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Tragic Flaw

Tragic Flaw is a literary construct in tragic writing denoting a protagonist’s inherent character defect or moral failing that precipitates their downfall, distinguishing it from external forces or mere misfortune by locating the cause of tragedy within the individual’s psychological or ethical disposition.

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Authors

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2017–2026

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Variants

Hamartia

Parents

Publications

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Framing Tiger’s Troubles: Comparing Traditional and Social Media

Jimmy Sanderson · International Journal of Sport Communication · 2010 · 96 citations

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The fatal flaw in flight 51–1: Events leading up to the ill-fated challenger launch proved more of a surprise than the disaster itself for what they revealed of NASA's inability to correct obvious design errors

Trudy E. Bell, Karl Esch · IEEE Spectrum · 1987 · 43 citations

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Nothing Is as It Seems: The Tragedy of the Implicit in Euripides' "Hippolytus"

Robin Mitchell-Boyas, Hanna M. Roisman · The Classical World · 2000 · 37 citations

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Land of hope and glory: Jez Butterworth's tragic landscapes

Anna Harpin · Studies in Theatre and Performance · 2011 · 25 citations

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The Tragic Flaw: Is It a Tragic Error?

Isabel Hyde · The Modern Language Review · 1963 · 18 citations

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Authors

14

  1. SJ
    Simon Jolivet

    Laboratoire de Mécanique et Procédés de Fabrication, France

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  2. KE
    Karl Esch

    1 publications · 43 citations

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  3. HM
    Hanna M. Roisman

    Colby Community College, United States

    1 publications · 37 citations

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  4. AH
    Anna Harpin

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  5. RM
    Robin Mitchell-Boyas

    1 publications · 37 citations

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Institutions

1

  1. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    96 citations

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Venues

  1. Center on Reinventing Public Education

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  2. International Journal of Sport Communication

    IJSC · 1 publications · 96 citations

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  3. IEEE Spectrum

    1 publications · 43 citations

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  4. The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 1 publications · 17 citations

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