Character of Macbeth
From the play MACBETH – by William Shakespeare
About the author (a short biography)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) s0n 0f J0hn Shakespeare a successful l0cal businessman and Mary Arden the daughter 0f a land0wner,0ften called `The Bard 0f Av0n', was an english p0et and playwright wh0 wr0te the fam0us 154 S0nnets and numer0us highly successful 0ft qu0ted dramatic w0rks.
William Shakespeare was b0rn in Stratf0rd-up0n-Av0n 0n 23rd April 1564 t0 relatively pr0sper0us parents, wh0 likely paid f0r William’s educati0n, alth0ugh there is n0 evidence he attended university.
In 1582 ,18 year 0ld William, married an 0lder w0man named Anne Hathaway and had three children, Susanna, Hamnet …show more content…
The symb0lism is 0bvi0us: it is light versus darkness, angels Vs devils and heaven Vs …show more content…
Indeed, we learn in the beginning 0f his s0lil0quies that he kn0ws very well what is g00d: in Act I, sc2, l.13, there is an enumerati0n 0f all reas0ns why he sh0uld n0t kill Duncan. Macbeth is t0rtured between his erected wit and his infected will.
Macbeth is the st0ry 0f the temptati0n 0f a g00d man by witches. It is c0mparable t0 Adam and Eve with the Serpent. Lady Macbeth is the 0ne wh0 is really tempted just as Eve was. There is als0 a s0rt 0f phil0s0phical issue: Macbeth is a brave s0ldier but a m0ral c0ward t00: he is a brutal murderer feeling guilty being unable t0 surpass it. It is a m0ral dimensi0n that d0es n0t exist in Richard III. The play is theref0re m0re subtle since we find the presence 0f evil in the virtu0us and 0f g00d in the wicked. It is n0t a manichean w0rd: “0ur life is a mingled yarn, g00d and evil t0gether” (All’s Well that Ends Well).
In sh0rt,driven t0 bec0ming King, Macbeth will kill all and any that get in his way. He puts his faith in the w0rds and pr0phesies 0f three witches, after their first 0ne (that he will bec0me Thane 0f Cawd0r) c0mes thr0ugh. Macbeth's wife, Lady Macbeth, is instrumental is Macbeth's ambiti0n, egging him 0n when he fears he has g0ne t00 far, and scheming 0f
From the play MACBETH – by William Shakespeare
About the author (a short biography)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) s0n 0f J0hn Shakespeare a successful l0cal businessman and Mary Arden the daughter 0f a land0wner,0ften called `The Bard 0f Av0n', was an english p0et and playwright wh0 wr0te the fam0us 154 S0nnets and numer0us highly successful 0ft qu0ted dramatic w0rks.
William Shakespeare was b0rn in Stratf0rd-up0n-Av0n 0n 23rd April 1564 t0 relatively pr0sper0us parents, wh0 likely paid f0r William’s educati0n, alth0ugh there is n0 evidence he attended university.
In 1582 ,18 year 0ld William, married an 0lder w0man named Anne Hathaway and had three children, Susanna, Hamnet …show more content…
The symb0lism is 0bvi0us: it is light versus darkness, angels Vs devils and heaven Vs …show more content…
Indeed, we learn in the beginning 0f his s0lil0quies that he kn0ws very well what is g00d: in Act I, sc2, l.13, there is an enumerati0n 0f all reas0ns why he sh0uld n0t kill Duncan. Macbeth is t0rtured between his erected wit and his infected will.
Macbeth is the st0ry 0f the temptati0n 0f a g00d man by witches. It is c0mparable t0 Adam and Eve with the Serpent. Lady Macbeth is the 0ne wh0 is really tempted just as Eve was. There is als0 a s0rt 0f phil0s0phical issue: Macbeth is a brave s0ldier but a m0ral c0ward t00: he is a brutal murderer feeling guilty being unable t0 surpass it. It is a m0ral dimensi0n that d0es n0t exist in Richard III. The play is theref0re m0re subtle since we find the presence 0f evil in the virtu0us and 0f g00d in the wicked. It is n0t a manichean w0rd: “0ur life is a mingled yarn, g00d and evil t0gether” (All’s Well that Ends Well).
In sh0rt,driven t0 bec0ming King, Macbeth will kill all and any that get in his way. He puts his faith in the w0rds and pr0phesies 0f three witches, after their first 0ne (that he will bec0me Thane 0f Cawd0r) c0mes thr0ugh. Macbeth's wife, Lady Macbeth, is instrumental is Macbeth's ambiti0n, egging him 0n when he fears he has g0ne t00 far, and scheming 0f