"A Tale of Two Theories" for "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:12:57
Category: / History / War & Conflicts
Length: 3 pages (700 words)
Category: / History / War & Conflicts
Length: 3 pages (700 words)
A Tale of Two Theories
"Macbeth"(c.1607), written by William Shakespeare, is the tragic tale of Macbeth, a virtuous man, corrupted by power and greed. This tagedy could in fact be called "A Tale of Two Theories". One theory suggests that the tragic hero, Macbeth, is led down an unescapable road of doom by an outside force, namely fate in the form of the three witches. The second suggests that there is no supernatural force …
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…some spell cast by the weird sisters which might be said to magically cause an increase in his desires.
While purposely played in a mysterious setting, the location is not meant to cloud the true theme of the play with the supernatural. Macbeth simply succumbs to natural urges which take him to a fate of his own making. Everyone has character flaws that he must live with; Macbeth simply allowed those flaws to destroy him.
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