Macbeth is a tragic story in which an average man’s fatal flaw drives him to uncontrollable power and his own downfall. The protagonist, Macbeth, is a strong soldier whose journey, inspired by false hope, continually grows out of control until leading to destruction. While Shakespeare’s Macbeth is filled with complex plot points and intense scenes, there are many parts in which the audience can relate to Macbeth and feel a greater sense of sympathy for him than usual. The reader feels this heavy
“Titus Andronicus”, by William Shakespeare, is the first tragedy Shakespeare has ever written. This play has proven to be very controversial and usually banned in many schools because of its’ gory scenes and “over the top” deaths. It is the ultimate revenge tragedy with no decent humor, forgiveness, or redemption. This play, however, does lay a fundamental basis of the characters for the characters Shakespeare writes later on. Tamora could be seen as the early Lady Macbeth, or Aaron as Iago in Othello
Robert Frost was an incredible poet and was well-known for using the allusions to reinforce the meaning that lay hidden in his poems. In Frost’s poem, “Out, Out-”, he alludes to a soliloquy from Macbeth, when he just receives news that his wife has died. This allusion is very significant because it implements a strong sense emotion and reinforces the themes that are present in the poem: the loss of innocence and absurdism. The loss of innocence is a central theme in the poem “Out, Out-” and