The Tragedy Of Macbeth By William Shakespeare

As the play goes, Macbeth shows a character of free will. Although his destiny was pre-determined for him by the witches, he took action to believe and to make sure that his prophecies will come true. Macbeth is a strong character with many deep desires that include gaining power, and so throughout the play with the many crimes he had committed, there was no turning back for him. In all, his decisions help shape the future ahead of him.

First, Macbeth is a tragic hero because he has a tragic flaw. A tragic flaw is a weakness that a tragic hero possesses that causes his or her doom. Macbeth’s greed for power and rights to the throne is what leads him to ruin his own life and meet his fate. Once he was told by the witches he would be king, he began to do anything in his power to make the prophecy true-- including killing the current king, King Duncan. Although he is first eerie about this, his wife convinces him to carry on with it. Lady

Name: Ethan Krezinski Class Period: 3rd Lit. & Comp. Macbeth the Tragic Hero “The Tragedy of Macbeth” is a type of tragedy that focuses on the character of the tragic hero. Aristotle defines this hero as “a man who is neither outstanding in virtue and righteousness, nor is it through wickedness that he falls into misfortune, but through some flaw.” The Tragedy of Macbeth fits this description of a kind of play in which Macbeth’s pride leading to an excess of human ambition lead him to human actions that have their inevitable consequences, in which the characters’ bad deeds, errors, mistakes, and crimes are never forgiven or rectified. In this tragedy, Macbeth has a tragic flaw that leads to an ill-judged action that lead to another and then another and eventually leads to catastrophe.

To start off with, Macbeth is an example of a tragic hero because of him being the protagonist. Throughout the play, Macbeth had many qualities as well as some tragic flaws. He was a courageous and brave man who was flawed by the witches and with his ambition. This all happened due to the prophecies that the witches told him, which was of Macbeth to be king. In Act 1, Scene 7, Macbeth says, “I have no spur/ To prick the sides of my intent , but only/ Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself/ And falls on th’ other.” This drove Macbeth to commit murder on King Duncan of his desire to be king. Although he was courageous and brave and he is seen as the hero at the beginning of the play, his overconfidence causes his downfall.

The great tragedy of the play is the loss of the kind of man Macbeth could have been and almost was. The contradictions of his character and his fatal mistake in giving in to his ambition could not make this possible. Macbeth has chosen to fulfil his ambition freely and is responsible for his actions. He is seen as a tragic hero as he loses his greatness due to his

Macbeth: The Foul Hero and Fair Villain Every great Elizabethan Tragedy comes with a true tragic hero. The tragic play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare has a great example of a tragic hero, Macbeth. A tragic hero is someone with heroic qualities, someone that is destined for greatness, but brings about his own downfall by a choice that he made. Macbeth shows that he is a tragic hero since he is overly ambitious which drives to desire to be King, and it leads to his downfall because his ambition has no bounds, so he does not know when or where to stop.

The Tragedy of Macbeth is a tragedy about Macbeth being told he will become king and his journey becoming king and the events that occur during his time as king. A tragedy is a dramatic representation of serious actions that result in a disastrous conclusion for the protagonist. Macbeth is classified as a tragic hero, a tragic hero is one who will evoke terror and pity and is neither good or bad. Macbeth is a character in the story who is the most responsible for all of the actions that occur in The Tragedy of Macbeth.

William Shakespeare’s tragic play Macbeth is widely renowned and respected as one of the most influential works in history. Taylah Thirlwall compares Geoffrey Wright’s 2006 film to Roman Polanski’s 1971 film, and scrutinizes the portrayal of Masculinity.

In the play Macbeth, William Shakespeare tasked himself with the arduous responsibility to “take a ‘noble man’, full of ‘conscience’ and ‘the milk of human kindness’, and make him a ‘dead butcher’ yet keep him an object of pity rather than hatred” (Booth 17). Shakespeare did this effectively, creating Macbeth as a tragic hero. Macbeth is an exceedingly ambitious man, and this ambition is the weakness that begins his downfall and earns him classification as a tragic hero. Also, Macbeth’s blatant disregard for the natural order and his attempt to control fate singlehandedly are certainly the qualities of a tragic hero. In attempting to control his own fate, Macbeth only seals the fate that the three witches had already set for him.

A tragedy involves a character with a tragic flaw that the character cannot overcome and potentially leads that character to a tragic downfall. While reading Macbeth, a play written by Shakespeare, it is evident that the tragic hero, Macbeth, has a flaw, and this flaw is excessive ambition. Mixed with being manipulated and an ambition so strong that it overcame his morality and judgment, Macbeth Throughout the play, we as the audience seem to follow and sympathize with Macbeth because he is the main character. When Stephen Booth says, “the tragedy of the play Macbeth is not of the character Macbeth and that it does not happen on the stage.

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most dynamic tragic heroes. A tragic hero is person who possesses the characteristics of a hero, but suddenly that hero’s world is rattled by some sort of evil doings in my words. First, Macbeth started out being a hero because he was a loyal and noble warrior in King Duncan’s army. Second, Macbeth’s mind was corrupted and influenced by the three witches and their predictions. Finally, Macbeth world is completely turned around when his evil doings caught up to him to bring his life to a tragic end. Macbeth was intended for a desired future, however his ambition got the best of him which crushed his dreams.

This quote means that the one who has complete authority is extremely likely to abuse his position. 'Absolute power' refers to complete, unchallengeable power where the holder has no external compulsions and is answerable to none about his actions. It builds on the idea that every human being has the potential to become a 'benevolent dictator' given the right situation. Power, or simply the desire for power, can cause people to act in unintelligible ways. Many examples can be seen throughout history of leaders who have been perverted with power. For example, leaders like Hitler and Napoleon have all committed disgraceful actions during their rule in the hopes of attaining the 'Absolute power'. All through the play Macbeth, the desire for 'Absolute power' is the central compelling force for Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. They are dominated with a great yearning for gaining the ultimate power by becoming the King and Queen, and are willing to achieve it by whatever means necessary. Power corrupts their thoughts, behaviours and actions. They become greedy and selfish. As a result of this, they suffer the tragic fate of their own doings. Example of this corruption is first seen when Lady Macbeth decides that she will murder Duncan after reading her husband's letter about the witches prophecies. She refuses to see the difference between right and wrong as she is blinded by the desire

Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy Macbeth is the story of a man who, because of his selfish ambition, murders his way to power only to suffer his downfall by the sword of fellow nobleman Macduff. This is only one reason why Macbeth is an example of the literary tragic hero. Macbeth is a tragic hero because he is of nobility, has a tragic flaw, and suffers his downfall because of his flaw.

Actually, the play Macbeth is one of the most famous works of English writer William Shakespeare. Macbeth play is considered for a tragedy because the main character will atone for his actions. Shakespeare showed here mature and profound vision of the evil. We can say, it is the play displaying perdition and disintegration of a human. In this, we see Shakespeare's art, to understand the complexity of human nature.

Macbeth is a tragedy written in the 17th century that shows what the desire for power can do to a man. Macbeth is expressed as being the villain. But, Macbeth is in fact a tragic hero, doomed by fate from the beginning into the madness he put himself in. If it not been for meeting the witches and persuasion of his wife, the play would have had a very different ending.