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Essay Archive - Comparing and Contrasting Hamlet and MacBeth
Comparing and Contrasting Hamlet and MacBeth
Throughout William Shakespeare’s plays Hamlet and Macbeth there
are many similarities, along with many differences. These plays are both
Shakespearean tragedies, which often use supernatural incidents to
intrigue the reader’s interest, and consists of a hero that has a tragic
flaw. There are many comparative and contrasting aspects in these plays.
The opening of Hamlet involves a supernatural, as does the opening
of Macbeth. In the first scene the ghost of his father, King Hamlet,
approaches Hamlet. Similarly, the opening of Macbeth involves the three
witches.....
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