Here I am writing my opinion about Tragic Hero & Hamartia
What is Hamartia?
Hama is a sin. This failure to act, in turn, must lead to a poor change in fortune for the main character in order for it to truly be a hamartia.
In a medical context, a hamartia denotes a focal malformation consisting of disorganized rtia (Ancient Greek: ἁμαρτία) is an injury committed in ignorance (when the person affected or the results are not what the agent supposed they were).[1] In tragedy, hamartia is often described as a hero's fatal flaw.
What is Tragic Hero?
The hamartia, as stated, is seen as an error in judgment or unwitting mistake is applied to the actions of the hero. For example, the hero might attempt to achieve a certain objective X; by making an error in judgment, however, the hero instead achieves the opposite of X, with disastrous consequences.
A literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy.
The concept of Hamartia in Othello :-
William Shakespeare’s “Othello” may be another example of a play about a tragic hero. Othello was a good soldier whose acts of bravery led him to advance in rank. They also earned him the love of a beautiful woman. Unfortunately, he was also a jealous man. Therefore, he was susceptible to the innuendo and malicious manipulation of the envious Iago, who suggested his beautiful wife Desdemona was having an affair. Because of his inherent insecurity, Othello was not able to overcome his fears and began to doubt his wife, even though she was a pure and decent woman. In the end, his jealousy become so great that he killed her and then himself.
The concept of Hamartia in Oedipus :-
While he is a young man, an oracle, or someone with the gift of seeing the future, tells Oedipus that his fate is to kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus wishes to avoid this future, so he leaves his home, but at the end of the novel this tragic flaw caught up with him.In addition After rising to power and marrying the queen of his new home, Thebes, he learns that he has done exactly what he had hoped to avoid. One of the men he killed on his way to Thebes was actually his father, and the woman he married was his mother. The queen is horrified and kills herself. Oedipus gauges out his own eyes and leaves Thebes. These tragic events occur because of his hubris; therefore, Oedipus is a true tragic hero. He is a man whose greatness brings him glory, but whose weakness leads to tragedy.
