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A tragic hero is someone who must begin noble and good, but is imperfect, so that the audience can see themselves in him. They are doomed from the start. In Macbeth’s case the witches are first on stage, and are planning to meet with Macbeth in the very beginning.

Shakespeare has positioned his audience to view Macbeth as a tragic hero, corrupted and influenced by outside forces and more importantly his own weakness for power. A tragic hero is a literary character of noble birth, who makes a judgement error that leads to their downfall. The use of the prophecies revealed by the witches at the beginning of the text, as well as Lady Macbeth persuading Macbeth to achieve them

Act 3 Scene 4 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth was transformed into an informative news report to discuss the unusual behaviour of Macbeth from the dinner guests and other citizen’s perspectives.

In William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, is about a soldier -Macbeth - who is informed by three witches that he is to become king. When the witches tell Macbeth he is to become king of Scotland, Macbeth gets greedy and ambitious and does everything in his will to get the power he deserves. In order to be a tragic hero oneself would have to make a judgment error and lead to his or her own destruction just like what Macbeth has done in his life. Therefore, Macbeth is a great example of a tragic hero.

Macbeth, by William Shakespeare is a famous tragedy of a power craving man, who would do anything to achieve greatness - even kill. Most readers would think that Macbeth is outlined in one specific way that cannot be changed. To many readers, Macbeth can be considered a tragic hero. In some minds, Lady Macbeth can be considered a tragic hero because, she is a strong character with a high social rank that causes her to essentially create her own downfall, and feels guilty for her actions, once her inevitable downfall leads to death, she pity arouses in the readers’ hearts.

Thus the sense of the unnaturalness of evil is evoked not only be repeated explicit references ("nature's mischief," "nature seems dead," " 'Tis unnatural, even like the deed that's done," and so on) but by the expression of unnatural sentiments and an unnatural violence of tone in such things as Lady Macbeth's invocation of the "spirits" who will "unsex" her, and her affirmation that she would murder the babe at her breast if she had sworn to do it. (95)

Aristotle’s book of literary theory describes a tragic hero as a predominantly good, but flawed noble hero who encounters great suffering due to a judgement error. This hero should be destined for defeat. The character Macbeth, created by William Shakespeare in the self-titled play, is an example of a tragic hero because he fits this description. Macbeth’s driving ambition to become king and incredibly irrational decisions to get him there is what makes Macbeth a classic Tragic Hero.

Macbeth, a play written by one of the most influential English writers of all time William Shakespeare. It was created to be a Shakespearean tragedy. A tragedy as Aristotle defines it as: “Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude …. through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions” (Aristotle: Poetics). What this is saying for a tragedy is that it should have the audience feel pity towards the main character and fearful of what is to happen to the character, which Macbeth does not create throughout the whole play. Then Macbeth himself is supposed to fit the definition of a tragic hero. A tragic hero should have morals, superiority to others, a flaw that leads to the character 's demise, and should realize that what is happening to him is his fault. Macbeth is not a tragic hero because he loses his morals, gains his final leap of superiority by regicide, and he never realizes that it is because of his own doings that leads to his end, and Macbeth the play is not a tragedy because it does not create pity and fear throughout the entire play.

Traditionally, a tragic hero is a protagonist, usually of noble birth or high-standing, who possesses a flaw in character that brings about his own downfall. The tragedy Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, has a perfect example of a tragic hero, otherwise known as Macbeth. A tragic hero must be a man who is great and admirable in various ways. He should be placed in society in such a way that everything he does affects all of the members of his society. Macbeth fits the description of being a tragic hero, displaying his strengths, his weaknesses, his tragic flaw, and how influential everything around him is. Macbeth is a tragic hero, because his physical courage is joined by a consuming ambition and tendency to self-doubt and his brutality is balanced by his guilt - a quality that enables the audience to identify with Macbeth throughout the play despite his cruelty.

    A tragic hero is usually a person of high esteem or social ranking cursed with a flaw or obsession that will eventually lead to their demise. Macbeth is a tragic hero. Examining the events that occur as Macbeth travels the typical path of a tragic hero easily supports this claim.

Macduff gives into it more than Banquo does, seeing as he kills Macbeth, but it wasn’t only for revenge.

According to the Greek philosopher Aristotle, "The best tragic plot moves the hero from prosperity to misfortune, occasioned not by depravity, but by some great mistake he makes. The plot of Macbeth follows these basic guidelines; throughout the play we follow the path of the main character as his life is torn apart as a result of the colossal mistake he makes when he kills Duncan. It is for this and the many ensuing reasons that we can say that Macbeth accurately portrays the image of a tragic hero as outlined by Aristotle.

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He possessed every component that a tragic hero would have. Even though he didn’t have such a hereditary sovereign, he gained it by whatever method necessary. According to Aristotle's theory, in order for a character to be a Tragic hero, the character must not be a saint nor a villain, he should Have some virtues, have a tragic flaw, and have hubris. (“Aristotle’s Tragic Term ” Ohio. Greek and Roman. New York: Barrons, 1959.) Macbeth meets all of these requirements, and can therefore be called a tragic hero.

“what’s done cannot be undone.” (Shakespeare 5.1.71) Some considered Macbeth to be a hero; others think he is beyond making good again. The ways Macbeth made his way up to power can never be undone. Which makes Macbeth a very tragic hero.