Macbeth as a Tragic Hero? For Macbeth to be considered a "Tragic Hero", he must have some potential nobility, some good qualities that make his downfall terrifying. He must be examined as a human being with human weaknesses. Is he one who, as Lady Macbeth says, Act I, Sc. v, "is too full of the milk ... him. Does he show himself to be a materialist here, looking for success and closing his eyes to the fact that achievement and goodness do not necessarily go together? Is this what Lady Macbeth sees in him when she says in Act I, Sc. v, "wouldst not play false And yet wouldst wrongly ... by, ...

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... or is that she just wants to please her husband by giving him what he ultimately wants? There are many passages in the play to suggest that it was Lady Macbeth's own ambition to become queen. For example, why does she push Macbeth to murder Duncan when he realises that the only justification of the murder is his own ambition? When Lady ... of knowledge of his spouse, he is unable to prevent her from persuading him. Now that the murder is agreed to take place, Lady Macbeth makes sure everything is set up for the murder. On the surface it would appear that Macbeth was responsible for the ...

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... does may have thought of it, that there is too much "milk of kindness- in her husband for him to be able to go through with this act of treachery. This shows that Lady Macbeth is perhaps more perceptive than her husband, and thinks her plans through very carefully, and maybe even deviously ... completely evil. Surely, if she can love someone like she loves her husband for a large part of the play, and now we learn she loves her father, she cannot be the embodiment of evil. In act two, scene three, Lady Macbeth's actions are greatly disputed. When she is told, along with the other ... war...

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... all his volitions and actions are predictable. Macbeth's character, like all mortal men, can choose any path he wishes, but is driven by some inordinate desire for some temporal or mutable good. Macbeth is actuated in his conduct mainly by an excessive desire for worldly honors; his delight lies primarily in ... possesses and values highly. After the murder of Duncan, the natural good in him compels him to acknowledgment that, in committing the unnatural act, he has filed away his mind and has given his eternal jewel, the soul, to those demonic forces which are the enemy of ... of sh...

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... better judgment and overlooked the poorly planned assassination, which ended up destroying himself, his family, and his friends. Macbeth was no villain. He was no fool either. At the beginning of Act I, scene vii, Macbeth's soliloquy proved him to hold a conscience mind. The Witches" prophecy only stated that he would become King, ... his throne through bloodshed. That was not what he wanted. No man would waste his time and energy to fight painfully for something he wanted and loose it just as painfully. Macbeth was also quite aware of the consequences of killing Duncan. "I have no spu...

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... already possesses and values highly. After the murder of Duncan, the natural good in him compels the acknowledgment that, in committing the unnatural act, he has filed his mind and has given his eternal jewel, the soul, into the possession of those demonic forces which are the ... deterioration carried to the point of imminent dissolution arouses in us, however, a curious feeling of exaltation. For even after the external and internal forces of evil have done their worst, Macbeth remains essentially human and his conscience continues to witness the diminution of his being. That is to s...

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