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| A literary character who makes an error of judgement or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy. |
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| Startling discovery; moment of epiphany; time of revelation when a character discovers his true identity |
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| Character flaw or judgement error of the protagonist of a Greek tragedy. Hamartia is derived from the Greek word hamartanein meaning to error to make a mistake. The first writer to use the term was Aristotle in the Poetics |
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| Greek pride; excessive arrogance. Hubris often is the character flaw ( hamartia) of a protagonist in Greek drama. Pride was considered a grave sin because it placed too much emphasis on individual will, thereby downplaying the will of the state and endangering the community was a whole. Because pride makes people unwilling to accept wise counsel, they act rashly and make bad decisions. |
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