Everyone who is mortal has at least one flaw. Some are more serious than others. For example, some people have addictions to gambling, while other people can't remember to put the milk away after they use it. Sooner or later a person's imperfections will come back to haunt them. In the tragedy MacBeth, this premise comes to life. In the play of McBeth, many of the main characters pass away. The reason the characters die is because these characters have flaws, which will eventually lead to their downfall. Not every character is deserving of this destiny. Some characters have minor flaws, which shouldn't lead to their deaths. But, other characters have a major flaws, which is would eventually lead them to their deaths.
MacBeth kills the first Thane of Cawdor, for trying to lead a revolution against England. His fatal flaw was that he was according to Ross, "a disloyal traitor". The Thane of Cawdor was greedy, who wanted the throne of England for himself, and as a result was murdered. His murder wasn't really depressing because the Thane of Cawdor deserved his fate. He was leading a battle, in which many lost their lives, for the sake of greed, and he deserved to die because of his flaw.
Duncan was the King of England, and was murdered by MacBeth. He was murdered, because in order for MacBeth to fulfill his plan and become King, Duncan would have to die. Duncan's fatal flaw was that he was too trusting. For example, he thought that none of his friends could really be enemies. If Duncan was more careful about his safety at MacBeth's castle, he may have had a chance to survive. But, Duncan's flaw wasn't something so
horrible that he should have die. Most people need to trust each other more, and just because one person did, he shouldn't have to die.
MacBeth also killed MacBeth's former best friend, Banquo. Banquo was killed, because he knew too much about the murder of Duncan. But, that was no
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