TRAGIC FLAW IN MACBETH
                      TRAGIC FLAW IN MACBETH
Introducti
on
 Macbeth by Shakespeare is a 
tragedy in which the protagonist, 
who is a loyal and brave warrior at 
the beginning of the play. However, 
a number of factors lead him to 
choose a path of killing and 
murders.
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Kills King 
Duncan
 He kills King Duncan, then Banquo 
and later on the wife and the son of 
Macduff in order to secure the 
throne for himself as well as for his 
future generation. 
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Ambition
 ord and Lady Macbeth's ambition is 
like a worm that slowly eats away at 
their moral compass. In Act I, Scene 
3, Macbeth and fellow general 
Banquo meet three witches, who 
plant this worm in Macbeth's mind. 
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Prediction 
of Witches
 The seed of evil is sown in Macbeth 
when the witches predict that he 
will become the king of Scotland. 
He thus kills kind Duncan to get his 
end. He succeeds, but later on, he 
wants to secure the throne secured 
for his children & kills Banquo.
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Lady 
Macbeth
 Macbeth agrees to what his wife 
says. She is over-ambitious, thus 
forces Macbeth to kill Duncan by 
telling him her plan. She has a 
significant role in taking his 
husband to ruins. This is why she is 
also called the 4th witch.
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Macbeth’s 
Nature
 In addition to the role of Witches & 
Lady Macbeth, his own nature is 
also responsible for his tragic end. 
He is over-ambitious. He can’t 
predict the consequences of his 
acts.
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Macbeth’s 
Nature Cont.
 Throughout the play, he does every 
crime in confusion. The situation 
would have been different if he had 
not followed the path showed by 
the witches or the one suggested 
by his wife.
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What is 
Macbeth's 
Fatal Flaw?
 Macbeth's tragic flaw is what drives 
both his actions and those of Lady 
Macbeth. His ambition would not 
have been an issue, though, had 
the Three Witches not given him 
the first prophecy. 
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What is 
Macbeth's 
Fatal Flaw 
Cont.
 When he first hears the prophecy, 
he is reluctant to believe it until he 
hears that he would become the 
Thane of Cawdor. Soon after 
meeting the Witches, Macbeth 
finds out the king has in fact given 
him the title of the Thane of 
Cawdor, confirming the Witches can 
see into he future.
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