The heroic code binds Hektor into a very uncomfortable position. Helen also places Hektor in an untenable position, and he being a woman complicates the problem. Helen being improperly married is a source of disorder and a threat to the social systems of both the Trojan and Achaeans. Unlike Helen, Hektor's wife Andromache is associated with the social order and the continuation of the family. Hektor's clear love for Andromache symbolizes his concern for proper domesticity. Hektor's relationship and concern for woman and children is deeply embedded in Homeric culture. Even though Hektor's community loves him and he is concerned for the well being!.
of his people, he still is human. He still has his faults. He is very heroic in battle and chivalrous to the women, but in the end the same things that made him a hero ruined him and eventually killed him.
There were three major errors that Hektor commits in the Iliad. Well, maybe four if you count Hektor misunderstanding Zeus" guarantee for a Trojan victory. Hektor has sufficient flaws and errors that lead to his death. His first error is his promise to his fellow Trojan of a Trojan victory after the Achaeans have been driven back to their ships. In his speech he announces his plan for the Trojan troops to remain on the plain, ready for an early attack. The Trojan victory is a result of Hektor's misunderstanding of Zeus" plan. Hektor's success in battle then leads to a presumptuous "wish for immortality" and consequently, to the beginning of Hektor's deterioration.
Hektor's second error is his refusal to withdraw his troops back to the city as Poulydamas advises. Hektor is fired with victory and with Zeus" promise of aid, but he is deluded, for Zeus promised victory only until Hektor reached the Achaean ships. Once his troops are there, Hektor's reinforcement from Zeus is at an end. Hektor's gravest error is when he refuses to take refuge within the Trojan walls.