Macbeth: A Good Man
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A struggle is present in every tragedy, as a person tries to overcome their
flaws and fit the mold of their ideal. William Shakespeare plainly defined
a good man in the play "Macbeth". This goal by it's definition is a
difficult one for any man to achieve. Prudence and logic, temperance and
patie ....
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.... his king's honor as well as his own, as Shakespeare showed
a good man never backed down from a foe. In the later acts of the play,
Shakespeare furthered the definition of a good man by portraying what a bad
one was not. In Macbeth's darkest hours, he showed no sign of prudence and
logic as he slayed king Duncan, and hired assassins to murder his friend
Banquo. Macbeth displayed his temerity in act IV scene 1 saying, "_from
this moment The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstling ....
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