"A central group of four plays—Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear— offer Shakespeare's fullest development of tragedy, and they are sometimes collectively labeled the great or major tragedies. These plays focus on a powerful central character whose most outstanding personal quality—his tragic flaw, as it is often called—is the source of his catastrophe. He is the victim of his own strength, which will not allow accommodation with his situation, and we are appalled at this paradox and at the inexorability of his fate. " I want to relate this to MacBeth because seen as a hero at the beginning of the play and then turning into the villan for his own selfish reasons, we can see that this flawed character is at the "the point of no return" because of all the damage that he has done and we can only wait and see how his future takes course.
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Although I do agree that Macbeth's ego, pride, and excessive ambition is the reason for Macbeth's downfall. I am not too sure if I am appalled by the inexorability of his fate. I mean he brought this upon himself.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I was wondering, when do you think Macbeth reached the "point of no return"?
I have the same thoughts. I mean if Macbeth hadn't decided to "change" his own fate for his own "good" he wouldn't have created his own downfall. Maybe his downfall was right when he thought about murdering Duncan because he just need convincing to commit the act.
DeleteYeah i agree with you, i guess once you follow throughwith something, there is no longer turning back from it.
DeleteYes, i agree. Just like the prompt we had on reaching a "no turning point."
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