Tragedy of Macbeth from Macbeth

William Shakespear's Macbeth is a macabre tale of the downfall of a noble man who goes from being revered as "O' valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!" (I,ii,24)at the beginning of the play to being reviled as "abhorred tyrant" (V, vii, 10) by play's end. The play unfolds this downward spiral from heroism to villainy with some of Shakespeare's most dramatic and descriptive language. Shakespeare unifies his tragedy with a number of image patterns which help …

…line. Going from the highest honored man to being killed for treason to the same king he once fought for shows the great tragedy of the play, Macbeth, "To-morrow, and To-morrow, and To-morrow, creeps in this petty place from day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time;..."(V,v,21-23) this, Macbeth's most famous line, shows a little sadness from himself towards his actions, now as he realizes that his end is inevitable.