... bravery is highly praised in the battle between Scotland and Norway. For his bravery in this battle, he was given the title Thane of Cawdor. The Captain says, "For brave Macbeth --- well he deserves that name---" (Act I, Scene 2, line 16). Macbeth is also painted as a man of great stature and potential and the savior of his country with great potential for goodness. Lady ... , "With all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather/The multitudinous seas incarndaine,/Making the green one red." (Act II, Scene 2, lines 59-62) Macbeth shows that he h...

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... to which he tried to change his fate, it ended up in a complete failure. In the beginning of the play, specifically in Act I, scene iii, Macbeth and his best friend Banquo were both greeted by three witches. There, the witches told Macbeth and Banquo of their fates. A very important part of Banquos fate was that even though he wasn't to become a king himself ... and completely overwhelmed with guilt. An instance in scene ii of Act II demonstrates the true guilt Macbeth felt after his terrible deed. Methought I heard a voice cry Sleep no more!/ Macbeth does murder sleep (Act II, scene ii...

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... desire for power causes his downfall. Starting from the beginning of the play we see that Macbeth has the potential of wanting to be king, thus having a tragic flaw. In Act one, Scene 1, three witches who in turn contribute to the downfall of his character, confront Macbeth. They tell him he will become Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and last but not ... by suggesting the murder of Duncan in order to acquire the throne. This also spurs Macbeth to commit more murders following his first one. Lady Macbeth encourages Macbeth to carry out the murder of Duncan. She says, "Art thou afeard ...

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... Macbeths influence it can be argued that Lady Macbeth is responsible for Macbeth's downfall. Her actions certainly help him decide on his deeds. Lady Macbeth's relationship with Macbeth goes deeper then that of the witches. The witches act only as a trigger to start the events in the play and Lady Macbeth herself is the driving force behind Macbeth's actions. Macbeth takes actions that lead to his downfall. Although ... the actions, he would not have done this if the witches had not told him that he would be king in Act I Scene III. The witches introduce Macbeths's fate. At the beginnin...

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... affect the entire kingdom; he understands the consequences of his actions; and his actions lead to his death. Macbeth's father was Thane of Glamis, and Macbeth succeeded his father, making him of noble birth. (Act 1, Scene 3, line 48) At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is loyal to his country and king and also fights bravely for them. Duncan praises him and his peers ... whatever he has to to stay atop as king, including killing his best friend (Act 3, Scene 3, lines 1-22), and his enemy's family (Act 4, Scene 2, lines 1-83). Macbeth's actions affect the whole kingdom greatly. First,...

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... and faithfulness on the battlefield. However, Duncan starts to feel remorseful for Macbeth for not honoring him sooner than he did. "I worthiest cousin! The sin of my ingratitude even now was heavy on me" (act 1, scene 4) Macbeth is very different from Duncan. He ruled in a different way than Duncan did. Macbeth was labelled as harsh dictator; he was far from being a king ... as Duncan was. Macbeth did well sometimes, nonetheless, he was supported by banquet but because he saw him as a threat ... ;to be thus is nothing, but to be safely this. Our fears in Banquo. Stick deep, and in his ...

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... his poor qualities. Macbeth was a courageous and strong nobleman, and because of this was very popular at the beginning of the book. He shows this in the first act of the play when he is victorious in the battle against the Norwegians. It is also evident at this point and time in ... the play that he is highly regarded by others that know him. This is evident when the Sergeant says, " For Brave Macbeth (well he does deserve that ... minute of his being thrusts/ Against my near'st of life;- (III, I, 116-118) Macbeth saying this is proof that his ambitions towards kingship will push him...

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... one thing that remains the same between these two villains in their ambition. Macbeth is introduced to us in the first act, without a visual appearance, but by a Captain, who witnessed Macbeth bravery. The immediate impression of Macbeth after the first scene is that he is a brave solider, but once ... he has been most successful and where his internal turmoil need not affect him "namely, the battlefield. Unlike many of Shakespeare's other tragic heroes, Macbeth never seems to contemplate suicide: "Why should I play the Roman fool,"" he asks, "and die on mine own sword?- (V.x.1-2). Inst...

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... thought Banquo might be suspicious of Macbeth. Then Macbeth kills Lady Macduff and her son. There was absolutely no reason for these two characters to be murdered. Macbeth's character is also extraordinary. Macbeth is an excellent warrior. He helped Scotland win the battle against Norway (Act 1 Scene 2). Macbeth is also extremely brave. In the beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth calls Macbeth a coward, but towards the end of ... the play, Macbeth's braveness increases. Instead of committing suicide, Macbeth is brave enough to go against Macduff at the ... ...

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... about not by vice or depravity, by some error or frailty". Aristotle means that hero cannot be entirely good because the hero must commit a wrong act to lead to a misfortune. This is very comparable to Macbeth as he compromises his honor as a respected countryman and negates moral responsibility to receive power and a position which ultimately results in his tragic end. The ... main evidence that justifies Macbeth's title as a tragic hero is his character degeneration throughout the drama. In the very beginning of the drama in Act I, we are told how heroically Macbeth performed in battl...

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... take root and grow to the point where most of his positive traits are smothered. His character change begins immediately after he murders Duncan. Macbeth becomes tyrannical and evil, a glaring, polar opposite of who he seemed to be at the outset of the play. Macduff was never a man ... first see Macduff's honesty as he expresses his raw grief at the King's murder: "O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart/ Cannot conceive nor name thee!" (act 2, scene 3). His grief is so much that not even the king's own son appears to mourn the loss of the king, as much as Macduff. But not even ... ...

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... that he will survive. However, the other half of him achieves the strength to accept his defeat. "At least we'll die with harness on our back" (5.5.52). Macbeth's overconfidence and simpleminded anticipations towards the Witches' prophecies he receives and now his title of King overpowers his courageous acceptance towards death. In other words, the acknowledgement towards his defeat ... is simply Macbeth learning his lesson. After his atrocious acts, the feeling of guilt inside built up, resulting in the audacity to accept his fate towards the end of the play. Courage, bravery ... . Wil...

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... and Macdonowald. First, brave and loyal Macbeth storms through the battle with Banquo defeating Sweno, in an insane fight for which his, "brandished steel, which smoked with bloody execution." Macbeth fought so courageously that the battle " memorized another Golgotha." In this case Macbeth is definitely a hero. Second, in the beginning of Act 1 scene 2 Duncan is in Awe ... of how valiant and noble of a soldier Macbeth is. " O valiant cousin! Worthy gentlemen." Even though Macbeth is Duncan's cousin he is till filed with ... absolute joy about Macbeths accomplishment. Third, the king p...

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... position for a woman, Queen of Scotland. Her dream is fulfilled, but the punishment of guilt is yet to come. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth suffer a tragic fall shortly after accomplishing their goal. This was seen in Act 2, scene 3 which depicts the panic that Macbeth suffers after the murder of Duncan. This was also seen with Banquo's ghost at the banquet. His ensuing imagination and ... suspicion put him in great danger of exposing his crimes completely. Macbeth's inadequateness to complete his crimes flawlessly lead him to make enemies within ... an evil human being. His ambition an...

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... good because then his downfall would be unfair and cannot be completely evil because then the characters downfall could be perceived as a punishment. Macbeth is clearly portrayed throughout the work as a purely evil character. He murders without thinking including innocent women and children. His downfall because ... of his horrendous actions almost seems deserved. There is no feeling of catharsis for Macbeth, which is the next requirement for a tragedy. Catharsis or the downfall of the character and his ensuing suffering must create a feeling of ... to Aristotle, the "tragic hero" must ...

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... makes an irreversable decision to kill his king and take the throne of Scottland. In Act I, scene ii, a captain of the Scottish army reports to King Duncan the deeds done by Macbeth in a battle against the armies of the Norwegian king and the Scottish traitors. By heroricly battleing through the soldiers of the Scottish traitor to face their leader Macdonwald, Macneth shows ... that he is ambitious. His ambition can be seen in lines 16-20, " For brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name -/ Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel,/ Which smoked with bloody execution,/ Like valor's...

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... irregular actions that further disrupt their humanity. The guilt that they carried weighted on them so heavy that it begun to degrade their wellbeing. Macbeth's culpability causes him to act abnormal in front of his guests, and it bothers him greatly. The consequences of his guilt show when he hallucinates "Take any shape but that and firm my nerves ... more crimes. Even though the guilt is not what brings him down, it's a key factor that brings the citizens against him because through his guilt he divulges his wrong doings. Macbeth conveys his guilt to his wife after he returns from s...

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... status, his actions affect others and he has a « tragic flaw » which wastes his talent and leads to his destruction, his death. To show that Macbeth is a tragic hero, the term « tragic hero » must be defined. A Shakespearean tragic hero has six main characteristics that distinguish him. First, he ... world once he's become King of Scotland, he has no control, not even of himself. More so, he suffers. In Act III, scene 2, he's in such agony he's envying Duncan. Macbeth can't find peace nor sleep anymore: « (...) both worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear and sle...

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... of both characters can be seen by analyzing their actions throughout the play. Macbeth is a courageous Scottish general who is not naturally inclined to commit evil deeds, yet he deeply desires power and advancement. At the end of Act II, he kills Duncan against his better judgment and afterward stews in guilt ... and paranoia. Although he did not want to kill Duncan he allowed himself to be talked in to it by his wife, Lady Macbeth, because he wanted what he knew Duncan's ... has been reduced to sleepwalking through the castle, desperately trying to wash away an invisible bloodstain. O...

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... is because the main character is a tragic hero. Hamlet's tragic flaw is he spends too much time thinking and not enough time acting. This is the opposite of Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, in which the tragic hero spends too much time acting, and not enough time thinking. Hamlet dwells too much on whether or not to ... act on something, and by the time he decides to act, it is too late. When Hamlet finally decides to kill Claudius, he sees him praying and decides to wait longer. The next time he gets a chance to kill ... ...

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... time periods have lived in fear of becoming something that they are inevitably fated to become. The laws of science and logic show us that genetics make us resemble and act like our parents before us, but the resistance of this truth brings upon a life of hardship and hatred inexplicable to those who have never felt that degree of hatred. Okonkwo ... . However, when no character in the book is around, we as the readers are able to see situations where Okonkwo has the potential for emotion and paternal instincts. Much like Macbeth from earlier on in the year, his violence and courageousne...

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