Ethan Frome: Tragic Hero

In many stories, a hero has a major flaw which contributes to his downfall in the story. The Story “Ethan Frome”, a tragedy or drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, a moral weakness, or an inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances and our hero Ethan with the tragic flaw which is a flaw in the character …

…kill themselves hoping the only chance they have is to die together. They go down a hill on a sled aiming for the tree. Another consequence would be Zeena left taking care of Ethan and Mattie after the accident. This book seems to be a whole tragedy and it just keeps on going. In my opinion this should never have happened, and maybe if there was more communication between the characters, it wouldn’t have.