Macbeth: Macbeth A Tragic Hero

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, we discover that Macbeth is
a tragic hero. Macbeth is very ambitious, courageous, and a moral coward: all
these things lead to his tragic death at the end of the play.
At the beginning of the play, Shakespeare defines Macbeth as a hero very
clearly. From the courages in defense of Scotland is significant in the
opening scene. However, he is very ambitious to be king. At the beginning of
the play, he was loyal to the king. While he did imagine of murder his mind
rejects it and said, "Why, if fate will have me king, why, chance may crown me,"
- Act I, Sc 3, p.44-45.
Yet increasingly his ambition defeated his good nature. When ...

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he killed Banquo, due to the prediction of what the witches said about Banquo's
son becoming the king. Macbeth wanted to ensure that he would reach his
ambition without problems.
Macbeth, who now no longer needed any encouragement from Lady Macbeth,
started to leave her in ignorance of his plans. Near the end of the play, Lady
Macbeth sleepwalked and had a dream about the killing of Duncan and Banquo. She
died because of all this pressure and her guilt about the murder. Soul of
Macbeth have been destroyed since Macbeth love Lady Macbeth very much, as shown
in Act I, Sc. 5, p.58, "My Dearest Love."
The power of nemesis is shown clearly at the end of the play when
Macduff came back to murder Macbeth. Macbeth would never have guessed that
Macduff would come back for revenge for the killing in Macduff's household.
This nemesis shows an additional force beyond Macbeth's control. Because of
Macbeth's strong beliefs in ambition and the witches, when he found out Macduff
was ...

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Added: 10/20/2004 12:51:47 AM
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