can someone please explain to me again why Macbeth is a tragic hero?
I have my exam tomorrow and I can't remember what my teacher said.
help would be highly appreciated :)
A tragic hero is a good man whose good quality is taken to excess. Macbeth fits this perfectly. He is a brave warrior and loyal to King Duncan. But he is also ambitious. He wants to be king. So he allows the witches' equivocation to convince him that he will be and can be king right away. His bravery and ambition are taken to excess: he murders to get what he wants, and he believes he is invincible. So, he goes down in the end.
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