Characteristics of a Tragedy
Yamir Vargas & Daniel
Macbeth
Macbeth was a Scottish General who started having wicked thoughts after he encountered 3 witches who tell him that he will become the next King. Macbeth becomes ambitious and desperate to get in the throne even if that means killing King Duncan and doing horrible crimes. He is later challenged by Macduff and Malcolm and is killed in battle and Malcolm becomes the king of Scotland.
Clever
Macbeth is able to use his cleverness to achieve what he wants, become the next king. He does so by tricking and killing King Duncan and Banquo.
Brave
Macbeth is a brave soul, he is brave enough to risk his life to kill King Duncan and also battle Macduff and his army. He is also known for his his skill in battle and leadership as a tyrant.
Powerful
Unlike others, there is something about Macduff that makes him more powerful than others, he is only able to be killed by a man not born of a woman, making him really powerful as not many are able to kill him.
Downfall
Even though Macbeth is a brave, clever and powerful man, he is unable to control his actions when it comes to something that he really wants. Once he is told about future prophecies from the witches about his destiny, he becomes stupidly ambitious and does whatever he wants because he thinks he is invincible because of what the witches had said. Of course his actions will have consequences that he faces after, something he really didn't think through, like Killing King Duncan, framing Duncan Chamberlains for his death, and killing Macduff's entire family. He is later attacked by Malcolm's army and beheaded by Macduff in battle. Malcolm becomes king of Scotland and announces his intentions for the country