What is another name for a character's tragic flaw?

A. Irony
B. Ethos
C. Hamartia
D. Poetics

Question

What is another name for a character's tragic flaw?

 		A.	Irony
 		B.	Ethos
 		C.	Hamartia
 		D.	Poetics

saucvi · Answer

C

jacob902 · Answer

Which of the following is the best example of a tragic hero?

 		A.	A king loses everything when his pride and ambition cause him to trust the wrong people.
 		B.	A young girl who is lost in the city takes an incredible journey as she searches for her family.
 		C.	A down-on-his-luck businessman wins the lottery and must decide what to do with the money.
 		D.	A poor orphan searches for his family and finds that they are wealthy and powerful.

saucvi · Answer

A. Because a tragic hero is noble at birth or born with potentially heroic qualities.

jacob902 · Answer

What is one way in which dramatic irony is used in a piece of literature?

 		A.	By having a difference between what is expected and what actually happens
 		B.	By explaining the underlying reason a tragic hero causes a tragedy to happen
 		C.	By letting the reader or audience know something that the characters do not
 		D.	By having a character say one thing when he or she actually means the opposite