Hamarta, as detailed by Aristotle in
Poetics, is defined as a fatal flaw, or more commonly a
mistake.
Agamemnon showed hamartia in many
things.
1. Agamemnon showed hamartia by walking on the
tapestries which depicted images of the gods.
2. Agamemnon
accepted honors which many deemed extravagant.
3. Agamemnon
asks for men to show him reverence even though his declares himself to be a mortal man
and not a god.
4. Even though he stands on the tapestries
showing the images of the gods, Agamemnon declares that he should not be struck down by
the wrath of the gods.
Overall, Agamemnon declares himself
to be more powerful than that of the gods. His outright disdain for the power of the
gods, and his claiming to be held up like a god, proved him to be filled with a fatal
flaw, or hamartia.
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