Because of Macbeth's violent, volatile nature, it is very difficult for one to like him. ... In II, i, Macbeth even admits that his desire for the throne is in fact a rather sinister one: "Stars, hide your fires;/Let not light see my black and deep desires."" ... In Act I, ii, 75-78, the Captain notes a previous incident in which Macbeth displayed his warrior-like nature: "For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name),/Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel,/Which smoked with bloody execution,/Like valor's minion, carved out his passage/Till he faced the slave;/ Which ne&#x...

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