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Role Of Violence In Macbeth

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Violence in the Story of Macbeth by William Shakespeare
In the begging of the story of Macbeth, there are many tragedies that happen throughout the whole story. Violence played an important role in the story of Macbeth that made a big impact in some of the characters that caused a complete change up. For example one of the characters that violence made a huge difference in them that was noticeable was Macbeth. In the beginning Macbeth was very calm and not violent but afterwards there was a lot of conflict during the story and Macbeth started being so mean and violent it created more conflict (Cohen n.p.). Macbeth wasn’t always violent or mean and in reality it wasn’t him that wanted all of that to happen in the first place. It was Lady Macbeth that was envious and that wanted more power and convinced Macbeth to kill King Duncan so he would become king and she would become queen. Macbeth was just a general in King Duncan’s army and the three witches that were introduced in the beginning of the story had told Macbeth he would become …show more content…

The reason of this assault is because Macbeth had already been brain washed and was greedy and selfish and didn’t want neither one of them to be king. Macbeth was smart enough to hire some convicted murderers to do the job for him. All these murders create conflict and shows how violence has shift around how things are and how the characters act and show their emotions.
In conclusion there are many more violent acts throughout the story of Macbeth that can be proved and the way that it made many changes and shifts in the characters. So this is how it shows how violence made a big impact in the characters throughout the story and how this play had its ups and downs and changes within the

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