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Tragic Hero - Coggle Diagram
Tragic Hero
Sympathies for Macbeth
2:2 Duncan's murder occurs off stage - murder is not witnessed to allow audience to see a shred of humanity within Macbeth
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3:5 Hecate tells witches that Macbeth is "a wayward song, spiteful and wrathful, who, as others do, loves for his own ends, not for you" (Macbeth is not a true son of evil)
5:5 Bravery is conveyed as Macbeth refuses to give up despite his inevitable end
"I will not yield" "Before my body I throw my war-like shield"
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terms
Aristotle describes a tragic hero as: high renowned (honoured), has a reversal of fortune from good to bad which is brought by a person error
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Hamartia
After Macbeth's hamartia is ignited by the witches prophecies, Macbeth descends into the path of destruction which will ultimately bring about his demise
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