Fatal Flaws in a Rom-Com? Yes, Please!
Ever since I was a kid in high school, studying Macbeth in my British Lit class, I’ve been enamored with the idea of a fatal flaw. All of Shakespeare’s tragic heroes have one. Macbeth is too ambitious; Romeo has a bad temper; Othello is jealous and insecure. Scholars still argue about Hamlet’s fatal flaw, but I say it’s indecisiveness. If Hamlet could just get over all his angst and decide which path to take, then most of his problems would be solved. Same is …
