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This moment may not be obvious at the time, but looking back, it becomes clear that this moment was crucial to the hero's tragic downfall. The results of this bad choice lead inexorably towards the hero's catastrophic end--had the hero chosen correctly at this point, the catastrophe could have been averted.
 
The literary term for this is [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Hamartia |hamartia]], a Greek term from Aristotle's ''Poetics'' (and an admittedly vaguely-defined one--it can also be interpreted as a [[Fatal Flaw]]). Which also means this device is [[Older Than Feudalism]].
 
To clarify, this is '''not''' supposed to be an event that gets the plot moving. The Tragic Mistake occurs well after the plot has been set in motion--it's the [[Tragic Hero]]'s personal [[Point of No Return]].