Premium Content Macbeth's Tragic Flaw: The Collapse of Emotion
By August Trevor Sutton - November 27, 2006
Shakespeare frequently makes use of the adjective ‘weird’ in his tragedy Macbeth. Along with bringing to mind the supernatural and unearthly, the word also forces one to consider the nature of the word’s antonym – what is normal? Macbeth’s emotions and actions become progressively more disjointed through the course of the play. When ultimately he…
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