Macbeth's Tragic Flaws

In the opening while the witches predicted the future of Macbeth, it was never given that the impression of the witches influenced Macbeth. Macbeth was noble and honorable who sold his own humanity to ambition. Macbeth thinks ““… I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o’erlearps itself And falls on the other.” (I.vii. 25-27) Macbeth knows what he is doing and is in full control. Shown is the inner struggle of his poetry and the conflict between his moral self and ambition, the same ambition that won and embraced his immorality. Yet with the provoking of his wife was the lead to his violent and bloody path to the throne. The constant flaws of ambition and hubris caused Macbeth, to become a mass-murdering …show more content…
Tragic Heroes in their tragic falls develop a sense of self knowledge so they can understand the justness of their fate. Tragic Heroes are understood through their soliloquies. The soliloquies help plot development and reveal the true character, the windows that guide readers to get a glimpse of the character’s inner conflict. In Macbeth’s final soliloquy “She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.” (V.v.17-28) the uncovering of the terminal tragedy is revealed. Macbeth’s actions throughout the play resulted to this last conclusion and last moment about life. Macbeth disappears into the worthlessness leaving nothing critical behind, showing the downfall. Every tragic hero has their tragic