Macbeth's Tragic Flaw Essay

He wrote this paly to express ones mans desire for power, and what such a desire can cause. Macbeth, the main character of the play, is often said to be a terrible person, however he was not innately evil, He was a tragic hero, who's circumstances left him doomed to fall into madness. If it had not been for the whitches and his wife then the paly would have ended very differantly. Like Every tragice hero Macbeth had suffered from a tragic flaw, in his case it was his ambition, combined with a love of power. Macbeth himself recognises this ambition in act I, scene 7 where he states in a soliloquy “I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent but only vaulting ambition”. When he says this it suggests that he knows the only thing that prompts his actions is his ambition. While ambition alone is not a bad trait, it can be very dangerous when it is mixed with a lust for power. By having both of these traits Macbeth was almost doomed to fail. It meant he had a weakness or a flaw, like every human being. At the start of the play Macbeth was seen as a hero, begin described as "Brave Macbeth". His ambition always resided with him but did not cause him any problems untila prophecy was revealed by the witches…

was called a hero because he won the battle between Scotland and Norway. This is when his tragic fall is about to begin, when three witches tell Macbeth that he is going to be Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland. Then he was eager to become king all of a sudden. When the three witches tell Macbeth that he was going to be king at that right moment, everything changed about Macbeth. At that time his mind started to become dark and have evil thoughts to become king, and that is when everything…

Macbeth Everyone that has led had a tragic flaw. Some are brought down by this flaw and some are able to withstand the weight of it on their shoulders. Aristotle once said, a tragic hero is created, “not through vice or depravity but by some error of judgment.” In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, this is precisely what happens to Macbeth through his many tragic flaws. This play follows the prophecy of Macbeth and the actions he takes along the way to try and make this dream a reality. Indisputably, some…

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…

Macbeth, one of the characters in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, is a nobleman of Scotland. Macbeth is visited by three witches with prophecies of his future. As a result of these prophecies his ambition takes over his actions in trying to make sure that the witch’s prophecies come true for him. Before his death, he realizes that life has no meaning and everyone will die and be forgotten. Shakespeare shows him as the tragic hero through his tragic flaw, his actions that cause his…

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…

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