Macbeth

“Macbeth has not been a scoundrel all his life. Instead he is a good man who has gone wrong. This is a real tragedy.” Macbeth started out as a war hero, a good man at heart, but pressure and his ambition ate him up from the inside. He is a smart man, but uses his intelligence in evil ways throughout the play for his own benefit. A struggle is present in every tragedy, as a …

…-Act 5, Scene 8, p.249. Through the development of this tragedy, Macbeth has turned from a fine natured person to an evil person. His ambition, strong belief in the witches, has brought him to a tragic end of his life, and caused many people to lose their lives. He used his intelligence for evil and nothing good came of it. He used all of his good qualities for bad and it got him killed and others murdered.