Defined by Aristotle, a tragic hero is one who falls from grace into a state of extreme unhappiness. The protagonist Macbeth of William Shakespeare's Macbeth is in all ways the perfect example of a tragic hero. He is a person of importance in society; at first an intrepid nationalist, fighting for his country and ultimately, becoming king. Macbeth had character flaws and made a series of serious errors in judgment, one being the assassination of …showed first 75 words of 1013 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1013 total…attributes of a tragic hero in many ways. He became increasingly important to society and wanted to be the most powerful ruler. Outside forces had encouraged him to do so which led to making serious errors in judgment. That had led to an ocean of troubles from which there was no solution to and from that came his inevitable doom. So there should be no skepticism about it, Macbeth is indeed a tragic hero.