Analysis of Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes: Macbeth and Othello

Analysis of Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes: Macbeth and Othello

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Table of Contents

1.0        Title:        

Analysis of Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes: Macbeth and Othello        

2.0 Introduction        

3.0 Research Question        

4.0 Significance of the Research        

5.0 Literature Review        

6.0 Research Methodology        

7.0 Ethical Consideration        

8.0 Limitations of the Study        

9.0 Expected Results        

10.0 Conclusion        

11.0 References        

Abstract

The study gives an analysis of Shakespeare’s tragic heroes that are Macbeth and Othello. It gives a detailed review of the two characters which is meant to answer the question of whether the young people can consider the two characters as being heroes by understanding the heroic significance of the two characters. Through understanding of the main themes in the play and through the consideration of the major characters in the play, it is easier for the reader to relate the situation with the current life of the proclaimed heroic figures. It is evident from the study that, the heroic characters all committed mistakes as a result of their own flaws.

1. Title:

Analysis of Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes: Macbeth and Othello

2.0 Introduction

Othello and Macbeth are Shakespeare’s works that depict characters that drive forward the primary theme of the play. This is one of the most popular and preferred works of Shakespeare. The characters in Tragic Heroes are not only accessible but they are also tricky based on the way they interact with one another.  The Tragedy of Othello may be considered one of the most popular plays by Shakespeare, though there are distinct variations between the tragic heroes of Shakespeare and other tragic heroes.  A tragic hero may be described as a character that conducts a serious mistake that contributes to his eventual downfall (Arthos, 1958). The way that Shakespeare’s tragic hero leads to his own destruction is the major moral of the play. Some researchers have claimed that Othello is not a hero but a mere murderer that commits a criminal act out of passion (Waters, 1994). However, the tragic hero has significantly made an error of judgment. This paper gives a comprehensive analysis of Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes: Macbeth and Othello.

3.0 Research Question

By analysis of Shakespeare’s Tragic Heroes: Macbeth and Othello, do young consider the two characters as heroes?

4.0 Significance of the Research

The main purpose of the study is to understand the heroic significance of Macbeth and Othello in Shakespeare’s works of Tragic Heroes. The analysis of the works in this perspective will help the reader get a better understanding of the main themes in the play through the consideration of the major characters. The study is also important because the plays come with important morals for everyday lives, especially to leaders and those considered heroes. They must ensure they make decisions only after thoughtful consideration.

5.0 Literature Review

According to Bradley, one of the connecting aspects of Tragic Heroes is that they are not hulks of goodness but instead individuals who are at the same time available and tricky; they are comprised of characteristics and attributes that we find inside of ourselves and other different characters inside of the play while showing a force that places them outside our ability to understand (Bradley & Rouben Mamoulian Collection, 1950). As Bradley asserts, we come to understand that we have never known such a man (Bradley & Rouben Mamoulian Collection, 1950, p.20). This nature of the tragedies and the chivalrous characters renders them available and thoughtful in a setting of magnificence (the lives of effective military pioneers, lords and sovereigns) that would somehow or otherwise be outside of large portion of us. Accordingly, we can start to comprehend and even now and again feel for the battles and incidents that prompt the disaster, enduring and consequent passing on of the heartbreaking legend that portrays this class. One such character is Othello. Dissimilar to the downfall of Macbeth that creates out of treasonous desire, the awfulness of Othello is conceived out of a horde of sources that makes the account of his inversion of fortune considerably more heart tweaking and terrible than that of Macbeth's (Bulman, 1985).

In numerous perspectives, the tragedies of Macbeth and Othello are fundamentally the same. They both open in the midst of political contention, setting a dim tone for the play. This is particularly valid for Macbeth. Both are depicted as focal characters, hugely capable generals whose achievements, valiance, and stature inspire a feeling of force and poise while bringing out wonderment (Bromwich, 2010). Their valiance and responsibility in the administration of their particular nations conveys them to the attention of their bosses and accumulates them the appreciation and esteem of their subordinates and bosses alike. On account of Othello, this feeling of achievement is increased as a consequence of Othello's race and his status as an outsider (Misra, 1992). He is likewise an extremely sentimental character, whose hard battled triumphs and enterprises in colorful nations make him an inquisitive and convincing character to Brabantio and Desdemona (Ray, 2005).

Othello and Macbeth are, as a matter of first importance, officers who are molded and profoundly impacted by their encounters in battle. The primary notice of Macbeth is given amid a rendering of the fight circumstance by the grisly skipper who portrays how Macbeth murdered Macdonwald by cutting him open from "the nave to th'chops (1.2.22)." Othello's valor is seen when Barbantio goes up against him about the "burglary" of his little girl and Othello unquestionably answers by proposing to Brabantio he go with him to converse with the Duke about the matter (Holland, 2004). These encounters on the battleground and their lives as warriors, in their trim of Othello and Macbeth's identity and character, add to their defeat.