Comparing And Contrasting Hamlet And MacBeth
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Throughout William Shakespeare’s plays Hamlet and Macbeth there
are many similarities, along with many differences. These plays are both
Shakespearean tragedies, which often use supernatural incidents to
intrigue the reader’s interest, and consists of a hero that has a tragic
flaw. There are ....
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.... what has
happened already. Hamlet states in one of his soliloquies “The spirit
that I have seen / may be the devil” (2.2.598-599). Macbeth also has his
doubts because when the witches tell him that he will be named Thane of
Cawder, Macbeth himself had not known, but many people had. It is
possible the witches could have known. In the same matter in both plays,
the presentation of the supernatural began to lead to the final downfall
of each of the characters. In Macbeth, the three w ....
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