User blog comment:Morganaforever/Merlin and Tragedy/@comment-5102537-20120905135936/@comment-5102537-20120905143837

Actually I consider myself to be objective about the characters, that is why I can't take Morgana seriously anymore because to me as a woman, I'm not impressed by her attractiveness (and she certainly is!) but only see what has become of her due to the bad character development you have mentioned. I agree that there are similarities to the Greek tragdies though.

But you nailed it, the lack of believable development due to her becoming a monster all of a sudden is the reason why a lot of fans just don't care anymore. Macbeth's development was comprehensible and believable (yet not to be justified, of course) and one can see why he became such a cruel animal. It's different with Morgana because the only reason that has ever been delivered on the show was Uther - and this is just no valid reason and makes Morgana not believable.

As for Morgana thinking that she had no choice and that it was the only way, I think this is another obvious sign for her delusion and for looking for an excuse. She is much too intelligent to really believe that there wasn't any other way, yet she refused to consider other possibilities because her hatred was stronger and she wanted to harm Uther, no matter what. When Merlin told her that she was the one who could change Uther, he spoke the fundamental truth and Morgana knew it too but she simply didn't want to. Her hatred and her desire to destroy Uther was stronger. She was simply hiding behind her own lies.

That's why I wish the writers had made her the way you describe her. Sometimes I think that some fans could add much more and better stories to the characters.