Theme Of Hunger In Macbeth

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In William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”, Macbeth shows great hunger for power to be king. In the beginning of the play, he remained a loyal soldier, however, his attitude began to evolve. Macbeth’s wife and the witches influenced him to become something that he is not. Macbeth symbolizes the typical aspects of a pressured, heartless, and cocky tyrant. He faced a lot of drama in the play that caused him to lose his life. For this reason, it is never right to let others persuade you into doing something, it could cause you to face a lot.
In William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”, Macbeth shows great hunger for power to be king. In the beginning of the play, he remained a loyal soldier, however, his attitude began to evolve. Macbeth’s wife and the witches

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