Characters

Characters

Main character and second most important character
Certainly, each of Shakespeare’s tragic protagonists is capable of both good and evil. Their downfall is caused by a character flaw or conflict with a higher power (the gods the law, fate or society)

Macbeth

The tragic flaw of Macbeth is that he wallows in ambition and that he truly believes what the witches say.

Macbeth - Thane of Cawdor, prophesized by witches that he will become the king. He kills King Duncan both his best friend for his ambition and betrayal. He dies in the end.

Lady Macbeth - Macbeth's wife; she urges him to kill King Duncan so that he will become the King. She later becomes mad and dies due to the stress of the crime.

Hamlet

The tragic flaw of Hamlet is his procrastination and that he is too scholarly.

Hamlet - Prince of Denmark: He madly follows the death of his father. He kill his lover’s father and his behaviors cause Ophelia to become mad and she dies in an accident. Eventually, he dies in a duel.

Ophelia - Daughter of Polonius and loves Hamlet. When she knows that Hamlet killed her father, Ophelia goes mad. She drowns herself in this state.

One pair is united in marriage; as for the other pair, they both are young lovers.