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Macbeth's Bullying Research Paper

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A bully is a person who uses strength or influence to intimidate someone else. This is an issue that affects people worldwide. There are over 3.2 million students that are victims of bullying each year. In book Macbeth the main character Macbeth is bullied and then becomes a bully himself. Macbeth's bullying has had a negative affect on him and the people around him.
The beginning of Macbeth's bullying begins because he was bullied. This is a huge cause for bullying today. Many people who are bullies have been bullied before. Macbeth's bully was his wife Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth used her influence to get Macbeth to kill his friend King Duncan. Macbeth didn’t want to kill Duncan, he even listed the reasons why he didn't. But Lady Macbeth was
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