Another MacBeth

Term Paper Title	Another MacBeth
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Another MacBeth

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, we
discover that Macbeth is a tragic hero. Macbeth is very
ambitious, courageous, and a moral coward: all these things
lead to his tragic death at the end of the play. At the
beginning of the play, Shakespeare defines Macbeth as a
hero very clearly. From the courages in defense of Scotland
is significant in the opening scene. However, he is very
ambitious to be king. At the beginning of the play, he was
loyal to the king. While he did imagine of murder his mind
rejects it and said, "Why, if fate will have me king, why,
chance may crown me," - Act I, Sc 3, p.44-45. Yet
increasingly his ambition defeated his good nature. When
Duncan named Malcolm the Prince of Cumberland,
Macbeth decided on the murder of Duncan. When Duncan
arrived at Inverness, Macbeth controled his ambition for the
time being and did not kill Duncan. The failing of his decision
was soon reflected by Lady Macbeth who called him a
coward. From then on, after the murder of Duncan,
Macbeth entered into a life of evil. Since he overcomed his
good nature, he no longer needed to be with his friend
Banquo. He wanted to protect his ambition, by killing the
king, and now he killed Banquo, due to the prediction of
what the witches said about Banquo's son becoming the
king. Macbeth wan...

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