Friday, March 28, 2014

Among all the deaths that have taken place, which one is the most tragic?Macbeth by William Shakespeare

With Shakespeare's Macbeth being a
"tragedy of the imagination," as renowned critic Harold Bloom claims, the most tragic
death is that of Macbeth himself as his demise provides him an understanding of himself
and arouses the most pity in the audience who, to some extent identify with his
imagination.  Like Macbeth, the audience, too, conscious of an ambition or desire, often
perceive themselves as having already committed the deed that will take them to
the future where the act is a fait accompli [something that already
has been accomplished]. Indeed, it is this similar condition of people's own
imaginations that arouses the fear in the audience about Macbeth's tragedy of
imagination.


Following the definition of the tragic hero as
set forth by Aristotle in his Poetics, then, in addition to
Macbeth's arousing pathos and ethos in his audience, he also
suffers a misfortune that is not entirely his own fault.  Under the influence of the
preternatural world of the three witches and goaded by his beloved wife, who challenges
his very masculinity, Macbeth commits the murder of Duncan, a murder he has not
desired.


Also adhering to Aristotle's definition of the
tragic hero, unlike Lady Macbeth who dies in madness, Macbeth, before his death, gains
self-knowledge.  For, as Macduff, "not of woman born" defeats him, Macbeth realizes that
he has been a victim of his own his "proleptic imagination," [Bloom], an
imagination that takes him to the deed completed before it has really
happened.

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