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Topic: The story of “MacBeth” records the passage of a man from nobility to savagery. Discuss how we might account for Macbeth’s transformation.

‘The tragedy of MacBeth’, written by William Shakespeare, records the transformation of a man from nobility to savagery. In the time this play was written disputes where solved by violence, and soldiers were seen as noble and brave. Life consisted around the natural order and divine appointment of kings and queens. People believed that the disturbance in nature or divine appointment was due to evil, women who were believed to be witches in society due to been not seen as natural woman (i.e. could not produce children or who where not beautiful.) where burned at the stakes, and the supernatural was considered unnatural. MacBeth was originally noble in bloodline and was considered noble by his rank in society. His nobility was perceived through his savagery on the battlefield. It was partly Macbeth’s unbridled ambitions that lead ...