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A tragic hero must be good but he is not perfect. A tragic hero
should have some tragic flaw in his character as a result of which he moves
from happiness to misery and ultimately dies. In poetic Aristotle says that this
is the sort of man who is not conspicuous for virtue and justice, and whose
fall into misery is not due to vice and depravity , but rather to some error, a
man who enjoys prosperity and a high
reputation, like Oedipus and Thystes and other
famous members of families like theirs.
Macbeth is a Shakespearean tragedy. It involves the
inevitable fate of someone, Macbeth, who challenges the natural order of
things.Macbeth defeats the enemies of King Duncan when all seems
lost. He is greeted by the witches after the battle and declared Thane of
Glamis, Thane of Cawdor and the future king
of Scotland.
Macbeth reacts in a way which surprises his companion Banquo.
This is because it reflects his own secret ambitions, namely to become king.Duncan stays overnight at Macbeth's castle. Encouraged by his
wife Lady Macbeth who is also ambitious for power. Macbeth murders Duncan and
lays the blame on Duncan's guards who he kills.\
So begins an inevitable downward spiral for both into
increasing violence, isolation, madness and death.Macbeth murders anyone who he sees as a potential rival
including Macduff's wife and children. He also has Banquo murdered but his son
Fleance escapes. This confirms the prophecy of the witches that
Banquo's line would produce future kings.
Macbeth is eventually isolated as all desert him. His wife,
now insane, dies. Macbeth confronts the opposing army safe in the knowledge
that, as the witches predicted, no man born of woman can kill him. When he
fights Macduff, the latter tells Macbeth that he was born by what we would know
call Caeserean.
King Duncan-Macbeth-Lady Macbeth- Banguo- Malcolm-
Donalbain- Tree witches
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Macbeth knows his fate is sealed and is slain by Macduff.
Duncan's son Malcolm becomes king and the normal balance of society is
restored. The suffering the tragic hero arouses pity and fear. But the fall of
Macbeth arouses less sympathy then that of other tragic heroes such as Hamlet,
King Lear and Othello, because of his unscrupulous ambition. Macbeth is different
from other tragic heroes. He forfeits our sympathy after the middle of the
play. He begins as a hero but ends as a villain. From a brave solider and noble
person, Macbeth reaches a state when he is a soulless person and finally
slaughtered like a beast. But when he meets his doom, we feel that poetic
justice has been done.
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