Macbeth: Macbeth - A Tragic Hero
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"(Sometimes a tragic hero is created, not through his own villainy),
but rather through some flaw in him, he being one of those who are in high
station and good fortune, like Oedipus and Thyestes and the famous men of such
families as those." (Poetics, Aristotle). Every great tragedy is dominated ....
Middle of paper
.... slain by Macduff when
he and Malcolm return leading the armies of England. Often people read the
play and automatically conclude that Macbeth's tragic flaw is his ambition;
that he is compelled to commit so many acts of violence by his lust for power.
However, by carefully examining the first act, one can determine the defect in
Macbeth's character that creates his ambition; his true tragic flaw. Macbeth's
tragic flaw is not his ambition as most people believe, but rather his trust in
the wo ....
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