Part one of term paper
"The tragic hero must be neither villain nor a virtuous man but a 'character between these two extremes...a man who not eminently good and just, yet whose misfortune is brought about not by vice or depravity but by some error or human frailty." -Aristotle (poetics) The character of Macbeth is a classic example of a Shakespearean tragic hero. ...

Part two of term paper
... able to resist and giving in to Lady Macbeth’s manipulation and influence, which ultimately leads to his tragic downfall. In the beginning of this Shakespearean play, Macbeth is represented as a man of exceptional fighting and honor but not with out fault. The Sergeant represents Macbeth very well towards King Duncan, when he says, “For brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel, which smoked with bloody execution…”(Act I, Scene II, Line ...