Examples of 'tragic flaw' in a sentence

Meaning of "tragic flaw"

tragic flaw: a term from literary analysis referring to a trait in a character that leads to their downfall or the undoing of their fate in a tragic narrative
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  • A personality trait or other characteristic of a real or fictional individual which is immoral, destructive, or otherwise faulty and which leads to the ruin or profound suffering of that individual.

How to use "tragic flaw" in a sentence

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tragic flaw
That is the tragic flaw of modern man.
Madame Bovary was undone by a tragic flaw.
Such a tragic flaw in your plan.
Madame Bo vary was undone by a tragic flaw.
His tragic flaw is his stubbornness and pride.
He has no tragic flaw.
The tragic flaw of this Shakespearean character is indecisiveness.
Kind of my tragic flaw.
My tragic flaw is.
And I want you to write an essay about your own tragic flaw.
It was the tragic flaw in my plan.
It is their one weakness - their tragic flaw.
Rand presents this as a tragic flaw that eventually leads to his downfall.
But after that, it can be your tragic flaw.
This tragic flaw is the most important characteristic of a tragic hero according to Aristotle.

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What would your sister say was your tragic flaw?
My tragic flaw is I am too romantic a character.
You see, every hero has a tragic flaw that leads him to defeat.
A ten is dynamite with a two card … but after that it can be your tragic flaw.
There is one tragic flaw in these Information Age pension plans.
In a tragedy, the protagonist here makes a poor decision or a miscalculation that demonstrates their tragic flaw.
Your tragic flaw lies in your being too human!
Often the protagonist of the play has a tragic flaw, a trait which leads to their downfall.
You see, Allen insisted that his hero had a tragic flaw.
Bobby Long 's tragic flaw was his romance with all that he saw.
This evolution in Tapp 's character eventually becomes his tragic flaw that leads to many misfortunes.
In Macbeth, the tragic flaw is seen as a moral failing, even by the protagonist himself.
You see, Allen insisted that his hero had a tragic flaw which classically ends in death.
Gallagher 's tendency to “ go it alone ” was perhaps his tragic flaw.
Like what? My tragic flaw is I am too romantic a character.
I thought, she 's very pretty, but somewhere there is a tragic flaw.
Yes, the old tragic flaw.
Hamartia, a tragic flaw that leads to the hero 's downfall.
But at the moment, it 's the sentence that best explains my tragic flaw.
It was the tragic flaw in my plan . Where is he?
It 's a tragedy . Madame Bo vary was undone by a tragic flaw.
However, it proved to be a fatally tragic flaw in the Therac 25 incident.
Therefore, Hamlet 's hesitant attitude a clear tragic flaw.
My tragic flaw is Like what?
What's her flaw? Madame bovary was undone by a tragic flaw.
It's your tragic flaw.
That 's right, and I want you to write an essay about your own tragic flaw.
It 's my tragic flaw.
It 's a tragedy . Madame Bovary was undone by a tragic flaw.
It 's a tragic flaw.
You know, it 's not like I can overcome every tragic flaw I have.
In most of the old Greek dramas, Hubris i.e. pride, used to be a tragic flaw.
Aye. Eileen says it's my tragic flaw.
I can not not be helpful . - It 's my tragic flaw.

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