To be able to answer this question fully and profoundly we must first be able to accurately understand and be able to describe what is meant by a tragic hero. The classical idea of a tragic hero was first introduced by the ancient Greeks. The earliest known example of this was from Aristotle's 'Poeticus'. There are many essential points that are needed to be fulfilled to allow a character to be a true tragic hero. I will now try to explain the criteria needed.
The first and most important is that the character must be important enough for whatever happens to him to make a difference to the whole world. This means that you or I could not possibly be a tragic hero, as the consequences to the plot of our story would not influence the world in any way. However, in the story of Macbeth the tragic hero, i.e. Macbeth, is important enough to make a difference to the rest of the world.
The second point is that the character must be good-natured, very brave, has a good reputation and is well respected. As well as this however the tragic hero must have one tragic flaw with in him, in his personality or in his temperament. The tragic flaw cannot be from the out
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