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Do forgive the remote diagnosis but it鈥檚 clear by now that Maria Sharapova has tested positive for hamartia.

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