Tragedy in MacBeth

A detailed Summary of Tragedy in MacBeth

Everyone who is mortal has at least one flaw. Some

are more serious than others. For example, some people have

addictions to gambling, while other people can't remember

to put the milk away after they use it. After a while

though, a person's flaws come back to haunt them. The

tragedy MacBeth is no exception to this. In it, many of the

character's die. And the reason is that they have a flaw,

that would eventually lead to their downfall. Not every

character is deserving of his fate though. Some characters

have a minor flaw, which shouldn't lead to their death. But

other's have a major flaw, which is would eventually lead

The first Thane of Cawdor, is killed by MacBeth for

trying to lead a revolution against England. His fatal flaw

was that he was according to Ross, "a disloyal traitor".

The thane of Cawdor was greedy, and wanted the throne of

England for himself, and as a result was murdered. But his

murder wasn't really disheartening, because the Thane of

Cawdor, deserved his fate. He was leading a battle, in

which many lost their lives, for the

sake of greed, and deserved to die because of his flaw.

fatal flaw, he is too ambitious. If he wasn't so ambitious

coconspirator in killing Duncan. Although she helps MacBeth

flaw. Banquo's fatal flaw was that although he knew that

any remorse until he was faced with death. If MacBeth

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Category: English

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