Macbeth Coursework Essay Throughout Shakespeare's "Macbeth," the main character, Macbeth, is conveyed both as a tragic hero and as an evil tyrant. ... The King's escape may have influenced Shakespeare to contain this theme and show that anyone who tried to murder the King and take his divine right away would be killed. ... Therefore, in order to please the King, Shakespeare did not illustrate Banquo as an accomplice to the murder of Duncan, but placed full responsibility on Macbeth. ... She then says, "And that which rather thou dost fear to do/ Than wishest should be undone...

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In Macbeth, Shakespeare develops many themes, such as ambition or the supernatural, which all revolve around the nature of the ever-present evil within the play. ... (Shakespeare, II.iii.49-56) These unfamiliar events show that nature has already reacted to the murderous deed. ... The fact that the lights are out in heaven signifies that there is no longer any appearance of good, thus foreshadowing the evil that will strike. ...

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In Shakespeare's time, when this play would be shown in the theatres, the audience would be confused at this first scene, because they knew Macbeth as a heroic fighter and king from the 11th Century. ... He gets annoyed but the witches vanish and Macbeth is left with no explanation. ... Nowhere in the letter does he mention any thoughts of murder and to no one has he spoken of them. ... At one point of her soliloquy, she says ",unsex me here," This is asking evil to make her witch because witches were thought to be of no gender. ... She also wants to feel no...

• Word Count: 2837
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• Grade Level: High School