The Tragedy of Macbeth was one of the first tragedies written by Shakespeare. Macbeth, the main character of the play, was a hero of Scotland because he defeated the enemy countless times (quote). Macbeth is considered a tragic hero, and all tragic heroes have a tragic flaw. Macbeths tragic flaw is greed in other words ambition. Although ambition can sometimes be a good thing, in Macbeths case it was definitely bad and lead to his downfall. Even though his tragic flaw is the main cause of his downfall there were many other outside forces and internal conflicts that lead to his defeat. First of all to really define the full meaning of a tragic hero: A tragic hero is a person of a lot of importance that has a flaw that him or her by themselves use to bring their own downfall, which in this case is death. In the book it states that Macbeth is of high ranking and importance All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter! (Shakespeare Act I Scene III). This is say by weird sisters showing that Macbeth is highly ranked even before the play has fully developed, Macbeth was presently in this scene Thane of Glamis, and he was soon to be Thane of Cawdor and then later the King of all Scotland. Macbeth uses his own mouth in the play to say that he is very ambitious. He also shows various signs and acts of ambitiousness throughout. For example in act one scene seven in a soliloquy Macbeth States: I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself and falls on the other.(Shakespeare Act I Scene VII). This show Macbeths greed he doesnt even have a good reason for killing the king its only desire for power control he knows King Duncan is a ruler but just wants it all for himself. Another example that can be used to infer that Macbeth is running on pure ambition is when he said: The Prince of Cumberland!