As with a number of Shakespeare’s heroin’s Macbeth’s personal flaw is to some degree responsible for his eventual downfall. The only reason Macbeth and Lady Macbeth originally give for planning the murder of Duncan is this “vaulting ambition”. This is unmistakable in Act 1, Scene 7 when in lines 26 and 27 Macbeth himself says, “To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself”. This dialogue in the first act of the play lets us know that Macbeth is aware of his vaulting ambition. There is no doubt that his personal flaw is to blame for his decision to kill Duncan, but his eventual downfall, in my opinion has more to do with his fascinatio

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