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Hamartia is used to describe a variety of flaws or errors, including miscalculation, a hero's tragic flaw, or an unintentional injury.

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What is the term for the hero's mistake in judgment?

Hamartia


The terms hamartia and hubris mean and respectively?

'Hamartia' means a tragic flaw. Hubris is excessive pride.


Which is the term for tragic hero's fatal miscalculation?

Hamartia


Which described what hamartia means?

To Have Tragic Flaw.


The Greek term for the tragic hero's fatal miscalculation is?

hamartia


What does the term "hamartia" mean in Greek?

In Greek, "hamartia" refers to a tragic flaw or error in judgment that leads to a character's downfall in a literary work.


What is the term for the mistake in judgment made by the hero in a Greek tragedy?

Hamartia


The term hamarita refer to?

Hamartia is a fatal flaw This is the leading to the downfall of a tragic hero.


What is the best definition of the term hamartia as it relates to tragedy?

Hamartia is a tragic flaw or error in judgment that leads a character to their downfall in a tragedy. It is a key element in tragic storytelling as it underscores the fatal flaw or mistake that ultimately brings about the protagonist's downfall.


The tragic hero's inevitable miscalculation is known as?

hamartia


What is Creon's 'hamartia' in 'Antigone'?

Issuing his edict is Creon's hamartia in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the term hamartia describes an error or mistake in judgment. Theban King Creon's hamartia is issuing his edict. He knows that the edict contradicts divine will and Theban traditions of below ground burials for all Thebans. But he persists in issuing, enforcing and defending the edict, which puts him on a collision course with the gods.


What is Macbeths hamartia?

Hamartia is a fatal flaw. Macbeth's was his "vaulting ambition".