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Ok, to start off the idea of Tragic Flaw came from older tragedies.
In these tragedies the "flaw" was called hamartia..well hamartia is
a greek word..but it does not me flaw..it basically translates to error.
So, actually it should be the tragic error. This changes everything. No
longer is the tragic heroes mistake an internal problem but a mistake that
they make in judgement. From this standpoint, Hamlets error is not his education.
Possibly it could be his attempt to apply his education to his current situation.
Hamlet tried to reason out his dilema like he would any other problem he
studied. This is not a flaw..but human error that anyone could of made.
{This is how I was taught the idea of error} Thought you might find it
interesting because it puts a whole new twist on things
Posted by Steve P. on April 14, 1997 at 19:59:16
In Reply to "Tragic flaw of Hamlet" posted by Kerry on April 13, 1997 at 17:55:55
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