William Shakespeare, the playwright of both Hamlet and MacBeth, conveys a theme of deceit, revenge and death throughout both plays. ... In the play MacBeth, the first example would be the details of the death surrounding King Duncan. ... Revenge killing also plays a role in the death of MacBeth himself. ... Shakespeare also shows how all these deaths and deceit begin to affect Macbeth and Lady MacBeth as the play continues. ... It would seem that both the characters from Hamlet and Macbeth should have learned their lesson early on in the plays, but neither do. ...

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In his years of optimism, he wrote his early plays. ... Macbeth is the Shakespearean play in which the supernatural is most largely used. ... In Macbeth the supernatural beings exercise greater powers that ever, and they succeed in their purpose to ruin the great and noble Macbeth. ... Six years passed since Macbeth and Shakespeare was approaching fifty. ... In this final play the supernatural is entirely beneath the control of man. ...

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Shakespeare's timeless play, Hamlet, is a prime example of the origin of evil in most Shakespearean plays. ... For these reasons, namely his greedy lust for Desdemona and his need for power and authority, Iago Of all of Shakespeare's powerful females, one of the most recognized is Lady Macbeth, from the play Macbeth. (Kimple, p366) In this play, Lady Macbeth coerces her husband into murdering Duncan, the King of Scotland to satisfy her own lust for power. ... However, murder isn't the only evil act that Lady Macbeth commits in this play. ... Lady Macbeth can easily be se...

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The bard was very talented, being able to produce play after play in very short periods of time. ... Similarly, Macbeth's ambition to become king eventually leads to his demise. ... The most obvious example is the appearance of Banquo's ghost to Macbeth in which only Macbeth can see; everyone else around him is oblivious to his vision and therefore considers him mad. ... The most popular of Shakespeare's tragic plays end with death, usually of the protagonist. ... Aside from a depressing ending, these plays all end in a violent or self-destructive way. ...

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It was not until seven years after his death in 1616 that a huge memorial volume of the First Folio appeared, produced by several of Shakespeare's theatrical associates of all his plays. ... All-the-case documents portrait the importance of the acquaintance one would need with the royal inner court to get the many opportunities for scholar learning, travel, board culture exposure and points of contact to theatrical companies to accomplish the transcendent genius of plays and poems, not associated with common folk such as William Shakespeare, a poorly educated country actor. ... In contra...

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