Examples Of Shakespeare Being A Tragic Hero

What makes someone a tragic hero? Do they have to have super powers or do they have to save a life? A tragic hero is someone in a dramatic tragedy whose fate is to suffer or defeat. William Shakespeare is one of the best, if not the best, writer for dramatic tragedy. The Tragedy of Hamlet, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet are just a few examples of his outstanding pieces of literature. Even the childhood story of Peter Pan can be considered a tragic hero. In modern society an example of a hero are firefighters. Joseph Campbell once said,”A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” What Campbell is meaning by this quote is that a hero has to go out of their way to help someone. To be a hero someone has to given; it may even go to the extreme of giving their life for someone. First, Hamlet is a tragic hero. He is destined for something bad to
He did not worry about his fate because to him it seemed impossible. “All hail, Macbeth Hail to thee, thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth Hail to thee, thou shalt be King hereafter!"(Shakespeare. I. iii. 49-51). If the witches would have never told Macbeth his fate he would have never even thought of becoming Thane of Cawdor or become the king. “Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.”(Shakespeare. IV. i. 81-83). The witches told Macbeth that he could only be killed by someone that was not born of a women; which Macbeth thought that was impossible to happen. “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him.”(Shakespeare. IV. i. 96-98).There again another thing macbeth thought would be impossible. A whole forest moving up a hill; sounds impossible right? Wrong. The forest moved up the hill and Macbeth was killed by someone not born of a