Macbeth Tragic Hero

Parallel to all of Shakespeare’s other tragedies, Macbeth, a short and emotive play centralizes on a tragic hero. A tragic hero is one of noble standing who is predominantly good buts falls from prominence due to personal harmatias and or conflicting forces, external or internal. In addition to this the actions of a tragic hero are usually evil and atrocious and consequently lead to his downfall. Throughout the tragic hero’s suffering other characters, friends, families and even nature also suffer. Macbeth falls under these characteristics of a tragic hero perfectly. As there are many factors which contribute to his tragic downfall including his personal flaws of ambition and insecurity. In addition to this are the influence of Lady Macbeth and the agents of the Supernatural as they also intensify and encourage the Macbeth’s already existing flaws.

The most prominent flaw is Macbeth’s ambition to become king. Ambition is not necessarily a bad thing but Macbeth’s is too gr...