How Is Macbeth A Tragic Hero By Julie Peterson Character Analysis

“Lies”, a Rhetorical Analysis on Julie Petersen’s “Analysis Essay: Is Macbeth a Tragic Hero?”

Shouldn’t an English teacher who graduated from Stanford be able to write a credible analysis essay on a popular Shakespeare play? Take a look at the closing sentence of Julie Petersen’s “Analysis Essay: Is Macbeth a Tragic Hero?” “Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of the most obscure and known characters which has a tragic fate and showcases the way from courage respected person to the mad controlled by illusions insane.”` Yes this was written by a so called Stanford graduate with a bachelor’s degree in the “arts”. Although Julie Petersen’s “Analysis Essay: Is Macbeth a Tragic Hero?” makes a few logical points, it is not a dependable essay because not

One fact that she managed to mostly get correct in the essay was when she said, “It is essential to remember; that Macbeth’s wife, Lady Macbeth, took part in his tragic changes because she pushed him to follow his ambitions not looking on others’ aims and wills. And Macbeth ambition led him to the next stage of his personal tragedy” (Petersen “Analysis”). She is right about this because after Macbeth first talks to the witches he just wants to wait it out and see what happens but Lady Macbeth is the one that convinces him to murder King Duncan. You also could say that the ambition of Macbeth did indeed lead him to his “personal tragedy”. While this statement and many others throughout the essay are correct there are a few things in the essay that are not factually correct. An example of this would be when she says, “This fact opens after when she blamed himself because he thought that he killed Duncan after he has heard the Malcolm is named to be the King. He felt horrible, and he swears never to do such things again. So it is clear that Macbeth begins the play as a noble and respected figure” (Petersen “Analysis”). This citation makes little to zero sense and I really can’t tell if it’s talking about how he felt before or after he killed Duncan. No matter how you try to translate this citation you still end up with contradictions that make it confusing. Also in the play after Macbeth killed Duncan he did feel guilty but he never swore that he wouldn’t do anything like that again. If you were to correct all the grammatical errors in Julie Petersen’s essay and just look at facts that she presents you would find that the majority of the facts were actually correct. Although she has a few of the basic facts from Macbeth correct I don’t think that this makes it a credible analytical