The question whether Macbeth is a tragic hero or a kind hearted villain is
apparently a highly debated subject that for some reason has not been decided. Part of the
reason might be that whenever one person decides who they think Macbeth is, someone
else reads this highly debated play and for whatever reason decides that he is the other.
This is understandable, since ultimately, who Macbeth is primarily depends upon the
readers own perspective. My goal in this paper is for the reader to be able to decide for
themselves who Macbeth is and to know my opinion of Macbeth.
A brief overview of the summery of act one sets the setting that should be able to
help any undecided people decide who Macbeth is. The play starts …show more content…
Which shows that Macbeth really does
have a conscience; and a conscience is for sure a characteristic of a hero and not of a
villain. But later when Macbeth is with his wife, he allows her to manipulate him into
continuing the plan to murder Duncan by insulting his manhood and saying that if
Macbeth did not murder the king that he would not be a man, but a coward. And in so
doing convincing Macbeth that killing the king is just a necessary sacrifice in order to
fulfill the witches’ prophecies.
After all of that the reader still does not know for sure whether I think Macbeth is
a tragic hero, or a kind hearted villain. So here it is. According to all of the web sites on
the internet and also my teacher; the answer is that Macbeth is a tragic hero. Because
according to my teacher, Macbeth is not the main villain, because the main villains …show more content…
And there are a lot of way more educated people who have spent years
studying and or teaching Shakespeare, and more specifically Macbeth, who will say that
Macbeth is not a kind hearted villain; but a tragic hero. But to me, the seventeen year old
senor of high school, Macbeth is a kind hearted villain.
To me Macbeth is a kind hearted villain because of many different things that
seem to be a part of Macbeth. First and foremost is that after many years of loyal service
to his king, fighting nobly and bravely and sometimes crazily for the good of his country
and for his king. Then after meeting three mysterious old witches who called him the
thane of Cawdor, then, after prophesying that he was to be the king to be. Then
mysteriously vanishing without a trace; then afterwards a messenger runs up some time
after that and tells Macbeth the news that he was now the thane of Cawdor, then all of a
sudden he now has this burning lust for the throne because three mysterious witches who
he had just met, told him that he was to be king. And any true hero whether a tragic
apparently a highly debated subject that for some reason has not been decided. Part of the
reason might be that whenever one person decides who they think Macbeth is, someone
else reads this highly debated play and for whatever reason decides that he is the other.
This is understandable, since ultimately, who Macbeth is primarily depends upon the
readers own perspective. My goal in this paper is for the reader to be able to decide for
themselves who Macbeth is and to know my opinion of Macbeth.
A brief overview of the summery of act one sets the setting that should be able to
help any undecided people decide who Macbeth is. The play starts …show more content…
Which shows that Macbeth really does
have a conscience; and a conscience is for sure a characteristic of a hero and not of a
villain. But later when Macbeth is with his wife, he allows her to manipulate him into
continuing the plan to murder Duncan by insulting his manhood and saying that if
Macbeth did not murder the king that he would not be a man, but a coward. And in so
doing convincing Macbeth that killing the king is just a necessary sacrifice in order to
fulfill the witches’ prophecies.
After all of that the reader still does not know for sure whether I think Macbeth is
a tragic hero, or a kind hearted villain. So here it is. According to all of the web sites on
the internet and also my teacher; the answer is that Macbeth is a tragic hero. Because
according to my teacher, Macbeth is not the main villain, because the main villains …show more content…
And there are a lot of way more educated people who have spent years
studying and or teaching Shakespeare, and more specifically Macbeth, who will say that
Macbeth is not a kind hearted villain; but a tragic hero. But to me, the seventeen year old
senor of high school, Macbeth is a kind hearted villain.
To me Macbeth is a kind hearted villain because of many different things that
seem to be a part of Macbeth. First and foremost is that after many years of loyal service
to his king, fighting nobly and bravely and sometimes crazily for the good of his country
and for his king. Then after meeting three mysterious old witches who called him the
thane of Cawdor, then, after prophesying that he was to be the king to be. Then
mysteriously vanishing without a trace; then afterwards a messenger runs up some time
after that and tells Macbeth the news that he was now the thane of Cawdor, then all of a
sudden he now has this burning lust for the throne because three mysterious witches who
he had just met, told him that he was to be king. And any true hero whether a tragic