tool for all people, but if one lets his or her imagination override their conscious thoughts it can be problematic. In A.C. Bradley’s A Shakespearean Tragedy, an analysis of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Bradley notes Macbeth has a vivid imagination, one of a poet. As the play progresses it becomes evident that Macbeth lets his imagination and ambition overpower his reason and conscious thoughts, leading to supernatural thoughts and irrational behavior. There are two leading justifications for this
Shakespeare’s Worst Play “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
Throughout literature, there are many allegorical references to this story. Shakespeare’s Macbeth (1606) epitomises this Biblical story, through which the playwright presents Macbeth’s fall from grace as a result from the ambition to become king, aided by the temptation from the three witches and his wife, Lady Macbeth. One author has stated that Macbeth is a play ‘about evil which is given dramatic shape by the story of the deterioration in sin of a man