Essays on Macbeth

The play Macbeth by William Shakespeare demonstrates that the main character Macbeth is not only a selfish person but also a man who gave up everything to permit crime and fulfill his ambitions towards gaining power. Revelling that even now many people desire to gain...

A book tells a greater story beyond the words that fill its pages. Often, it reflects the lives of the author who wrote it and how they find inspiration the social and political standards of their time period. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Shakespeare makes odes...

According to Aristotle’s theory of tragedy, the tragic hero must begin the play as a high status individual so that his fall from grace carries impact. Aristotle believed that since the aim of tragedy is to provoke emotion in the audience, that goal is easily...

In The Odyssey by Homer and The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, both are pieces of literature that are popularly talked about today. The Odyssey’s main character, Odysessus, is a brave soldier who faces many challenges on his journey prolonging his trip home, while...

Everyone has been in a group before, whether it is for school, work, sports, etcetera. In that same group, there will always be that one person who chooses to take over and who seems to have the most power, also known as the leader. It...

What is power? Power is a magnificent thing but at the same time can be evil. People strive to gain power all of their life, how far will they go, to acquire this so-called power? In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, power is a very present...

The tragic story of Macbeth is taken place a long time ago where gender stereotypes were normal and forced on by society. But throughout the story we can see these gender roles flip flop from one another in different characteristics of characters. The three main...

‘Fair is foul and foul is fair’: the bloody rule among rulers who fought through bloodshed to gain their status, warfare and treachery through iniquitous actions for the sake of power. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the protagonist follows this exact rule on his blood-stained pathway...

In Macbeth, the playwright, William Shakespeare uses Macbeth’s and Lady Macbeth’s guilt toward the end of the play, to show how power can influence a person’s actions negatively and affect them in the long run leading to consequences. The play takes place in Scotland, beginning...

Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a play about the devastating effects of guilt. It is arguably the most prominent theme in the play of ‘Macbeth’, due to the way it seizes hold of the protagonists, and leeches from their innocence. It is presented through symbols and figures...