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Lear and Macbeth
Analytical Essay # 21040
Lear and Macbeth
A look at Shakespeare's protagonists as tragic heroes with both god-like qualities and human flaws which bring their downfall.
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1994
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"According to Aristotle, the tragic hero shares some of the magnificent traits of the gods, but in order to experience his inevitable fall from grace and cause the audience to identify with him, he must also exhibit human frailties, and especially his specific tragic flaw. These mixed qualities are found in both Macbeth and King Lear, heroes in two of Shakespeare's most tragic plays. This study will examine the characters of Lear and Macbeth in order to delineate both their god-like qualities which qualify them as heroic and the human flaws which bring about their downfall and qualify them as tragic.Both characters are, indeed, sterling examples of the tragic hero as defined by Aristotle. Both are strong and brave men full of admirable qualities which reflect the best qualities of the gods, but both are marked blatantly by fatal and tragic flaws."
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