Overview. A biliary obstruction is a blockage of the bile ducts. The bile ducts carry bile from the liver and gallbladder through the pancreas to the small intestine (the duodenum). Bile is a dark-green or yellowish-brown fluid secreted by the liver to digest fats.
Definition of Hamartia. Hamartia is the fatal flaw in a protagonist or hero that leads to this characterâs downfall. Aristotle first used the term hamartia in his essay Poetics, the first known treatise on literary theory.
What is Oedipus the King's hamartia? Beyond pride, some scholars also maintain that Oedipus' tragic flaw is a tendency to turn a blind eye to the truth of what is occurring around him. In his classic work Poetics, Aristotle determines that Sophocles's Oedipus the King represents the best example of a tragedy.