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Essay Macbeth
Macbeth.
Tragic Hero or Tyrant.
The play, 'Macbeth' is a tragedy. The traditional specification of a tragedy requires a Tragic Hero to be a person who holds a high position who must oppose a conflicting force, either externally or internally, a conflicting force from his own state or another. Also, the Hero should have a Hamartia, which is a tragic flaw. This will lead to the Hero's downfall; in this case, it is Macbeth's ambition. This downfall should lead to the Hero's death in order for him to qualify as a Tragic Hero. The action the Tragic Hero does must be real and could happen at any time.
Macbeth becomes a Tyrant when he discovers he will
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