Macbeth en2

A detailed Summary of Macbeth en2

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 them to

their death anyway. 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

do anything about it. There were many opportunities where Banquo could

MacDuff's family. And worst of all, MacBeth disturbed the balance of

plan and become king, Duncan would have to die. Duncan's fatal flaw was

was waiting for the right time or some physical evidence. But if MacBeth

Banquo didn't deserve death, just because he didn't act quickly in

MacBeth is MacBeth's wife. She is his coconspirator in killing Duncan.

have had a chance to enjoy it. Every character that died in MacBeth had

MacBeth to live with the fact that she helped cause the murder of the

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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