Macbeth Fatal Flaws
Macbeth - Fatal FlawsAnyone who is not a god, is not perfect. Everyone has a
weakness or a flaw. Some flaws are more deadly than others.
Some are addicted to heroin while others are unable to remember
where they put their keys. Every major flaw in this story
though, comes back to haunt them. The reason why anybody fails
in this story is because of their �flaw�. Not everyone dies
though, that is because their flaw is not fatal. Following will
be an explanation of how the major flaws of the characters lead
to their downfall.
Macbeth will be the first one discussed, since he was the
main character. The play�s problems start when he kills Duncan.
This is done because he has a flaw; he is too determined. He
doesn�t let anything in his way of the goal, to be king, proven
here:
The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step On
which I must fall down, or else o�erleap, For
in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see my black and deep desires:
The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be
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which the eye fears, when it is done, to
see.(Act I, Scene vii, lines 1-28)
If he had not been so determined to be king, then Duncan would
never have had to die. Consequently, if Macbeth had not killed
Duncan, this story would not have any murders in it at all.
Macbeth is driven by greed and violence proven by William
Hazlitt:
Macbeth himself appears driven along by
the violence of his fate like a vessel
drifting before a storm: he reels to and fro
like a drunken man; he staggers under the
weight of his own purposes and the
suggestions of others; he stands at bay with
his situation; and from the superstitious awe
and breathless suspense into which the
communications of the Weird Sisters throw
him, is hurried on with daring impatience to
verify their predictions, and with impious
and bloody hand to tear aside the veil which
hides the uncertainty of the future.
(Hazlitt, pg. 28)
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Macbeth�s fate was more deserving than any others since he killed
so many people; Duncan, Banquo, and MacDuff�s family. Macbeth
never did feel sorry for what he did until his deeds came back to
haunt him. If Macbeth would have been patient and had waited,
then he probably would have become king and enjoyed it.
Lady Macbeth had a very prominent flaw that was her undoing.
She was partners with Macbeth in the killing of Duncan. She was
willing to convince Macbeth to kill Duncan but she could not do
it herself. Proven by Samuel Taylor:
Lady Macbeth merely endeavours to reconcile
his and her own sinkings of heart by
anticipations of the worst and an...
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