"Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitute; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in the form of action, not of narrative; through pity and fear effecting the prope...

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Ultimately, Macbeth's attempts to secure his own passage to the throne and to remain 'safely thus' are no more than 'a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury' – a point reinforced when MacDuff triumphantly shows off his head on a stick to the angry crowd of onlookers at the conclusion of the play....

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