Macbeth: A Tragic Hero

A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to their own destruction, our hero gains insight into his tragic, fatal flaw albeit too late. Macbeth is unable to accept things as they are thus being his tragic flaw, his fall from grace and his tragedy. The idea that Macbeth accepts or he willingly and blindly go along with things can easily be questioned throughout the play, and each character trait suggests a different outcome to this statement. Macbeth refuses to accept things as they are essentially referring to Macbeth being governed by his unrestrained ambition. However, Macbeth is also forced to face the pushing of fate and the consequences of the supernatural which support his acceptance of his life.

While he ultimately made the final decision regarding his actions, Macbeth 's vaulting ambition gets the best of him and he refuses to accept things as they are. He is so focused on what he doesn 't have that he neglects what he does. Macbeth 's ambition terrifies him and for good reason his ambition which “o’erleaps itself / And falls on th’other-” is unchecked, too powerful and instrumental in his ‘rise’ and fall as a …show more content…
Hecate and the witches directly influence the actions of Macbeth with him becoming overconfident and eager to seek battle with his opponents. In this instance Macbeth does accept things as they are, it focuses on the role of fate, how Macbeth interprets this. However, the supernatural also brings about him not seeing things as they are, especially when Macbeth faces the ghost of Banquo. “Thou canst not say I did it; never shake/ Thy gory locks at me!” The hallucinations indicate that Macbeth is not seeing things as they are, he is mentally unstable which can be seen through his believing everyone can see