English Literature: Discuss Macbeth as a Tragic Hero

Sunday, 24 September 2017

Discuss Macbeth as a Tragic Hero


Macbeth as a Tragic Hero

 A tragic hero must be good but he is not perfect. He has some error in judgment as a result of which he moves from happiness to misery and ultimately dies. Macbeth is an example of Shakespearean tragic hero. He is a person of great eminence. He is a man of noble birth and holds a lofty position in society. Shakespeare has introduced him as a brave general, a bold, resolute man of action. 

Macbeth as a Tragic Hero


The tragic hero is neither too good nor too bad. In the character of Macbeth we also find both the good and bad sides. When the Witches prophesy that Macbeth will be the king, he begins to have dark thoughts of becoming the king.

Ultimately, he assassinates King Duncan and becomes the king. He also does many heinous act including ordering the murders of Banquo and Fleance, as well as the slaughter of every single member of Macduff’s family in order to retain the throne.

However, Macbeth is not bad at all. At the beginning of the play, he is lauded as a great and loyal soldier. Macbeth defeated Macdonwald and the Norwegian king in the battle. He is described as the ‘valour’s minion’ and ‘Bellona’s bridegroom’. Being pleased with Macbeth the king has granted him the title of Thane of Cawdor and decides to honor him by visiting his palace in Inverness. Macbeth’s hesitancy over committing regicide, ‘We will proceed no further in this business….’ is also evidence of the fact that he is not an innately ‘evil’ person.

Macbeth also possesses a fatal flaw in his character. His ambition is his tragic flaw which leads him to his doom. The Witches prophesize that Macbeth will be the Thane of Glamis, and the Thane of Cawdor, and the ‘king hereafter’. Their prophesies make him ambitious. After the fulfillment of the first prophecy, he becomes restless for the fulfillment of the final prediction of becoming the king of Scotland. This prophecy of becoming king gives birth to the evil in his mind and being inspired by Lady Macbeth he murders Duncun to gain the throne, which is the first and most serious step towards his tragedy.

The suffering the tragic hero arouses pity and fear. But the fall of Macbeth arouses less sympathy than that of other tragic heroes such as Hamlet, King Lear and Othello, because of his unscrupulous ambition. Macbeth is different from other tragic heroes. He forfeits our sympathy after the middle of the play. He begins as a hero but ends as a villain. From a brave soldier and noble person, Macbeth reaches a state when he is a soulless person and finally slaughtered like a beast. But when he meets his doom, we feel that poetic justice has been done.
 

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