In tragic death at the end of the

In tragic death at the end of the

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, we discover that Macbethis a tragic hero. Macbeth is very ambitious, courageous, and a moralcoward: all these things lead to his tragic death at the end of the play.At the beginning of the play, Shakespeare defines Macbeth as a herovery clearly. From the courages in defense of Scotland is significant inthe opening scene. However, he is very ambitious to be king.

At thebeginning of the play, he was loyal to the king. While he did imagineof murder his mind rejects it and said, “Why, if fate will have me king,why, chance may crown me,” – Act I, Sc 3, p.44-45.Yet increasingly his ambition defeated his good nature. When Duncan ofDuncan.

When Duncan arrived at Inverness, Macbeth controled his ambitionfor the time being and did not kill Duncan. The failing of his decisionwas soon reflected by Lady Macbeth who called him a coward. From then on, after the murder of Duncan, Macbeth entered into a life of evil.Since he overcomed his good nature, he no longer needed to be withhis friend Banquo.

He wanted to protect his ambition, by killing theking, and now he killed Banquo, due to the prediction of what the witchessaid about Banquo’s son becoming the king. Macbeth wanted to ensure thathe would reach his ambition without problems.Macbeth, who now no longer needed any encouragement from Lady Macbeth,started to leave her in ignorance of his plans. Near the end of the play,Lady Macbeth sleepwalked and had a dream about the killing of Duncan andBanquo.

She died because of all this pressure and her guilt about themurder.Soul of Macbeth have been destroyed since Macbeth love LadyMacbeth very much, as shown in Act I, Sc. 5, p.58, “My Dearest Love.

“The power of nemesis is shown clearly at the end of the play when Macduff came back to murder Macbeth. Macbeth would never haveguessed that Macduff would come back for revenge for the killing inMacduff’s household. This nemesis shows an additional force beyond Macbeth’s control.

Because of Macbeth’s strong beliefs in ambitionand the witches, when he found out Macduff was not born of woman, andalso found out the Birnam Wood had been seen moving, he realized thatthe third apparition had deceived him and he understood he was no longersafe. Through the development of this tragedy, Macbeth has turned from a fine natured person to an evil person. His ambition, strong belief in the witches, has brought him to a tragic end of his life, and caused many people to lose their lives.