Aristotle‚ a Greek philosopher and a scientist who came up with the characteristics of tragic hero. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a play about a tragic hero named Macbeth who was told about his prophecy by three witches and one of them was him being king‚ in which he succeeds by killing all in his way. The term tragic hero applies to Macbeth. Through three witch’s predications‚ Lady Macbeth’s encouragements‚ and the fact that he is a courageous man. The first reason why Macbeth is a tragic hero is
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anymore. In act one of the play‚ Lady Macbeth has come up with the scheme of murdering King Duncan so her husband can be king. She asks the evil spirits to remove her of her femininity so that can she can fulfill the devilish deed;” Come‚ you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts‚ unsex me here‚ and fill me‚ from the crown to the toe‚ top-full Of direst cruelty!” (1.6.39-42). Macbeth hesitates on killing Duncan and Lady Macbeth starts to question his masculinity; “When you durst do it‚ then you were
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With the thought of being King of Scotland‚ the only thing in his head‚ he knows now that the prophecies could only be good. However‚ as said in the beginning of the play‚ "Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair: hover through the fog and filthy air." Things that may appear harmless and
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When Macbeth killed king Duncan‚ the effects were widespread throughout Scotland. Some of the effects were good some were bad‚ and they affected both the rich and the poor. Shakespeare uses the minor characters in the play‚ such as The Old Man‚ Banquo and the Son of Macduff‚ to show us this. The Old Man (Act II‚4) symbolizes the common man in Scotland. He Also shows the effects of Macbeth’s rule on Scotland. More specifically he shows how life for the common man has been dissolved into chaos
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Macbeth as well. Since she is under the same curse as Macbeth‚ because she has the same name‚ she is equally affected by the witches as he is. He is captured into the prophecy of the witches and so is Lady Macbeth. She might look kind and loyal to the king but above that‚ she is masked with greed and ambition. Lady Macbeth’s duplicity is also shown through the black permitting from behind her body. This displays her real true self that is covered by the cracked‚ masked bewitched image on the top. This
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that he would become the king. Macbeth‚ not knowing that it had already been decreed that he would be Thane of Cawdor‚ assumed that the witches could predict the future. Macbeth then assumed that in order for the final prediction to come true‚ something terrible had to happen to
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Prior to murdering Duncan‚ Macbeth was hesitant about following through with his wife’s merciless task. He doubted that he was able to murder one of his most loyal friends‚ until he saw the vision. On page 43‚ Act II‚ scene I‚ Macbeth sees the apparition: "Is this a dagger
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Macbeth starts of a short manifestation of the witches and then move to a armed site‚ where the Scottish King Duncan hears the information that is generals‚ Macbeth and Banquo‚ have overcome two divide invading armies. Macbeth is also brained washed by his wife. Lady Macbeth makes him go insane. She makes him do things that he didn’t want to she got into his head so bad. She wants him to murder King Duncan in order to obtain thecrown. Lady Macbeth already has everything planned for the murder and is trying
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evil characters but the one were going to be talking about is the evil‚ selfish‚ ambitious Macbeth. Throughout the play Macbeth causes much pain and suffering for all characters in the text for example‚ Macbeth kills his wise‚ respected‚ leader King Duncan; this action would be taken as regicide‚ this action is basically a royal murder. In my opinion the evil‚ tyrant Macbeth links to the themes ambition‚ greed and selfishness. A quote to support this is: ‘I go‚ and it is done the bell invites me’
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was in their way of their goal this would include no hesitation in killing their close ones be it their friends or family members. Richard the 3rd being handicapped by birth was power hungry which cause him to resent the power of his older brother King Edward IV. The fact that he was crippled by birth brought utter bitterness to Richard which might be a reason why he was always wanting to snatch other peoples positions especially that of his own brother. On the other hand Macbeth is a story again
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