Essay Archive - Macbeth: A Man of Established Character
Macbeth: A Man of Established Character
Macbeth is presented as a mature man of definitely established character,
successful in certain fields of activity and enjoying a greedy reputation. We
must not conclude, there, that all his violations and actions are predictable;
Macbeth's character, like any other man's at a given moment, is what is being
made out of likelihood plus environment, and no one, not even Macbeth himself,
can know all his inordinate self-love whose actions are discovered to be-and no
doubt have been for a long time- determined main....
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