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How Does The Play Macbeth Follow What Is Expected In A Shakespearean Tragedy?

The Shakespearean play "Macbeth" follows what is expected in a Shakespearean tragedy by containing characteristics similar to all Shakespearean tragedies. These are the fatal flaws in Macbeth, the fall of noble, respectable man with great qualities, Macbeth, and Macbeth's terrible murder of the King in order to obtain the crown, which causes absolute chaos.

Macbeth's character contains fatal flaws that cause him to do evil. These fatal flaws are a limitation to Macbeth's otherwise worthy character, and they include over ambition, greed, a power hungry nature and a weak will. For example, in Act 1, Scene 7, lines 25-28, Macbeth admits that the only reason he has to kill the king is ambition, which isn't a good enough reason. "I have no spur | To prick the sides of my intent, but only | Vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself | And falls on th'other-" Shakespeare uses imagery here to describe Macbeth's excessive ambition as a horse who tries to jump too high over a fence and......


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