Unlike Macbeth where a hero's fall is caused by his own actions but provoked by supernatural and divine forces, Oedipus' fall is not caused by a single action he commits in the course of the tragedy but rather inevitable events predicted by the oracles, this drama's equivalent of the witches of Macbeth (Segal). While many of the uncontrollable forces influencing and causing the king's downfall are not even immediately supernatural, seen in the seemingly unholy circumstances of the case and unlikely interactions focused throughout the play (Sophocles), the multiple predictions of his downfall by the oracles suggest divine intervention and the inevitability of Oedipus' fall (Segal). In contrast to Macbeth's tragic character trait flaw, Oedipus' hamartia manifests not in his own action but rather in the preordination of his downfall by another force (Segal), creating a clearer disconnect between the philosophies of this Greek and Shakespearean tragedy.