In my sentiment, Macbeth is represented as a tragic hero. Macbeth ‘s characger is a authoritative illustration of a Shakespearian tragic hero. In many of Shakespeare ‘s calamities, the chief character starts off as a really courageous, epic individual whom everyone praises. However as clip moves on, the character loses repute because he has to confront a moral quandary and fatal defect. In Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 2, we know that Macbeth is the chief character, because of his brave actions in the conflict. A tragic hero ‘s exceeding nature by and large raises him above the mean degree of humanity. Macbeth ‘s instance the fatal defect, katharsis was his aspiration.
Macbeth ‘s gallantry can be seen by the manner Macbeth rejects ‘fortune ‘ that is personified as a glorious warrior. Macbeth is described as ‘Brave Macbeth ‘ and besides as a retainer of the God Valour ; he is ‘Valour ‘s minion ‘ . The godMacbeth ‘s violent nature supports his place as a hero contending for Scotland. Macbeth is seen to hold ‘unseamed him from the nave to the chops. ‘ Shakespeare creates a violent imagination of Macbeth viciously killing Macdonwald. Clearly this is violent but besides adept. The usage of ‘unseamed ‘ is a metaphor from vesture that shows his preciseness and expertness. Macbeth can be seen as a heroic warrior as he is contending for Scotland. He is represented as a valorous character who hunts down Scotland ‘s enemies.
‘Carved out his transition boulder clay he faced the slave ‘
We can see Macbeth ‘s accomplishment as he carves like an expert. He is an complete violent death machine, but because he serves Scotland he is non a meatman even though he has the accomplishments of a meatman.
When Macbeth and Banquo returned to Scotland, Macbeth was greeted by 3 enchantresss with 3 different salutations. The three enchantresss say,
“ All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! All hail Macbeth that shalt be king afterlife. ” ( Act 1 Scene 3 Line 48 )
Macbeth did non believe the enchantresss ‘ prognostications at first, but after Ross informs Macbeth that the male monarch has merely gave him the place of Thane of Cawdor he starts to believe that they are true. When the prognostication of being the thane of Cawdor, he thinks that it is obvious that the other prognostication of going the male monarch will come true every bit good. This declines his aristocracy by thought of being a male monarch, which means that he would hold to interrupt the concatenation of being. The concatenation of being is the position of God, Jesus, angels, male monarchs and etc. and the King is God ‘s appointed representative so Macbeth can non be King. Besides, Macbeth knows that if Duncan dies for some ground, it would be the princes who ‘d be the male monarchs afterwards. Macbeth becomes confused about how he ‘d be a male monarch when he was nowhere near the throne line but he still tries to believe about how to go the male monarch as he is influenced by his fatal defect ; aspiration.
In Act 1 Scene 5, Lady Macbeth knows about the enchantresss ‘ prognostications. Lady Macbeth truly wants to go the queen of Scotland, hence she starts promoting Macbeth to slay King Duncan. Lady Macbeth puts an tremendous impact on Macbeth of slaying Duncan. At first, he denied Lady Macbeth ‘s suggestion, but in the terminal he does slay Duncan which is his moral quandary.
“ I ‘ll travel no more ; I am afraid to believe what I have done ; Look I wo n’t once more I dare non. ” ( Act 2, scene 2, line 51 )
This quotation mark is when Macbeth came back after slaying Duncan and Tells Lady Macbeth that he would ne’er make such thing once more. This shows that Macbeth is scared about the title he has done. Lady Macbeth so takes control of this state of affairs, where Macbeth is excessively frightened to make anything. This quotation mark is when Lady Macbeth says that this H2O will clean their bloody custodies and wipe out their wickedness.
“ … a small H2O clears us of this title. ” ( Act 2,
Scene 2, line 67 ) .
The 3rd prognostication comes true after Malcolm and Donalbein runs off from Scotland, scared for their lives and Macbeth becomes the King of Scotland. However, now he is eager to make anything to maintain on being the male monarch of Scotland. Therefore, he hired bravos to kill Banquo because he knows about the prognostication and Banquo has started to surmise Macbeth. At this point, Macbeth ‘s place declines even more than when it was when Macbeth had murdered King Duncan. Killing your best friend to stay as a male monarch is non really heroic. He besides, wanted Banquo ‘s boies to be killed, because the prognostication said that Banquo ‘s boies would be male monarchs. This means that Banquo ‘s boy, Fleance would be a menace to Macbeth or his posterities. However, Fleance flights and Macbeth becomes irritated. He says,
“ Then comes my fit once more ; I had else been perfect. Whole as the marble, founded a the stone, as wide and general as the casing air, but now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, edge in to saucy uncertainties and frights. But Banquo ‘s safe? ” ( Act 3 Scene 4 lines 21 )
Macbeth ‘s diminution in position is really clear now. Macbeth is a whole different character since the beginning of the drama. He was loyal to the male monarch in the beginning, but now he is non afraid of anything. He thought of nil of killing neither Duncan nor Banquo. He was non afraid of the effects of his actions even though he knew precisely what they would be. This is besides another portion of Aristotle ‘s theory on tragic heroes.
After this at Act 4 Scene 1, Macbeth visits the enchantresss to cognize more about what would go on to him in the hereafter. When Macbeth arrived the enchantresss were fixing the charming caldron. Macbeth demands the enchantresss to reply his inquiries when Hecate says that all is ready to be done. Macbeth drinks the caldron the enchantresss give him and the first phantom appears and warns to Macbeth that he should be cognizant of Macduff.
In my sentiment, Macbeth is a tragic hero in this Shakespeare drama. The Aristotle theory about tragic heroes backs the drama up. Harmonizing to Aristotle ‘s theory about tragic heroes, the character must be at a high position in the beginning, have some virtuousnesss, have a tragic defect, and attain readers ‘ understanding in the terminal of the narrative. Macbeth fits into all the demands as a tragic hero. Therefore he is a tragic hero.
