Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Is Macbeth a Tragic Character?
Shakespeares Macbeth is frequently described as mavin his most tragic admits, as the tale is full of betrayal, violate and the demise of great and courageous characters. The aspect that identifies Macbeth as a tragic character, is his d ownfall due to one and only(a) of his own flaws. At the very beginning of the play (Act 1), other characters comment on the bravery and heroicness of Macbeths courageous fight in a battle that he should shake off surely lost, and he is praised by the king himself. Therefore, it hindquarters be surmised that Macbeth is a hero, even precedent to his involvement in the play. Unfortunately, his one tragic flaw is his curvet ambition, and almost immediately later the prophecies are foretold, Macbeth begins to contemplate by what means he can gain kingship (he even considers massacre Duncan). This battle with his conscience among right and wrong makes him disperse to easy influence by his wife, a greed compulsive and manipulative woman wh o lusts after a higher title, and although she plots to kill the king, Macbeth rightfully decides against the murder of a guest in his own home; a rock-steady man and his kin. Such redoubtable characteristics and actions add to the sense of Macbeth beingness an ethical and honourable character, which in turn, also add to the imminent sense of his tragic downfall.\nA clear indication of his degeneracy prevails when Macbeth begins to hallucinate a knife, which he takes further encouragement to deport out Duncans murder: Thou marshallst me the sort that I was going (2:1:43). He knows what he is doing and is in full control, and a contract by between his moral and his ambition exemplifies Macbeths doubt and solicitude and regret at his decisions. ambition wins out, and he embraces immorality to get what he wants. Therein lies the catastrophe of Macbeth; that his ambitious desires left him light and open to influence from villainy forces (his wife, the prophecies, the knife etc.). Once achieving his dreams, Macbeth begins to ...
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