Macbeth, a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in the 17th century, is a play that expresses how ambition destroys people and how a strong drive to desire power it can have over a Man. Macbeth is a tragic hero and if it were not for the witches' prophecies and his wife's ambition and interaction with him, the play would have ended very differently. From the beginning, Macbeth is condemned by fate to descend into madness, which he ultimately did. Of course, like every other tragic hero, Macbeth had a tragic fall that led to his ultimate downfall. His tragic flaw was his vaulting ambition and his general hunger for power. Macbeth realizes his ambition when he himself says "I have no urge to prick the sides of my intent, but only a vaulting ambition, that overtakes itself and falls upon the other..." (1.7.25-28). Macbeth shows regret. He is sorry because his only form of motivation is ambition and not some other more worthy motive. He just explained to himself that there is no real justification for Duncan's murder. Although at the beginning of the play, Macbeth was portrayed as an energetic, assertive and strategic warrior, who ironically was the bravest and most loyal soldier of his king, Duncan. Macbeth showed nothing but pure respect and admiration towards his king, but his ambition had always been with him. His ambition is triggered and causes trouble when the witches arrive and tell their prophecies to Macbeth. Although Macbeth initially ignored the witches' prophecies, once he was granted the title Thane of Cawdor, he began to reconsider the witches' prophecies. He later sees not just the idea of ​​becoming king as a possibility, but rather the inevitable... middle of card... he is shocked but shows no emotion. Overall the reason why Okonkwo is the strongest tragic hero in Macbeth is because Macbeth decides to do the wrong thing and kill his king and Okonkwo is trying to do the right thing which is to get rid of the white people so they can leave his land and suns and earn respect. Both end up being gruesome, but the difference is that Macbeth is killed by his own people and Okonkwo decides to take his own life. Works Cited Eddie Borey, author of ClassicNote. Completed March 3, 2000, copyright held by GradeSaver.Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart.. First published by Heinemann in 1958. Reading, UK: Heinemann, 1986.Shakespeare, William. The tragedy of Macbeth. vol. XLVI, part 4. The Harvard Classics. New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1909–14; Bartleby.com, 2001. www.bartleby.com/46/4/. [Print date].