Being noble and good, having a tragic flaw or a downfall or having recognition are all qualities of a tragic hero. Macbeth had all of those qualities throughout the play. Despite the apparently predestined nature of what transpires in the play, he is the only one responsible for his own actions. Macbeth is a tragic hero because he exhibits all the characteristics of a tragic hero a person from a noble family, basically good but afflicted by his ambition, ends up committing a wrongful act, bringing about his own downfall, filling us his audience and readers with terror. Many factors contribute to Macbeth’s description as a tragic hero. The prophecy which was told to him by the witches, how Lady Macbeth influence and manipulated Macbeth’s judgement, and finally Macbeth's long time ambition which drove his desire to be king. Macbeth's growing character degenerates from a noble man to violent individual and then realizing that what he has become has to change because he became miserable. …show more content…
In terms of rank, he was clearly noble even before he became King of Scotland. He was a "thane." That's a title of nobility like "duke" or "earl." He was noble to his country and his king in the beginning of the play when he was fighting in the war and long before the war. “We will proceed no further in this business I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people, which would be worn now in their newest gloss, not cast aside so soon.” This was stated by Macbeth later in the play when the plan was for him to assassinate Duncan so he could become King. Macbeth calls off the murder of Duncan because he didn’t want to continue it. He was being noble and thinking about him and their friendship and how he couldn't go forward with it because the guilt would eat him