They have a defect that will eventually bring them down. The most typical feature of tragic heroes is that, while being wonderful in every other regard, they have a fatal defect that will eventually lead to their downfall. This is also referred to as hamartia. There are several examples of this in literature. Othello, for example, is a noble man who does nothing wrong except fall in love with the wrong woman. In reality, though, she is married to another man and has an ongoing affair with Othello. When he finds out, he kills her husband. Tragic heroes are often very good people who just happen to make one mistake that causes them great pain and loss. Hamartia is when someone does something wrong but is not necessarily bad at heart. They may be ignorant of the consequences of their actions or may not fully understand what they are doing but they are not trying to hurt others. Othello, for example, doesn't know that his wife's husband can still walk around after being killed. He thinks everyone else believes that he is dead too. In addition to Othello, many other characters from history have been labeled as tragic heroes including Romeo, Antony, and Cromwell. Also like Brainly, tragic heroes suffer from amnesia that causes them to forget what they did.