Macbeth Macbeth had the potential to become a great and good man. His downfall is a tragedy; he is manipulated and influenced by others to his eventual death. Why, we ask ourselves, should this great warrior succumb to those around him? Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is classed as a tragedy. This is when someone has great potential in life but who has an aspect of their personality which can be used in a negative way, both …showed first 75 words of 1048 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1048 total…that he done wrong. Just to illustrate the extent of his downfall, at the start of the play, Macbeth is referred to as “ brave”, he is trusted and respected by the noblemen of Scotland. At the end of the play however, he is denounced by Macduff as a “hell-hound”, a “villain”, a “coward” and a “tyrant”. If Macbeth had not been so ambitious, I doubt very much that his life would have ended like this.