What are some examples of a tragic flaw?
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What are some examples of a tragic flaw?
Some examples of a tragic flaw include cowardice, ambition, over-protectiveness, and self-sacrifice. Overall, many different traits can be a tragic flaw if they become responsible for death and destruction.
Why must your hero be a flawed character?
1) TO CREATE REALISM AND EMPATHY: In real life, people have faults-no one is perfect. It stands to reason that for a character to be believable, he also must be flawed. Readers are people too, ones who are as prone to poor choices, mistakes, and overreactions due to their shortcomings as our hero is.
What is Draco Malfoy’s fatal flaw?
But he never came, and your bag filled with his favorite things was left on the floor next to the shattered remains of your heart. Because everybody had a fatal flaw, a hamartia they wanted no one to find out. And, perhaps, Draco Malfoy’s was cowardice.
What is your character flaw?
Every one of us has a fundamental flaw, an immaturity of character, a dark side or negative tendency. This character flaw, also known as a ‘Chief Feature’, tends to take control whenever we feel stressed, anxious or uncertain.
What does it mean to be a vain character?
Vain characters ‘sweat the small stuff’. Their flaw means they devote an inordinate amount of time (like the stepmother) to seeking external validation, to maintaining their egos.
Is anxiety a flaw in a character?
Anxiety as a human flaw is one of the biggest sources of internal conflict, people’s inner battles. From Shakespeare’s Hamlet to Milne’s Piglet, anxious characters are often paralyzed by fear of the unknown. When creating a character whose main flaw is anxiety, think about: Specific triggers: What sets an anxious character off and why?
Is lust for power a character flaw?
Yet lust for power as a character flaw often reveals that no power is ever enough for the corrupt character. They sink to ever lower standards of ethics and integrity to attain and/or keep it. Lust for power in stories often has an interesting underlying backstory of being dis empowered.