Macbeth as a Tragic Hero There are a couple of personality traits that make up a tragic hero. The most important of these is a tragic flaw. The hero also has to be an upstanding person who fails in his endeavors. Readers will also sympathize with the character and feel bad for his situation. William Shakespeare creates a tragic hero in almost all of his works. In Macbeth, Shakespeare successfully creates a tragic hero. Readers …showed first 75 words of 407 total…

…showed last 75 words of 407 total…would not have harmed anyone. In conclusion Macbeth is a perfect example of a tragic hero. He was very courageous and yet a single, tiny character flaw caused him to die. What is interesting about the tragic hero is the small problems that cause his end. It is like David fighting Goliath. Shakespeare does a good job building up Macbeth and them driving him down with ambition that he can’t really control. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**