Essay Archive - Macbeth: A Good Man
Macbeth: A Good Man
A struggle is present in every tragedy, as a person tries to overcome their
flaws and fit the mold of their ideal. William Shakespeare plainly defined
a good man in the play "Macbeth". This goal by it's definition is a
difficult one for any man to achieve. Prudence and logic, temperance and
patients, as well as the vindication of honor are Shakespeare's defining
characteristics of a good man.
As with any well written tragedy, Macbeth's title character and hero had to
fall from his place of greatness to see his faults and begin his agonizing
clim....
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