Macbeth Tragedy :: essays research papers

Shakespeare may have written Macbeth two hundred years ago with a fine tipped feather pen to make a living. However, his intentions have been drastically blown out of the realm of classic drama. Critics come up with new wonders all the time questioning the true tragedy of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Was it a Tragedy or not? Who’s to answer the question except Shakespeare himself who due to the human life expectancy of eighty years cannot clarify it. We can only base our opinion on the great Aristotle’s definition of Tragedy. He basically said that you must feel pity for the hero to make his death tragic in this context of Tragedy.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  I can completely understand where some people could see Macbeth as a tragedy and argue the exact opposite of me. Macbeth started out as a pretty nice guy and seemed to have everyone on his side. He had a great wife who loved him very much and a beautiful home, what more could a guy ask for. He was brave, strong and handsome. He was also part of the one of strongest nations in that part of the world at that time. His taunting ambition and gullibility had a terrible effect on his action. His loving wife, whom he trusted and cared for very much had something to do with the murder of too. His wife had a heavy hand on his thoughts and could manipulate him with ungodly ease. She tested Macbeths manhood and determination by questioning his integrity, and as all men know that is almost impossible to negate.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Then there was the witches, whose ability to fool with the minds of men almost killed the king themselves. Macbeth was gullible and those witches took advantage of that weakness quite well. They told him exactly what was needed to drive him right into action. The combination of the witches, Lady Macbeth and his blinding ambition was obviously enough to make him kill not only his majesty but also his friend. Those are all good points and like I said I understand why some people could feel bad for him and call the play a tragedy.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Well I don’t. How could I feel bad for someone who completely dictated his fate? I could care less how gullible or ambitious he was and quite frankly I think his death was a relief. At least since he died he couldn’t commit any more bloodshed or crush any more people’s lives.