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MacBeth - Tragic Hero In the tradegy "Macbeth" written by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is seen as a "tragic hero" who has everything and loses it all. In the end the reader does not totally dispise him. Macbeth's downfall is shown through his soliloques of which, three will be discussed. Macbeth's changing character degenerates from a noble man to violent individual. In act1, scene 7, Macbeth goes through ethical changes. In his soliloque in this scene, he …

…influenced the cause of his new character. This new character of Macbeth contained greed, violence, and power hunger. Macbeth shows this when he kills King Duncan. In conclusion, the prophecies given to him by the witches, Lady Macbeth's influence and plan, and his intensified ambition, all contributed greatly to his degeneration of character which resulted to his downfall...death. Therefore Macbeth character displays strong signs of a tragic hero, making him the ideal classic example.