Part one of term paper
A tragic hero, according to Aristotle, is a man neither villainous nor exceptionally virtuous who moves from happiness to misery through frailty or some error in judgement. In the play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, the protagonist Macbeth, is a tragic hero. Macbeth was a man neither villainous nor exceptionally virtuous, a man easi ...

Part two of term paper
... in the play Macbeth became immune to the killing. It was not until his death was approaching that he wished he had not committed such unspeakable sins. Macbeth was a man easily influenced by others. The witches’ predictions as well as Lady Macbeth’s diatribes in act one influenced Macbeth’s gentle soul to transform into an evil demon. Macbeth’s life was forever changed by the witches’ prophecies. Lady Macbeth and the witches exploited Macbeth’s flaw, his flaw of being easily influenced ...