The Great Tragic Hero Macbeth3

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Macbeth follows Aristotle’s theory of classical tragedy in which the hero suffers and experiences life-changing events. Macbeth believes that “Two truths are told, as happy prologues to the swelling acts of the imperial theme" ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"l00j5mY7","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Shakespeare)","plainCitation":"(Shakespeare)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":1821,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/mlRB1JqV/items/792FVZMS"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/mlRB1JqV/items/792FVZMS"],"itemData":{"id":1821,"type":"book","abstract":"\"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation.\" (Patrick Stewart) The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged. Each volume features: * Authoritative, reliable texts * High quality introductions and notes * New, more readable trade trim size * An essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare and essays on Shakespeare's life and the selection of texts","ISBN":"978-0-7426-5283-5","language":"en","note":"Google-Books-ID: rHBCocyRol4C","number-of-pages":"514","publisher":"Classic Books Company","source":"Google Books","title":"The Tragedy of Macbeth","author":[{"family":"Shakespeare","given":"William"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2001",4]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Shakespeare). Macbeth is admired by the audience for his exceptional maneuver and given the status of Thane of Cawdor. He is a tragic hero due to his grave error of judgment, ambition for murder, leading to destruction, chaos, and then death.

The apparition of three witches has an everlasting effect on Macbeth, which leads him to believe that he can control his future. Aristotle believed that falling from high status effects the audience and gives them a chance for catharsis. Although Macbeth was trusted by his general and public, “If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me,” but his greed has no limits and boundaries. Macbeth’s tragic flaw is his ambition and greed for getting more and more in life. His dissatisfaction pushed him to the edge of his respectable, glorified, and dignified life.

He wanted the crown of Scotland for which he could go to any extent. He pushed his boundaries to the magnitude where he corrupted himself and led his decent life to the claws of death. His desire for dominance creates the doors of destruction for him along with Lady Macbeth’s evil assistance of making him believe that no one can stand between his ambitions, “To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition but the illness should attend it.” He went down the staircase of the disintegration of his life, considering it as his success.

Macbeth failed to realize his grave situation and keep on moving in the wrong direction. Finally, Shakespeare presents his hero to show the bitter reality of man's greed, which blinds him and directs his path to dismantle his life.

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ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Macbeth. Classic Books Company, 2001.