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 ambit....

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