Play Essays

Cassius and Mark Antony are two very different characters. Cassius is a senator and shows bitter hostility and envy towards Caesar’s authority and power. This marks him as a malcontent character, which, simply means he is dissatisfied and an opponent to the existing society. In the play his emotions tend …

The eponym of William Shakespeare’s great tragedy “Macbeth”, undergoes some dramatic characteristic changes throughout the extent of the tragedy. By the time the play has reached its stirring climax, Macbeth is dead; his fate sealed and himself sent to a premature grave. Who or what is responsible for Macbeth’s ultimate …

The play Macbeth was written by English playwright William Shakespeare around 1605. It is about the supernatural, internal conflicts and the much used “killing of the King” plot. It is centred on the struggle within Macbeth’s mind between good and evil. The play aroused considerable interest at the time when …

Macbeth is a Shakespearian play involving an ambitious brave warrior, (Macbeth) who is cousin to the King of Scotland. The play focuses on Macbeths ambitions. Macbeth meets three weird sisters, who predict that one day he would be king. But Macbeth’s ambition over took his life as he ended up …

I am writing this letter to you to announce the wonderful news of my greatest success; I am the new Thane of Cawdor! But firstly I will tell you how this great fortune occurred and the events that had happened afterwards. Banquo and I fought a violent battle.First we came …

Macbeth is a character over whom there is much dispute and contradiction. Macbeth is described at the start of the play to be noble, shown in Act 1 Scene 2 ‘What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won’, as he killed the rebel Macdonwald. In Act 1 Scene 2, when …

Analysis of main characters Shakespeare provides us with a gripping, sensationalised, tragic play surrounded by ambition, deception, and guilt. Emphasis of the positive influence by supernatural elements surmises an eventual downfall for the main characters: Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The play was written using a variety of literary techniques, providing …

Many people have read or watched the play Macbeth, either in the theatre, cinema or at home but what is their opinion on it? The play is probably remembered for its many twists and turns of the main character Macbeth and the surroundings of which he was entwined in. But …

What is a witch? The Colllins Gem Dictionary and Thesaurus defines a witch as a person, usually female believed to practise (black) magic. It also goes on to describe a witch to be an ugly, wicked and fascinating woman. In most places of the world today, witches are thought to …

The forces of “unnatural” are present throughout the play. Even from the setting and content of the first scene, the audience can see and sense the supernatural theme that will prevail throughout the play. In Macbeth I think that the witches are one of the main unnatural troubles. This is …