Posted on 06/24/2018 2:45:14 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
Sophocles, Euripides, and the Greek epic poets, historians, and tragedians explore the idea of hamartia. Such an innate character flaw, such as Oedipuss self-regard or Jasons obtuseness, can be repressed, but it will inevitably resurface at the most inopportune moment.
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The next step in the slow cycle of classical self-destruction is korosa greed or overreaching ambition that is the result of hamartia. It thus deludes the apparently successful into believing there will be few consequences to their excess. Koros makes self-reflection impossible.
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The final act in a multistoried Greek tragedy is the advent of Nemesis or divine retribution. At some point, the gods decide theyve had enough of mortal excess, arrogance, and folly, and intervene to destroy the perpetratorand often everyone in his or her vicinity.
Usually that happens at the pinnacle of the tragic heros perceived success, as in the case of a clueless but innately haughty King Oedipus of Thebes. In Clintons case, Nemesis approached in late 2016, when experts had all but coronated her as president-elect months before Election Day.
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Does not that word refer to a “tragic downfall” of a hero or heroine?
There is nothing about the Hillabeast that identifies her as anything more than an average IQ (at best) grifting lying no morals .....uh....(choke) woman.
I’m waiting for her to gouge her eyes out.
But then again, according to the classical belief in fate and necessity, Clinton may have had little choice after allgiven that her innate flaws were a sort of bomb that was always ticking until blowing up at the most appropriately tragic time.
personality disorders:
narcissistic + antisocial + self-defeating
LOLOLOL! But he writes with such elegance! He almost rivals the late, great Krauthammer.
Worth the read. But, if wishes were horses, we’d each have a polo team.
hillary met her nemesis in the person of President Trump.
I have never had sexual relations with that woman standing beside me.
Yep, she got the candidate of her choice and then he beat her like wash on Monday.
Voting need not be rigged everywhere, just in those precincts where it won't be easily caught, and can provide a huge vote surplus to override the other party's votes across the state.
Civics is much dirtier than he's willing to believe. Or, he's gaslighting us on purpose. I'm no longer willing to give the benefit of the doubt to folks who don't think politicians in general and leftists in particular aren't willing to do whatever it takes to win and keep power.
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