Macbeth's Development as a Tragic Hero

Macbeth Is A Decaratd War Hero

Jun 2, 1111

"For brave Macbeth--well he deserves that name--disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, which smokd with bloody execution, like Valour's minion carv'd out his passage till he fac'd the slave"
lines - 16-20 This quotation shows that Macbeth is a decarated war hero bcause it shows he is brave by fighting in battle for King Duncan and he deserves the name to be king.

Macbeth's Tradgic Flaw - Ambition

Jun 3, 1111

"My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, shakes so my single state of man that function is smother'd in surmise, and nothing is but what is not"
lines - 138-141 This quotation shows ambition when the witches predict that Macbeth will be king, his thoughts turn to "murder," which the witches have said nothing about.

Macbeth Hides His Guilt

Jun 7, 1111

"Who should against his murderer shut the door, not bear the knife myself. Besides, this duncan hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been so clear in his great office, that his virtues will plead like angels, trumpet-tong'd against the deep damnation of his taking-off."
line 15-20 In this quotation Macbeth is trying to hide the evidence he has after he killed Duncan.

Pity For Macbeth

Jun 7, 1111

"Was the hope drunk. Wherein you dress'd yourself? Hath it slept since? And wakes it now to look so green and pale At what it did so freely" In this quotation Lady Macbeth is pressuring Macbeth into killing Ducan. It shows pity for Macbeth because he was a good person and people respected him, but after this event no one respected him.

Macbeth Acts On His Tragic Flaw

Jun 1, 2222

"I go, and it is done. The bell invites me. Hear it, not Duncan, for is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell"
lines 62-64 This quotation shows Macbeth acting on his tragic flaw because he knows it isn't his distiny to kill he king but he does it anyways so he can become the king.

Macbeth's Death Is A Sacrifice

Jun 9, 5555

"Hail, king, for so thou art. Behold where standss th'usurper's cursed head. The time is free, i see thee compass'd with thy kingdom's pearl, that speak my salutation in their minds; whose voices I desire aloud with mine. Hail, King of Scotland"
lines 21-26 This quotation shows Macbeth's death is a sacrifice because MacDuff is going agaisnt his king to kill him, because Macbeth killed Macduffs family along with many other people.