Essay Archive - Macbeth Is A Tragic Hero
Macbeth Is A Tragic Hero
One might choose to assent to the statement, "Macbeth is a tragic hero."
This conclusion may be based upon certain characteristics , proposed by
Aristotle, that warrants him worthy of such a title. Aristotle stated that a
tragic hero must be of certain qualities: a man of noble stature, good, though
not perfect, have a fall that results from committing an act of injustice, which
is his own fault, and receive a punishment that exceeds the crime.
A tragic hero is one of noble stature, and is good. Macbeth is known as
the Thane of Cawdor. He receives this honor because he has just returned from a
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