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Hamartia Definition of Hamartia. Hamartia is the fatal flaw in a protagonist or hero that leads to this character’s downfall. Aristotle first used the term hamartia in his essay Poetics, the first known treatise on literary theory.
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Attractions of Syria The city of Hama is located on the Orontes River and is a quiet and traditional Syrian town. It is most famous for its huge, wooden water wheels (known as norias) which date back to the 13th century. They are still in use today, slowly turning on the edge of the Orontes River and irrigating the nearby farmland.
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Burqa [ˈbʊrqʊʕ, ˈbʊrqɑʕ] (also transliterated burkha, bourkha, burka or burqu' from Arabic: برقع ‎ burquʻ or burqaʻ), also known as chadri or paranja in Central Asia) is an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions to cover their bodies when in public.
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- Against medical advice. Against medical advice (AMA), sometimes known as discharge against medical advice (DAMA), is a term used in health care institutions when a patient leaves a hospital against the advice of their doctor.
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- Tragedy, Fate And Hamartia: Hamartia. The most common definition of tragic hamartia is tragic flaw, but we need to be careful with this term and understand what the Greeks meant by flaw and how it relates to a broadly defined sense of fate: Through hamartia, the tragic hero visits his own fate upon him or herself.
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Tragic Hero Hamartia – a tragic flaw that causes the downfall of a hero. Hubris – excessive pride and disrespect for the natural order of things. Peripeteia – The reversal of fate that the hero experiences. Anagnorisis – a moment in time when hero makes an important discovery in the story.
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- hamada (hammada) A rocky desert, or desert region, which does not have surficial materials and which consists mainly of boulders and exposed bedrock.
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Hamartia Definition and a list of examples of hamartia. Hamartia is the fatal flaw in a protagonist or hero that leads to this character’s downfall.
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- Historical Examples. 1  hamartia means originally a 'bad shot' or 'error', but is currently used for 'offence' or 'sin'. The Poetics Aristotle. 2  That is not unmotived, however; it is of Aspatia's own choosing and of Amintor's hamartia. Francis Beaumont: Dramatist Charles Mills Gayley. The pathetic devotion of Aspatia is essential to our understanding of Amintor's tragic weakness, his hamartia. Francis Beaumont: Dramatist Charles Mills Gayley.
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Medical Definition of Ephedra home / medterms medical dictionary a-z list / ephedra definition Medical Definition of Ephedra Ephedra: A medicinal herb, known scientifically as Ephedra sinica and Ephedra equisetina, also known as mahuang and herbal ecstasy. Ephedra comes from the dried rhizome and root of the plant. The main active ingredients in ephedra are ephedrine and pseudoephedrine which account for the medicinal properties of the herb. Both ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are central nervous system stimulants that act as decongestants but, in high doses, can raise the blood pressure.
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- Erechtheum - temple from the middle classical period of Greek art and architecture, built on the Acropolis of Athens between 421 and 405BC. The Erechtheum contained sanctuaries to Athena Polias, Poseidon, and Erechtheus.
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Hamartia The concept of hamartia is familiar in regular life, as the downfall of national and international heroes comes to light. Many politicians and sports stars especially are susceptible to this kind of downfall, as people put so much hope in them and thus their descents are all the more public, and dramatic.
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ham Medical Definition of ham. 1  1: the part of the leg behind the knee : the hollow of the knee : popliteal space. 2  2: a buttock with its associated thigh or with the posterior part of a thigh—usually used in plural. 3  3: a hock or the hinder part of a hock.
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Bankart lesion Definition/Description. A Bankart lesion is a lesion of the anterior part of the glenoid labrum of the shoulder. This injury is caused by repeated anterior shoulder subluxations. The dislocation of the shoulder joint (anterior) can damage the connective tissue ring around the glenoid labrum.
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Gender equality Purdah or pardah (from Persian: پرده, meaning curtain) is a religious and social practice of female seclusion prevalent among some Muslim communities in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as upper-caste Hindus in Northern India, such as the Rajputs.ome view purdah as a symbol of honor, respect, and dignity. It is seen as a practice that allows women to be judged by their inner beauty rather than physical beauty. According to tradition it is the dignity of a Rajput that his female household must observe strict seclusion.
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Examples of Hamartia 1 David’s mistake led to the loss of his son and many blessings from God.  Oedipus is a character in Greek myth whose instance of hamartia was simply not knowing his own origins. Oedipus killed his own father and then ended up marrying his mother, all because his identity was unknown to him.
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quarto quarto (plural quartos) (paper) A size of paper (7.5-10 x 10-12.5)(190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15-20 x 20-25)(381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides). (Britain) Quarto writing paper (10 inches x 8 inches) (printing) A book size, corresponding to the paper size.
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Binasal hemianopsia The absence of vision in half of a visual field is described as hemianopsia. The visual field of each eye can be divided in two vertically, with the outer half being described as temporal, and the inner half being described as nasal.
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antepartum A Dictionary of Nursing. © A Dictionary of Nursing 2008, originally published by Oxford University Press 2008. antepartum (anti-par-tŭm) adj. occurring before the onset of labour. a. haemorrhage bleeding from the genital tract after the 22nd week of pregnancy until the birth of the baby.
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hubris hubris. An ancient Greek word meaning pride or arrogance, used particularly to mean the kind of excessive pride or conceit that often brings about someone’s downfall.u·bris. n. Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance: There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris (McGeorge Bundy). [Greek, excessive pride, wanton violence; see ud-in Indo-European roots .]. hu·bris′tic (-brĭs′tĭk) adj.
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Examples of Hamartia Achilles, the legendary hero of Greek mythology, was a nearly invulnerable warrior with one widely known fatal flaw: the heel that his mother held him by when she dipped him into the river Styx to make him strong. The heel ended up being his undoing. Today an Achilles’ heel refers to anyone’s fatal flaw or hamartia.
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Which Greek term refers to the error in judgment that leads to the downfall of a hero? Which Greek term refers to the error in judgment that leads to the downfall of a hero? ChaCha Answer: Hamartia is the Greek word for ...
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- EST (UTC+2) Dendera (Arabic: دندرة‎‎ Dandarah; also spelled Denderah, ancient Iunet, Tentyris or Tentyra) is a small town and former bishopric in Egypt situated on the west bank of the Nile, about 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Qena, on the opposite side of the river.
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How Much Does Dry Cleaning Cost? 1 3-piece suit — $15. 2  Regular pants and slacks — $7. 3  Shirts — $7. 4  At Ask.com someone shared that dry cleaning cost may range from $0.99 for a shirt to $10 to $25 for a suit.ith dry cleaning, the process begins with the pre-treatment of stains and dirt using a specific cleaning agent. Then, the garments are loaded into a machine to remove embedded dirt.
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Athenian democracy An independent Greek state consisting of a city and the surrounding countryside Agora An open space, in the middle of a Greek city used for markets and as a meeting place
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Dyscrasia Dyscrasia (or dyskrasia) is a concept from ancient Greek medicine, meaning bad mixture. The concept of dyscrasia was developed by the Greek physician Galen (129–216 AD), who elaborated a model of health and disease as a structure of elements, qualities, humors, organs, and temperaments.