Macbeth’s Tragic Flaw

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mutters about Duncan’s murder while sleepwalking. This confession could lead to her and Macbeth’s death. Unknowingly Lady Macbeth mumbles “Here’s the smell of the blood still.All/the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little/hand. O, O, O!”(V.i.53-55). Lady Macbeth is unknowingly confessing to her gentlewoman and the doctor about the murder of Duncan. The doctor realizes Lady Macbeth has performed a terrible deed and knows “Foul whisp’rings are abroad. Unnatural deeds/Do breed unnatural troubles.”(V.ii.75-76). Lady Macbeth’s confession in her sleep could have led to Macbeth’s tragic end.
Lady Macbeth continually urges Macbeth on with the plan to kill Duncan, though Macbeth wishes to stop. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth has decided that he can not go through with murdering Duncan. Upon hearing this Lady Macbeth questions his decision and says, “Art thou afeard/To be the same in thine own act and valor/As thou art in desire?”(I.vii.43-45). She then urges him ...

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