Tragedy strikes again in the tale of macbeth

Macbeth is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare in the poetic form of
iambic pentameter. In Poetics, written by Aristole, through a summaryof this
work, written by Mrs. Barbara Prendergast, it is said, “the purpose of a tragedy
is [to] arouse the emotions of fear and pity in the audience and then to produce
a catharsis of these emotions.” Only through a tragic hero can this be achieved.
A tragic hero is the central character with whom the audience identifies. In
Macbeth, the tragic hero is none other than Macbeth himself. The story of
Macbeth is intertwined with the traits of a tragic hero, which are goodness,
superiority, a tragic flaw, and realization that he/she is the reason of his/her
own downfall. Macbeth is a perfect example of a tragic hero because he contains
all the necessary traits of a tragic hero: goodness, superiority, a tragic flaw
(which is ambition), and realizes that he is at fault for his own downfall.
A tragic hero must contain some good...