The Meno, Plato's only dialogue on the subject of education, features a title character whose failures to learn are more frequently the results
of flaws in his character than they are the results of lapses in his logic.
In its decision last week, the tribunal said: «Dr McBride's character mirrors the classic tragic character — the person of eminence in public life whose good deeds and interest in human welfare command respect and admiration, but who is brought down by a
fatal flaw in character.»
What the criticisms that center on McCandless» naïveté and the insensitivity he shows to those he left behind misses, however, is that despite what some would see
as flaws in character, the story being told is still a remarkable one, and the way Penn chooses to portray it actually enhances the story, rending much of it unforgettable.
There is a long list of defensive failures who have not been good enough but have hung around picking up offensibly high wages.Also considering the club were existing on a near starvation diet Mr.Wenger managed to broker for himself one the highest salaries in world football.His stubbornness is beyond belief and is a
serious flaw in his character.
A good editor will spot weaknesses in your story line,
flaws in your character development, all those things the writer won't see, being too close to the subject, or sometimes too inexperienced.
In the Bellow universe nothing is really tragic — that is, if tragedy means that someone of great estate has had a dramatic fall because of
some flaw in his character.
The protagonist suffers because of a hamartia,
a flaw in character or a mistake in judgment.
That is
a flaw in my character.
But
flaws in his character that drove his party close to revolt last summer now dominate again.
Flaw in my character I am afraid.
It kept me going for several dates, until
the flaws in his character brought me back to reality.
Although the film ends with a hopeful note about putting the past behind and building upon happiness for the future, the downsides of pat characterizations is that we never get the sense that the burdens they carry and
flaws in their character will ever allow them anything more then a temporary lift up out of the abyss of misanthropy.
When students act out, why do we seek out
flaws in their character?
Why is it, Shalaby asks, that when kids act out, we seek out
flaws in their character?