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Macbeth - Fatal Flaws - Paper

Macbeth - Fatal Flaws

Anyone 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. ...

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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 ...

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Added: 3/24/2008 06:24:40 AM
Category: English
Type: Free Paper
Words: 933
Pages: 4

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