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Macbeth Macbeth had the potential to become a great and good man. His downfall is a tragedy; he is manipulated and influenced by others to his eventual death. Why, we ask ourselves, should this great warrior succumb to those around him? Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is classed as a tragedy. This is when someone has great potential in life but who has an aspect of their personality which can be used in a negative way, both …

…that he done wrong. Just to illustrate the extent of his downfall, at the start of the play, Macbeth is referred to as “ brave”, he is trusted and respected by the noblemen of Scotland. At the end of the play however, he is denounced by Macduff as a “hell-hound”, a “villain”, a “coward” and a “tyrant”. If Macbeth had not been so ambitious, I doubt very much that his life would have ended like this.