Color Purple and Macbeth
What is a perfect human? Human perfection may be measured by physical ability or intellectual achievement; however, it may also be measured by strength of character, and in this realm humans may often fall short. Weakness of character, shown through various character flaws, causes most of the hardships in life. Literature such as Shakespeare's Macbeth and Alison Walker's The Color Purple contain three levels of characters: setting characters, secondary characters and the main character. Combined, these three all contribute character flaws which leads to the novel or play's ultimate tragedy. The setting character appears in the beginning of a piece of literature to give one a feel and sense of how the piece will reach out to the reader. King Duncan sets the atmosphere in Macbeth when we see different characters take advantage of his character flaw, naivete. Immediately we begin to see some of the major themes such as betrayal and manipulation and know what direction the play will take. King Duncan's naivete is first shown when we find out that the former Thane of Cawdor has betrayed King Duncan and that he did not have any idea of it. This incident then prepares us for King Duncan's meeting with Lady Macbeth, where Lad
This deficiency of education is something that is needed to survive in the world and Celie lacks this bonus. will proceed no further in this business. Macbeth's single character flaw escalates until the climax where the play takes a tragic fall. It is quite intriguing to see how both secondary characters, Lady Macbeth and Sofia, are females who have rejected their typical female role in society, yet have the opposite influence on the main characters; while Sofia lifts Celie from misery, Lady Macbeth leads Macbeth to tragedy. Once again when naive King Duncan puts his trust into the hands of disloyal Macbeth by making him Thane of Cowdar, the atmosphere and plot advances by making Macbeth's future plans possible. As long as she does not feel any discomfort or remorse she has no problem with murdering King Duncan. in blood/Stepp'd in so far, that should [he] wade no more,/Returning were as tedious as go o'er" ( III. When Lady Macbeth calls upon the spirits to.
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