Everyone has a flaw, but some are more serious than others are. Some people have an addiction to gambling, while others have a flaw in their memory where they can't remember to take out the garbage. However, in the more serious cases, these flaws can come back to haunt a person, just as it did in Shakespeare's Macbeth. This play was based around the flaws a person's character can hold, and how that can eventually lead to the demise of that person.
             Macbeth is a very complex, interesting play, which depicts the fall of a character's morality due to a tragic flaw or error in their character. This play focuses around a basic theme, showing how a person's character can deteriorate as they feel they become more powerful and important than everyone else around them. This theme is shown well in Macbeth, who was once a brave, well respected individual fighting in the English army under King Duncan, and one who had earned his respect honestly in battle.
             "For brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name-
             Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel,
             Which smoked with bloody execution..." (Act 1, Scene 2, 18-20)
             However, he lost his respect as the gain of power took over him and controlled his actions due to his flaw, ambition. Once Macbeth earned a taste of power after capturing the Thane of Cawdor as well as the Thane of Glamis, he felt he could do better, and let the gain of power affect his life, his actions, and his treatment, not only of others, but himself as well. The ambition Macbeth held was a serious problem in his character in the play, and was the main idea for the basis of the play.
             The main conflict in this play is the exploitation of the tragic flaws of the many characters throughout the play. Because of his flaw, his ambition, many other characters' died because of their flaws as well.
             "Art not without ambition, but without
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