Macbeth as a Tragic Hero.
In all genres of literature different character types might be found. Some bring humor or comic relief, while others bring both pity and fear to the audience. A tragic character is one who gives evidence to the audience concerning his or her tragic flaw that causes a change in fortune, from happiness to misery. In a tragedy the main character rises to greatness, then continues to fall down, until reaches his or her downfall. Macbeth is a tragic hero in the play Macbeth by Shakespeare. The process of this tragedy is slow to let the audience become comfortable with the power and happiness of the main character. Then, suddenly, foreshadowing in climax occurs as the main character heads to his downfall. Therefore Macbeth can be considered a tragic hero because of his downfall, which is influenced by the witches, Lady Macbeth, and Macbeth's ambition. The prophecies, which were told by the witches, were one of the factors that contributed to the fall of Macbeth's character. Ross proved the first prophecy, when he told Macbeth that Duncan has given the death sentence to the present Thane of Cawdor. From this point witches' prophecies start to play an important role in Macbeth's future. Macbeth's character starts to deteriorate, and
about his future if the prophecies are good and inspiring. The second prophecies told by the witches gave Macbeth an optimistic view on the future. Macbeth interpreted them as motivating and inspiring. For him his future sounds safe: "Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane/I cannot taint with fear. .../'Fear not, Macbeth; no man that's born of woman/Shall e'er have power upon thee.' Then fly, false thanes/(5.3. ). The first prophecies that witches have made served as matches to start a fire, a fire in Macbeth's ambition that would get bigger and more dangerous. These first prophecies helped Macbeth to reach his greatness and happiness. Later the second prophecies served as water that brought the fire down, which was Macbeth's downfall. Therefore all the time Macbeth's tragic fall was influenced by the witches' prophecies. his thoughts highlight his character change. Macbeth thinks to himself: "My thought, whose murder (killing Duncan) yet is but fantastical" (1.3. ). Witches, Lady Macbeth, and Macbeth's ambition all influenced Macbeth's tragic flaw. It could be highly recognized how witches and Lady Macbeth inspired Macbeth's Even though witches' prophecies and Lady Macbeth had important influence on Macbeth's downfall, Macbeth's ambitions seemed to be the main and most important factor that made Macbeth a tragic hero
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