Tragic Flaw Essay

In Othello, Iago utilizes tragic flaws in other characters in order to manipulate all of them, but Shakespeare is truly demonstrating how Iago is the tragic flaw of society. Iago’s acts of cruelty portray significant issues within Shakespearean society including racism, gender roles, and greed. From the beginning of the first act, Iago has a racist attitude towards Othello. This is to the extent that he doesn’t even refer to Othello by his name, but he instead refers to him as “The Moor.” This…

Macbeth’s Tragic Flaw Macbeth is known for being a brave soldier in the battle. That’s why everyone knows about him. He was a loyal person to his King, wife, and other friends. Macbeth started to change because of his wife. Lady Macbeth constantly questioned his manhood. This allowed her to manipulate him. He started to act different because he really wanted to be king and would do anything for it. Macbeth couldn’t control his ambition, he was kind hearted, and fearful. Macbeth didn’t have…

crowd of Romans (III.ii. 21-2). The intentions for stabbing Caesar are to simply protect Rome and the people. Killing Caesar is a result of Brutus’ tragic flaw. Evidence of Brutus’ tragic flaw also occurs when he fights against Octavius and Antony at Philippi. Normally Brutus appears as a peaceful man who would not encourage fighting, but because of his flaw he decides to march his troops to the war zone. Cassius and Brutus make the decision of going to meet the enemy at Philippi when Cassius…

Forgotten Every human has a flaw, but some can be the cause of their own demise. The flaw of Marcus Brutus in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare causes his own downfall as the tragedy unravels. Brutus is the tragic hero because he has all of the necessary traits a tragic hero needs, according to Aristotle. Aristotle defines a tragic hero as a man of noble stature or high position who causes his own destruction for a greater cause or principle. A flaw cannot be escaped, and…

literature. As the solemn tale introduces the quintessential tragic hero, a portentous encounter with a formerly royal apparition reveals Hamlet’s noble intentions and resolution to avenge his late father. However, like most Shakespearean tragic heroes, Hamlet suffers bereavement before he witnesses the full outcome of his actions; indeed, his acumen and extraordinary ability to produce the most cogent and pithy statements blossoms into his tragic flaw. Hamlet’s words and philosophical nature…

Hamlet has brought about his own fate, and the fate of Denmark, with his hamartia, or tragic flaw. Having just lost his father to poisoning by his own uncle Claudius, Hamlet seeks out to avenge his death by almost any means necessary. Having been raised as nobility, he is very well trained with education and he is, perhaps, the most intelligent and cautious person in this play. While Hamlet is very smart and extensively plans his revenge on his uncle and he succeeds, he still manages to get…

King Oedipus’s Tragic Flaw A tragic flaw, according to Aristotle “is brought about not by vice or depravity, but by some error or frailty”. With that said, it is confirmed that King Oedipus possessed a tragic flaw. Pride is a very powerful quality, state of self-importance or opinion and this is what leads Oedipus to demise. One of the reasons why pride caused Oedipus to fall, was when he was taunted with the idea that Polybus was not his father. This astonishingly destroyed Oedipus so hard…

Oedipus possesses his own tragic flaw ever since the moment he did not listen to God’s will and escaped his reality. For the reason of anger, he killed his father and accused Teiresias of treason. Oedipus assembled things worse by running away and not facing the fact that he had murdered his father; thus, Oedipus tragic flaw was his temper. Oedipus’s biological mother addressed him to another family so he would not follow the Oracle’s order. Oedipus already had a destination by the God that…

Malcolm, raises an army with the help of England and with Macduff he challenges and eventually defeats the crazed and erratic Macbeth. Macbeth is in fact a tragic hero as he loses all of the power and respect he had as a thane and general all in a bid to gain power, and through all of his misdeeds he maintains a sense of guilt for all the evil…

defined by the downfall of the antagonist. The development of a character trait whose expression leads to dire consequences, known as a tragic flaw, is the technique used in drama to instigate the aforementioned downfall. Because the main plot of Shakespeare's Hamlet revolves around the killing of King Claudius some may consider that Prince Hamlet's tragic flaw is a bloodlust, "I should have fatted all the region kites / With this slave’s offal" (II.II.509-10). Though, it must be noted that…