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This 8 page paper discusses Shakespeare’s great tragedy “Macbeth” and argues that the title character is in fact a villain, but one who retains a great deal of the audience’s sympathy despite his evil deeds. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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it is its protagonist; is he a villain or not? This paper argues that Macbeth is a villain, but one who engages our sympathies to a great extent, leading us
to question whether he is really evil or not. Discussion There are several areas of discussion which will be fruitful in determining why Macbeth must be considered a villain, as
well as why we tend to sympathize with him in spite of it all. We need to consider Macbeths military history; the idea of hospitality; his relationship with Lady Macbeth;
his relationship with the witches; and his own sense of ambition. Piecing them together will show why we tend to find him sympathetic despite his criminal acts. In his comments
on the play, Sagalyn notes that Shakespeare is fascinated with the criminal mind, as is plainly shown by his construction of characters like Edmund in King Lear, Claudius in Hamlet
and especially Iago in Othello. But it is "only in Macbeth ... that the protagonist is a villain" (Sagalyn 4). One of the reasons Shakespeare wrote the play may well
be to examine villainy and its consequences in detail, which he certainly does (Sagalyn). Macbeths military history: We hear about Macbeth before we see him. At a military camp
of King Duncans, a soldier is brought in who tells of the battle in which he was injured, and in which Macbeth acquitted himself well, by defeating the enemy in
hand-to-hand combat (Shakespeare). The captain refers to him as "brave Macbeth" and says "well he deserves that name" (I.i.16), and tells how he cut down his opponent and put his
head on the battlements (Shakespeare). King Duncan exclaims, "O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!" (I.i.24). When he hears that the Thane of Cawdor, a traitor, has fallen, he says that he
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