by his hamartia, or a tragic flaw. Macbeth's flaws are his self-doubt and his unchecked ambition. Allowing the character to simply be a victim of unpredictable and undeserved calamities violates the principle of the tragedy, but Macbeth's calamities are neither unpredictable or undeserved: he may be manipulated and tricked into them, but they are results of his own decisions. The tragic hero must also invoke, in some manner, feelings of both pity and fear in the audience; Macbeth rouses both of these emotions with his actions.
             From the exposition of the play, Macbeth is portrayed as a glorious war-hero. A soldier, wounded in a battle a
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