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MacBeth - Paper

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
them to their death anyway. The first Thane of Cawdor, is killed ...

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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 ...

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Added: 11/9/2007 02:23:55 AM
Category: Arts
Type: Premium Paper
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