Often the tragic flaw is hubris, an excessive pride that causes the hero to ignore a divine warning or to break a moral law.
It has been suggested that because the tragic hero's suffering is greater than his offense, the audience feels pity; because the audience members perceive that they could behave similarly, they feel pity.
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