Vent Stacks Air Out Your Plumbing. You'll rarely even see your vent stack, but it plays a crucial role in keeping your bathroom free of sewer smells. (Photo by Summer Galyan) Plumbers explain the importance of these typically maintenance-free pipes that often go unnoticed.
Definition of Tragic Flaw. In literature, the tragic flaw is a character trait that brings about the downfall of the protagonist; ironically, in some works, this flaw is the character's greatest strength taken to an extreme. The tragic flaw may be a lack of judgment or self-knowledge, but most often it is pride or hubris. Regardless of intention, worthiness, station in life, or the character's best efforts, the tragic flaw will bring about the destruction of the character.
An example of this is found in Shakespeareâs Hamlet through the depiction of the central character. Although Hamlet is characterized as daring, brave, loyal, and intelligent, he is overwhelmed by his own conscience. The tragic hero is defined as one whose downfall is brought about due to their tragic flaw. Hamletâs inability to act on his fatherâs murder, his motherâs marriage, and his uncle assuming of the thrown are all evidence of his tragic flaw of procrastination. âRevenge his foul and most unnatural murderâ demands the ghost in (Act I, Scene 5, line 23).