is yet to come. Macbeth reaches his lowest point in his life when he makes a statement equivalent to life does not matter. This would be a low point in anyone’s life. Macbeth states: “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then is heard no more; it is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing” (Shakespeare, 257).When he says this, he has more or less lost all hope and apparently does not care about his life; however, he soon reaches his epiphany. Macbeth’s epiphany is when he tells Macduff that he should not fight with him because he will kill him since he cannot be harmed by a woman born person. This shows he has respect once again for human life and has regained his nobility. However, it is soon revealed that Macduff was removed early from his mother’s womb and therefore was not born of woman.When Macbeth learns that Macduff will probably kill him, he decides to fight regardless. This is honorable and further proves that Macbeth has regained his nobility. He says, “Yet I will try the last….Lay on, Macduff, and damned be him that first cries, ‘Hold, enough!’” (Shakespeare, 260). There clearly is not a lot of time in the play after Macbeth has his epiphany, but during the short period, Macbeth regains his honor. This is the final act of the play, and the final stage in his life as an tragic hero. Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s classic tragic heroes. Macbeth falls from good standing, reaches a low point, hits the epiphany, and finally rises in his nobility, only to be killed. At least though Macbeth dies with his honor. Tragic heroes always live on in literature. I think that this is because people will always be able to relate to them and share the pain with the hero. Shakespeare’s tragedies like “Macbeth” have been around for hundreds of years and probably ...
