Macbeth: Truly Tragic Macbeth is the epitome of what the literary world considers a "tragic hero". His admirable qualities are replaced by greed and hatred when three witches deceive him. The three witches enter with the first scene of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, a tragic story of one man's quest for power that leads to his final defeat. The story revolves around our tragic hero, Macbeth, and how an admirable and noble man, so rooted in society, can fall so badly. Throughout the play, he is driven by an obsession with becoming King of Scotland, and in the process commits acts of treachery and treachery to achieve this goal. However, Macbeth is not the only character involved in this sordid affair. His wife, the manipulative Lady Macbeth, three prophetic witches, and members of the Scottish aristocracy all play vital roles in the drama. Lady Macbeth, the great influential woman behind Macbeth, plots, schemes, and pushes her husband into a nightmare of falsehood and guilt. The witches, or weird sisters, (shouldn't “weird sisters” be quote-unquote?) embody the supernatural element of this tragedy. With their flawed predictions and calculated duplicity, they have created chaos in Macbeth's mind while playing with his sense of security. (Pay attention to the correspondence of tenses. "Made" is the past and "toy" is present.) The Scottish aristocracy includes King Duncan, the two princes - Malcolm and Donalbain, and various other thanes and nobles, including the friend of Macbeth Banquo. They all serve as barriers for Macbeth, and regardless of friend or foe, he chooses to fall or overcome these obstacles. However, one obstacle that proves too great is his nemesis: Macduff. After Macbeth's false sense of security is shattered, a mighty blow from Macduff's sword frees Macbeth from a tangled web of desire, design, and deceit. (What is your thesis? That Macbeth is the epitome of a tragic hero? Be sure to stick to the subject and not get distracted.) Macbeth has, as his wife says, the milk of human kindness, the kind of affection that many people have for others when self-interest is not rampant. He holds Duncan and Banquo in high esteem, vilifying the latter only once (III.i.74 ff.). He differs from Duncan in that the king's charity is of a quality that works to transform human society into a family and that causes Duncan's spirit to persist through the work after his death..