Question

What is Winterbourne’s tragic flaw?

a. He falls in love with women before getting to know them.
b. He is depressed and world-weary.
c. He puts too much faith in rumor and gossip.
d. He is not warm and outgoing like Daisy.

Answer 1

Answer is C
He puts too much faith in rumor and gossip

Answer 2

The answer is: c. He puts too much faith in rumor and gossi

Frederick Winterbourne is young man that used to live in Geneva, he exposes the central narrative of the novel. He is very judgmental, he is often judging and pontificating and he is very attached to the old conventions of property, when he first meet Daisy he thinks that she is innocent and have a great for life, however, he starts receiving comments of a dark side of her, after her death he finds out that his concept of daisy was right.