How is Ophelia a tragic hero, what is her tragic flaw?Was she a strong enough person to be a tragic hero? Could the fact that she was a pushover be...

In Shakespeare’s play "Hamlet" Ophelia is destined to be doomed by her love for Hamlet.  She lives in a society that requires that she succumb to the demands placed on her by her father and her brothers.  She is always caught between her feelings for Hamlet and pressure from her brothers.  When her father is killed at the hands of Hamlet, Ophelia feels guilty and alone.  When Hamlet rejects her, she ends her life.  Even in death she is denied a Christian burial by a male priest.

Ophelia is a tragic figure but not a hero.  She simply loves too deeply a man that abuses her love and has been born at a time when men controlled the lives of women.