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Essay Archive - The Character of Macbeth
The Character of Macbeth
The play 'Macbeth' is a portrait of one man, Macbeth, showing how he changes.
Although we are presented with his deterioration from good to evil, we can see
his human side throughout the play, which makes it a tragedy. It is the
shortest of Shakespeare's tragedies, and has a very fast pace. Once Macbeth's
ambition has ‘set the ball rolling', events happen quickly in the play as it
gathers momentum. The themes of ‘Macbeth' are ambition, effects of evil, and
violence, shown mainly by the language of the play, as in Shakespeare's time
plays were perfor....
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