Macbeth

Macbeth, also known as "The Scottish Play" is one of Shakespeare’s most violent tragedies. In this play, Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, meets with three evil sisters. They share with prophecies with him. It is this knowledge of the future that is his ticket into hell. As Macbeth slowly descends into this evil abyss he loses his morality and innocence and is racked with guilt. Several important scenes in the play display Macbeth’s gradual decline from a place of power, as king, to a complete defeat and a surprising death.
Our first glimpse of Macbeth’s character is in Act one Scene two. Here, the idea that Macbeth is a truly brave and noble warrior comes into view. A war is being fought in Scotland, between the king and his men, against a traitor, Macdonwald, Thane of Cawdor. A bleeding sergeant is relaying stories from the battlefront to the king. He proclaims: "And fortune, on his damned quarrel smiling,/Show’d like a rebel’s whore: but all’s too weak;/For brave Macbeth, - we...