The Tragic Hero In Shakespeare's Macbeth

In the William Shakespeare play, Macbeth, we see a noble man name, Macbeth, at the highest of his game. Macbeth is described as many honorable titles, until the middle of the Act we see his true flaws, and becomes a tragic hero. His ambitious get the best of him, and everything that he is known comes falling down slowly. In Act 1, the readers see how Macbeth becomes a man of titles, to the three witches pursuing him to control his future, and his own wife, Lady Macbeth, manipulating Macbeth to pursue his own future, like the three witched told him. All of the evidence will prove that Macbeth is a tragic hero. In the beginning of Act 1, the readers see a conversation between King Duncan and an injured Captain. The injured Captain tells King

In the very beginning of Act 1, the readers see that three witches meet at a heath, and talk about Macbeth, especially seeing him after a battle (Shakespeare 3). After the battle that made Macbeth have a new title, the three witches meet again at the heath (Shakespeare 7). The three witches talk about what they have been up to, and soon chant together, because they see Macbeth coming there way. Macbeth foreshadows saying, “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.” to Banquo (Shakespeare 8). Banquo sees the three witches and insults them by stating, “you should be women, and yet your beards forbid me to interpret.” (Shakespeare 8). Macbeth sees the three witches, and all of them greet him as the Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and the future King (Shakespeare 8-9). Macbeth is shocked that the three witches called him, the Thane of Cawdor, and the next King. Since he is already the Thane of Glamis, because of his father, Sinel’s, death (Shakespeare

Macbeth is a man of loyalty for his King, and for his country, until distractions came along in his life. The two major distractions were the three witches and his wife, Lady Macbeth. The three witches told him about his potential position as King, and that made Macbeth want to seek it, even if he had to kill. Lady Macbeth manipulated her husband, Macbeth, to kill off King Duncan, and if he did not, he was not a man. Overall, Macbeth is a tragic hero in some eyes of the readers. The readers will see the distractions that take him away from his future being good. Macbeth is going down a tragic path of self-destruction, just so he can be the next King. The readers see his true flaws, by the way he thinks about the situation. Not only is Macbeth going to kill one person, but many others in the distance future. As the readers see Macbeth struggling with his own thoughts on the inside. On the outside. Macbeth has to put on a show, and act like nothing is happening in his