Is MacBeth A Tragedy
In order for a story to be considered a tragedy, it has to fit a certain description. The Greek playwright Aristotle was the first to define a tragedy. He said it was a story in which the protagonist (tragic hero) goes from fortunate to unfortunate circumstances because if his tragic flaw and fate working together. Macbeth fits these characteristics, and is a tragedy.In this play, the tragic hero is Macbeth. His tragic flaw is his weak morals, and his ability to be easily persuaded. These two things help to bring him down in many respects. First of all, he killed Duncan. Now, he would not have killed Duncan if his wife had not persuaded him. But, because of his tragic flaw, he was easily persuaded into killing the king. "When you durst do it, then you were a man; and to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man." Lady Macbeth questions Macbeth's manhood, and because his morals are not strong, he succumbs to it. This is an instance of Macbeth's tragic flaw worki
Bibliography macbeth by shakespeare. In this play, Macbeth starts out a war hero, the people love him, he has friends, and he gets along with the king and the other nobles. In this play, Macbeth is given his fate by the witches (that he is to become king), and immediately afterwards he is appointed the Thane of Cawdor, and is next in line to become king. Everything works out for Macbeth to kill Duncan, and this is how fate works to bring Macbeth down. ng to bring him down, because immediately after he kills the king, he feels awful. These are definite signs of Macbeth's tragic flaw operating to bring him down. These characteristics are what make Macbeth, and other stories, a tragedy. After that, Duncan tells him that he will be staying at Macbeth's house, giving him a perfect opportunity to kill him. With Macbeth's head on his sword, Mcduff exclaims, "Hail, King! For so thou art. "And for an earnest of a greater honor, he bade me, from him, call the Thane of Cawdor, in which addition, hail most worthy thane, for it is thane" When Ross tells Macbeth that he is the thane, Macbeth is amazed. The tragic hero's flaw is evident, fate clearly works to bring him down as well, and there is no doubt that he does not experience a downfall. After reading this, one can clearly see how Macbeth fits the characteristics of a tragedy. Sure, even if all this happened, Macbeth would still have to be willing to kill the king, but if Macbeth were willing, and he wasn't given ample opportunity, it still probably wouldn't happen. Behold where stands TH' usurper's cursed head.
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