Macbeth character analysis

Macbeth character analysis

1. Tragic hero

   • Tragic flaw; Ambition
     • “Why if chance will have me king, why chance may crown me without my stir”

2. He started of as a good person

   • “ for brave Macbeth well he deserves the name “
     • He is seen as a hero figure in the war
   • “Yet I do fear thy nature. It is too full off three milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way “
     • Lady Macbeth thinks he is to kind to kill the king- ironic as he turns out worse than she does

3. Obsessed with becoming king, However the idea of killing putts him off

   • “ Rapt withal”
   • “Doth unfix my hair”:
   • “If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me without my stir”

4. Downfall happens once he kills Duncan, he is paranoid about his crown

   • ‘“I am in blood steeped as far that, should wade no more, returning were as tedious as going over”

5. He stays brave until the end even though he is hated

   • “I will not yield to kiss the ground beneath young Malcolm’s feet”