The Failed Flight
In the Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus, Icarus took the biggest “L” of 60 B.C. The cautionary tale tells of a young boy who does not heed his father's warning and consequently plummets into the ocean. Icarus exemplifies hubris and is punished for his prideful boasts presumably because he was trying to overcome his mortal limits and fly higher than the sun. This story's theme of hubris or “a fatal flaw” is also continued in other stories such as “Macbeth” by Shakespeare, and “The Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan. These stories, along with the tale of Icarus himself, provide ample evidence to conclude that Icarus was a failure.
In William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” the lead character has a fatal flaw of ambition, which inspires
