... extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw and a moral weakness. William Shakespeare's Macbeth is an example of such work. In this drama we discover that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are, in fact, tragic characters in that they suffer to a greater extent than their ... with Banquo's ghost at the banquet. His ensuing imagination and suspicion put him in great danger of exposing his crimes completely. Macbeth's inadequateness to complete his crimes flawlessly lead him to make enemies within the nobles, one of which was Macduff. Macduff and ... brought him to a tragic end of h...

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... not eminently good and just, yet whose misfortune is brought about not by vice or depravity but by some error or human frailty." Macbeth serves as an example of a tragic hero in Shakespeare's Macbeth due to the fact that his desire for power causes his downfall. Starting from the beginning of the play we see that ... prophecies. He shows great faith in the witches" words, not once considering that they may be apparitions of evil. In the following passage, he writes to Lady Macbeth his thoughts: "They met me in the day of success; and I/have learned by the perfectest report, they have more...

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... to it. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the main characters, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth becomes in evils master plan. Evil causes people to participate in unnatural acts of demolition. Macbeth surrenders to evil because of his fatal flaw and greed which causes him to interrupt the chain of being. The point when Macbeth starts to lie ... not what brings him down, it's a key factor that brings the citizens against him because through his guilt he divulges his wrong doings. Macbeth conveys his guilt to his wife after he returns from slaughtering King Duncan through his hallucinations "I could not say...

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