Question

Which is the best example of a tragic impulse from Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth?

Answer 1

Macbeth shows courage when he refuses to surrender to Macduff.

Answer 2

The answer is:

C. Macbeth shows courage when he refuses to surrender to Macduff.

A tragic impulse is what we call when a character is acting in a self destructive way. In this case Macbeth knew that by not surrendering he was sealing his fate and was about to be killed.