“Who is right and who is wrong in Sophocles’ Women of Trachis”? The accustomed trait of all tragic heroes and heroines is to have a tragic flaw or hamartia, and it is Heracles’ possession of hubris (excessive pride) that brings about the wrong doings of Deianeira and his eventual downfall. While there is often a discussion of the role of fate in the downfall of a tragic hero, there must be an element of choice …showed first 75 words of 1720 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1720 total…to the regrettable outcome. Perhaps the one most to blame is Nessus, who was the only one that intended harm. He knew very well what he was doing, whereas the others that were wrong in their acts could not see their outcomes. There is no tragedy in terrible things happening to the guilty, but in the innocent, and although most of the characters were wrong in their actions, they innocently thought they were doing good.