Macbeth Is a Tragedy

William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth qualifies as a tragedy. A tragedy is a dramatic or narrative writing in which the main character suffers disaster after a serious or significant struggle but faces his or downfall in such a way as to attain heroic stature. The play Macbeth qualifies as a tragedy because there is dramatic writing, a main character who suffers from a disaster and faces his downfall yet remains heroic until the end, and the many struggles the protagonist faces. The protagonist is Macbeth. The play Macbeth qualifies as a tragedy because it is dramatic writing. Dramatic writing is writing that is intended to be read on stage, radio, television, etc. The format of the story is set up in a way that is intended to be performed on a stage, radio, television, or play, by actors. “MALCOLM: I would the friends we miss were safe arrived”,“SIWARD: Some must go off; and yet by these...”, and “ROSS: Ay, on the front” are lines from the play that are written bluntly: name of character then what the character says, to make it easier for actors to read the lines from the play. Since the play is a piece of dramatic writing, it should be considered as a tragedy. Another reason why the play Macbeth should be considered a tragedy is because the main character faces his downfall yet remains heroic until the end. Macbeth was noble and kind in the beginning of the play, however, his flaw, his thirst for power which made him twisted, ended up being the downfall of the man, yet he did not back out from what he had done and instead faced it head on. “MACBETH: They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But, bear-like, I must fight the course. What’s he that was not born of woman? Such a one I am to fear, or none.”,”MACBETH: Why should I play the Roman fool and die on mine own sword? Whiles I see lives, the gashes do better upon them”, and “MACBETH: I will not yield to kiss the ground before young Malcolm’s feet...Before my body I throw my warlike shield. Lay on, Macduff,