Tragedy in MacBeth
Tragedy in MacBethEveryone 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 because of his flaw.
Duncan was the King of England, and was murdered by
MacBeth. He was murdered, because in order for MacBeth to
fulfill his plan and become king, Duncan would have to die.
Duncan's fatal flaw was that he was too trusting. For
example, he thought that none of his friends could really be
enemies. If Duncan was more careful about his safety at
MacBeth's castle, he may have had a chance to survive. But
Duncan's flaw, wasn't something so horrible that he should
die. Most people need to trust each other more, and
just because one person did, he shouldn't have to die.
MacBeth's former best friend, Banquo was also killed
by MacBeth. Banquo was killed, because he knew too much
about the murder of Duncan. But that was not his fatal
flaw. Banquo's fatal flaw was that although he knew that
MacBeth killed Duncan, he really didn't do anything about
it. There were many opportunities where Banquo could tell
someone such as MacDuff what he thought about the murders.
But Banquo didn't deserve death, just because he didn't act
quickly in telling someone that MacBeth killed Duncan....
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