he Downfalls Of The Tragic Hero Macbeth In the tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare a great hero allows power to drive himself and his wife to their doom. In the play one of the main themes is power, which causes the majority of the deaths throughout this tragic journey. Lady Macbeth’s obsession with power ruins her life and marriage by driving her to influence Macbeth to kill King Duncan, turn on his best friend Banquo, kill Macduff’s family which in the end drives her insane and leads to
and lyrical prose found within Shakespeare’s Macbeth was destined to be preformed upon the stage. While countless theatrical adaptations have appeared since Shakespeare crafted the play, recent cinematic interpretations penetrate the crepuscular world of Macbeth and illume to the audience the chillingly nefarious nature of Macbeth and his morally ambiguous cohorts. In 2010, director Rupert Goold unsettled audiences with his modern portrayal of Macbeth as a brutal tyrant, reminiscent of Stalin and
How much of who we are comes from inner predisposition, from personal destiny, or from mere interpretation? Is someone obliged to become a hero or villain by virtue of their existence, or are heroes and villains molded over time with an outcome that could potentially have gone either way? Analysing the preconceived ideas of Bastardy in Elizabethan society, it can be seen that the illegitimacy of Don John, “Shakespeare’s most passive villain” is the root of his villainy. Prejudgment, to pass judgement
How much of who we are comes from our own inner predisposition, or mere interpretation from an outsider? Is someone obliged to become either a hero or villain by virtue of their existence, or are heroes and villains moulded over time from origins that could have taken either path? Analysing the preconceived ideas of Bastardy in Elizabethan society, it can be seen that the illegitimacy of Don John, “Shakespeare’s most passive villain” is the root of his villainy. Prejudgement, to pass judgement without