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Conflict Of War In Macbeth

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In the play Macbeth Shakespeare presents two main types of conflict. Firstly conflict of war is immediately presented at the start of the play in Act 1 as Scotland is at war with Norway. In the play killing is seen as justifiable and courageous in the context of a just war in defence of king and country. The play also concludes in Act 5 with another just war is seen as Malcolm tries to regain the Scottish throne of the tyrant Macbeth. The physical conflict in the play underlines the deeper moral conflict between good and evil. Shakespeare uses soliloquys and asides throughout the play to convey the deep interior moral conflict and inner turmoil within the characters as they must choose between good and evil.
Shakespeare immediately presents
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