macbeth and ambition
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Type of Work:
Tragic fatalistic drama
Setting
Eleventh-century Scotland
Principal Characters
Macbeth, a noble Scottish chieftain
Lady Macbeth, his wife
Batiquo, Macbeth's warrior-friend
Fleatice, Banquo's son
Duncan, King of Scotland, a gentle and perfect ruler
Macduff, a rebel lord
Three Witches
Story Overveiw
On a stormy night, Scottish armies managed to suppress a rebellion, largely through the valor of two noblemen Macbeth and Banquo. They had also frustrated a Viking …
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…lives were "blessed" by the witches, escapes temptation: first, by refusing the seductions of ambition; and second, by refusing to conspire with Macbeth against Duncan. He is, as the witches prophesy, "lesser than Macbeth, and greater ... not so happy, yet much happier." It is by no accident that Shakespeare's Banquo is a pure, upright fellow. The historical Banque was the direct ancestor of James 1, the King of England at the time of Macbeth's first performance.
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