Similarities Between Macbeth And Sir Gawain

Even though Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Beowulf,and Macbeth happened in three different time periods and share different cultural standards, they all share the common factor of being called heroes.The time periods of these specific stories are the Anglo-Saxon, Renaissance, and the Medieval times.Classifying a hero and not knowing the standards of each period can be a difficult task. Having a clear idea of what all these time periods intel can help when classifying if in fact these people are hero's. Individually looking at Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and, Macbeth,it can be easy to see how each story describes the hero’s personalities and how the time period had an effect on them.

During the time Beowulf was written, there

the way it is written and the time period it's takes place in says that Macbeth is a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a little different from a normal hero because tragic hero will experience some supernatural being that will be the purpose of his actions and is said to experience a bad end when these said actions lead him or her there. In Macbeth, this is very true. Throughout his life, he displayed characteristics that would be considered a tragic hero.
We clearly see that he does have his own belief in freedom. An example would be when he makes decisions on his own. He says “ My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man, That function is smother'd in surmise, and nothing is but what is not. (1.3.52-55).Another thing we see are the supernatural at the beginning of the play. The three witches are calling to Macbeth saying’ All hail, Macbeth’(1.3.68). They tell him he is going to be all the great things such as “Thane of Glamis’(1.3.48), Thane of Cawdor’(1.3.49) and “King hereafter’(1.3.50). These things begin to overwhelm him and feels like everyone is out to take his power. As he beings to feel this way, it becomes clear he is going to have a bad ending to all this. He was killing friends, allies and any he believed was going to take his kingdom. When things didn't go his way, he was faced with death. Its because of these two things specifically that shows Macbeth as a tragic

In the case of Macbeth, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf, even though they were from different time periods, they were still able to all be classified as heros in the end. Although the time periods were a clear difference, they all came together in the end. Specifically during the Renaissance with Macbeth, a tragic hero was a more official name due to the particular writing style. Knowing all these things can be beneficial when it comes to classifying more offical people or