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A tragic hero can be defined as someone who begins on high expectations, but is bound to make an enormous mistake as the play continues its course. Macbeth is seen as such, mainly because he is blinded by his lust for power, turning him into a person who turns towards killing, in order to receive this power. In return, it sets him on a path of immoral choices that eventually lead up to his death.

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“By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.”

“Look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under it.”

“Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.”

“Life ... is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”

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"Kind gentlemen, your pains,
Are register'd, where every day I turn
The leaf to read them."
(Macbeth talks about his memories through the use of this metaphor, where he compares his memories to a book)

"Doubtful it stood;
As two spent swimmers, that do cling together
And choke their art."
(Simile)

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The appearance of witches and spirits throughout "Macbeth" are classified as an powerful force which aids with driving the plot forward. For example, as Macbeth and Banquo meet the three witches and tell the two soldiers about their destinies, it is this superstition that drives Macbeth and Lady Macbeth towards achieving supreme power.

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"Macbeth" is set during the 11th century Scotland and England, with the usual foggy and rainy British weather. While William Shakespeare does not provide the viewers with a lot regarding the setting, this means that the play can be easily adapted today.

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Links shows a timeline with the ten most important events in "Macbeth", as well as pictures and descriptions.

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Duncan is the King of Scotland, an old, gracious, pious and gentle man, who resembles Lady Macbeth's father in his sleep.

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An Old Man whose memory stretches back seventy years is disturbed by the unnatural phenomena that accompany Duncan's murder.

A Messenger warns Lady Macduff that she should flee, though he refuses to tell her exactly what he fears. He is too scared for his own life to stay with her.

Macbeth's Messenger is one of his guards, charged with keeping a lookout. He is the first to notice Birnam Wood moving. He may be the same as the Macbeths' Servant.

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Duncan is the King of Scotland, an old, gracious, pious and gentle man, who resembles Lady Macbeth's father in his sleep. Read more ... An Old Man whose memory stretches back seventy years is disturbed by the unnatural phenomena that accompany Duncan's murder.