Macbeth: A Shakespearean Tragic Hero "The tragic hero must be neither villain nor a virtuous man but a 'character between these two extremes...a man who not eminently good and just, yet whose misfortune is brought about not by vice or depravity but by some error or human frailty." -Aristotle (poetics) The character of Macbeth is a classic example of a Shakespearean tragic hero. Macbeth is a man of loyalty and an excellent warrior. Macbeth’s character is very strong and good willed but it is subdued by the many surrounding influences. Macbeth is represented as a tragic hero because of his great ambition and thirst for power, his failure in believing and relying on the witches’ prophecies, not being able to resist and giving in to Lady Macbeth’s manipulation and influence, which ultimately leads to his tragic downfall. In the beginning of this Shakespeare....

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