Macbeth
In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, we discover that Macbeth
is a tragic hero. Macbeth is very ambitious, courageous, and a moral
coward: all these things lead to his tragic death at the end of the play.
At the beginning of the play, Shakespeare defines Macbeth as a hero
very clearly. From the courages in defense of Scotland is significant in
the opening scene. However, he is very ambitious to be king. At the
beginning of the play, he was loyal to the king. While he did imagine
of murder his mind rejects it and said, 'Why, if fate will have me king,
why, chance may crown me,' - Act I, Sc 3, p.44-45.
Yet increasingly his ambition defeated his good nature. When Duncan
named Malcolm the Prince of Cumberland, Macbeth decided on the murder of
Duncan. When Duncan arrived at Inverness, Macbeth controled his ambition
for the time being and did not kill Duncan.
Lady Macbeth by George Cattermole.
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was soon reflected by Lady Macbeth who called him a coward. From then on,
after the murder of Duncan, Macbeth entered into a life of evil.
Since he overcomed his good nature, he no longer needed to be with
his friend Banquo. He wanted to protect his ambition, by killing the
king, and now he killed Banquo, due to the prediction of what the witches
said about Banquo's son becoming the king. Macbeth wanted to ensure that
he would reach his ambition without problems.
Macbeth, who now no longer needed any encouragement from Lady Macbeth,
started to leave her in ignorance of his plans. Near the end of the play,
Lady Macbeth sleepwalked and had a dream about the killing of Duncan and
Banquo. She died because of all this pressure and her guilt about...