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单词 tragic flaw
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Definition of tragic flaw in English:

tragic flaw

noun
  • less technical term for hamartia
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In matching up the tragic hero and the villain, Aristotle indicates that the poet must take care to make the villain's strengths appropriate to take advantage of the hero's tragic flaws.
    • But first, a look at his controversial predecessor, who achieved great things, but also had tragic flaws.
    • My tragic flaw is that I'm not clever enough to figure out if I'm being made fun of or not.
    • It must be their tragic flaws that make them fail to measure up in our eyes.
    • If pop music, as a genre, has a tragic flaw, it is that despite its placement across time, it does not provide any substantive narrative, replacing it instead with repetition.
    • Each of the two have tragic flaws, that result in their downfall.
    • His characters are not black and white: The good people have their tragic flaws, and the bad ones at least firmly believe in their righteousness.
    • Even a positive thing creates a shadow… its unique excellence is at the same time its tragic flaw.
    • And maybe, somewhere deep down, that was his tragic flaw.
    • But they are all human, and that is their tragic flaw - every decision they make, as good as its intentions may be, is but one step closer to a destructive conclusion.
    • There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it.
    • Actually the idea is a tragic flaw if one ever was.
    • To me, it sounds like a gradual, maybe even lifelong, struggle between greatness and tragic flaws.
    • He is an extremely talented man but he has the tragic flaw of hubris.
    • Too much updating may be the tragic flaw here, as lines of dialogue clearly meant to signal fatalistic woe are delivered in knowing, modern tones that undermine the drama.
    • Their tragic flaw, of course, was the relatively arbitrary assignment of these functions to areas, and the belief in the corresponding shape of the skull.
    • Maybe I had hubris - excessive pride - and this was my tragic flaw.
    • Communism, for all its tragic flaws, was at least western in its conception, ideals, and desires.
    • Tragedy is a story or play that has a significant conflict of morals, with a noble protagonist displaying a tragic flaw that is their strength but leads to their downfall.
    • Her tragic flaw, depending on who you talk to in the family, is either stubbornness, selfishness or a love of suffering.

Definition of tragic flaw in US English:

tragic flaw

noun
  • less technical term for hamartia
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In matching up the tragic hero and the villain, Aristotle indicates that the poet must take care to make the villain's strengths appropriate to take advantage of the hero's tragic flaws.
    • There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it.
    • But they are all human, and that is their tragic flaw - every decision they make, as good as its intentions may be, is but one step closer to a destructive conclusion.
    • If pop music, as a genre, has a tragic flaw, it is that despite its placement across time, it does not provide any substantive narrative, replacing it instead with repetition.
    • Even a positive thing creates a shadow… its unique excellence is at the same time its tragic flaw.
    • Tragedy is a story or play that has a significant conflict of morals, with a noble protagonist displaying a tragic flaw that is their strength but leads to their downfall.
    • Communism, for all its tragic flaws, was at least western in its conception, ideals, and desires.
    • Her tragic flaw, depending on who you talk to in the family, is either stubbornness, selfishness or a love of suffering.
    • To me, it sounds like a gradual, maybe even lifelong, struggle between greatness and tragic flaws.
    • But first, a look at his controversial predecessor, who achieved great things, but also had tragic flaws.
    • Their tragic flaw, of course, was the relatively arbitrary assignment of these functions to areas, and the belief in the corresponding shape of the skull.
    • His characters are not black and white: The good people have their tragic flaws, and the bad ones at least firmly believe in their righteousness.
    • Actually the idea is a tragic flaw if one ever was.
    • My tragic flaw is that I'm not clever enough to figure out if I'm being made fun of or not.
    • Each of the two have tragic flaws, that result in their downfall.
    • And maybe, somewhere deep down, that was his tragic flaw.
    • It must be their tragic flaws that make them fail to measure up in our eyes.
    • Too much updating may be the tragic flaw here, as lines of dialogue clearly meant to signal fatalistic woe are delivered in knowing, modern tones that undermine the drama.
    • He is an extremely talented man but he has the tragic flaw of hubris.
    • Maybe I had hubris - excessive pride - and this was my tragic flaw.
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