Macbeth-tragic Hero

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talks about Shakespeare's tragic heroes:
He creates a hero such as Macbeth, who is a moral coward
and for a while a henpecked husband, who in critical moments
is rebuked like a schoolboy by his wife and who, on the other
hand, proves himself a lion on the battle field.
(p.95, The character of the Elizabethan Tragic Hero)

Macbeth's vulnerability to the witches is caused by his corrupt desire, which moves him to take a false step. Macbeth is aware that the deed he contemplates is evil from the very beginning. He admits that its 'horrid image' makes his hair stand on end, and his heart knock against his ribs. Macbeth does not have an inclination towards murder; he has merely an unwarranted ambition that makes murder itself seem to be a lesser evil that failure to achieve the crown. After hearing the prophecies of the witches, aside Macbeth declares that -
.Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,
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