Hamartia is when a hero has a fatal flaw, Macbeth's Hamartia is his ambition which plays a major part in his downfall. Macbeth is starting to think about killing Duncan, but fights the urge, this is at the beginning of the play after Macbeth gets his prophecy. “ I am Thane of Cawdor.
If good, why do I yield to that unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs Against the use of nature? Present fears …show more content…
All of these quotes sum up to show that Macbeth is most certainly a tragic hero by the end of the play with a Hamartia, Hubris, Anagnorisis, Nemesis, and a Catharsis. Macbeth’s story shows us that we can all turn bad under the right circumstances so not to immediately judge “bad” people. We all have a fatal flaw big or small that could be our downfall. We all have to learn how to not let our fatal flaw get the best of us. We can all be good and we can all be bad it's just a matter of which part you let get the better of you and it can always