pretest 7 2nd reading

lily88888UID: 2828533

Critics have long been puzzled by the inner contradictions of major characters in J W's tragedies. 下面是例子， 我只写第二个例子。Bosola is "bad" in serving Ferdinand, "good" in turning the Duchess' thoughts toward heaven and in planning to avenge her muder. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle implied that such contradictions are virtually essential to the tragic personality, and yet critics keep coming back to this element of inconsistency as though it were an eccentric feature of W's own tragic vision.

this element 指 的是什么? 如果指的是 virtually essential to the tragic personality  ， 我觉得和下面的段落不符。下面说 the ambiguity at the heart of his tragic vision lies in the duality of human nature. 和"virtually essential to the tragic personality" 是一致的。 是指 contradictions? this element is singular form.

duijinxiaoziUID: 2585955

this element = this element of inconsistency = 有些出入
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element ： a small amount of a quality or feeling.
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eg.
There appears to be an element of truth in his story.
他的话似乎有点道理。