Home › BA English Literature › English Literature › Literary History › Hamartia, as a literary term, denotes:
Hamartia, as a literary term, denotes:
AA verse foot
BA successful business decision
CA rhetorical figure of speech
DA tragic error or frailty in the protagonist
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. A tragic error or frailty in the protagonist
1. The term comes from Aristotle's Poetics.
2. It is distinguished from vice or depravity.
3. Hamartia is the cause of the tragic hero's fall.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1974 — Aristotle's Poetics — "misfortune is brought about not by vice or depravity, but by some error or frailty"_
Related questions
The Renaissance in English literature spans roughly:The Anglo-Saxon period ends with which event?Victorian period dates are roughly:The Romantic period spans roughly:A 'foil' in literature is a character whose contrast highlights another character's:Catharsis, as Aristotle uses the term, refers to:Which period is named LAST in the brief's literary-history bucket?Which period in the brief comes immediately after Restoration?