Traffic Flaws in Lady Macbeth by William Shakespeare

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What defines a greater tragedy? Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are complex and dynamic characters who have tragic flaws. While Macbeth is extremely docile, Lady Macbeth is controlling and manipulative Macbeth’s fickleness leads to him to become a traitor, murderer, and ultimately leads to his death. Lady’s Macbeth’s manipulative behavior leads her husband to do horrible things, resulting in massive guilt and suicide. Overall, Macbeth’s story is ultimately more tragic than his spouses because his fickleness leads to a less complete and meaningless life.

Shakespeare helps his audience understand the remorse that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth feel by using hallucinations and visions. On the surface, the hallucinations represent the mental health of the hallucinator, however, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's delusional state can also represent their remorse. Lady Macbeths starts as a manipulator, asking Macbeth: “Letting I dare not wait up I would, like the poor cat i’th adage” (1.7.44-45). She manipulates Macbeth into killing his king by questioning Macbeth’s manhood, something a warrior, like M...

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