M12: What is a tra­gic flaw

The term “tra­gic flaw“ re­fers to a trait in a cha­rac­ter that leads to his or her down­fall. Usual­ly the cha­rac­ter – often re­fer­red to as a tra­gic hero – isn’t aware of his or her flaw and doesn’t ex­pect the down­fall. The con­cept can al­re­a­dy be found in Greek tra­ge­dies with hub­ris or hy­bris – mea­ning ar­ro­gan­ce -being the most com­mon tra­gic flaw. The Greek term for this con­cept is ha­mar­tia. It should be em­pha­si­zed, though, that the trait or qua­li­ty con­sti­tu­ting the tra­gic flaw must not be a pu­re­ly ne­ga­ti­ve trait.

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