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 …showed first 75 words of 369 total…

…showed last 75 words of 369 total…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.