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A tragic flaw is an aspect of an individual's character or personality that brings about that person's downfall or destruction. Typical flaws are pride and uncontrolled passions that disrespect the opinions and positions of others. A good explanation of the cause and the effect is given by the chorus during Antigone's procession to her decreed death sentence inside a walled up cave. The chorus warns her that 'Thy self-willed temper hath wrought thy ruin'.

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