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1.Hamartia: "Then live, Macduff. What need I fear of thee?But yet Ill make assurance double sure,
Macbeth causes the downfall because he killed Macduff's family which cause him to become
enraged and created an army to take Macbeth down. Macbeth causes more problems to come
when he believes the witches that Macduff is dangerous but he could have avoided this by talking to
Macduff.
2.Hubris: "That was not born of woman? /Such a one Am I to fear, or none."(IV,VII,lns 3-5)
Macbeth acts Hubris because he believes that no one that was born from a women can kill him.Also
3. Peripeteia:"O treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! Thou may st revenge O
slave!"(III.III.lns18-19)
Macbeth learns that he will fail as a leader because the prophacy of banquos son will become king.
Macbeth soon learns that Macduff was born of C-section which surprises Macbeth because he had
said before that no one born from a women will kill him.Macduff kills Macbeth which leads him to the
Throughout the play there are many references back to this quote which leads to Macbeths
downfall. Macbeth was at first fair as he won the war for the king.Later, He meets the witches which
causes him to change and become foul as he killed the king.His Fate could not be reversed because
He already killed the king and caused the chain to be broken and he will sooner or later die
anyways.
6.Catharsis: "As calling home our exiled friends abroad/That fled the snares of watchful
tyranny,/Producig forth thr cruel ministers/of this dead butcher and his fiendlike queen,/That calls
Malcolm says that the evil has been killed which is Macbeth and his wife.The audience should feel
relieved that Macbeth and his wife are gone because there is no more evil.