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In five pages this paper examines how the content of these plays by William Shakespeare portrays the protagonists as villains in a consideration of the contrasting images of darkness and light and how chaos results when men who have not rightfully ascended to the kingship sit on the throne. One source is cited in the bibliography.
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Shakespeares most unsavory villains were ambitious monarchs such as Scotlands King Macbeth and Englands King Richard the Third, and the content of these plays represent the Bards thoughts on kingship.
It must be remembered that Shakespeares plays were constructed to serve as entertainment for Elizabethan royalty. He held the Crown in the highest esteem and believed that any
individuals representing a deviation from the divine order were automatically by their actions cast into the roles of villains. Shakespeare seemed to take particular zeal in his characterizations of
Macbeth and Richard III, which were enhanced by contrasting symbolism of light and darkness representing good and evil. The chaos that resulted from their tumultuous reigns further served to
underscore the point that these men were not legitimate kings. Lord Macbeths dark soul first manifests itself after an encounter with a trio of witches prophetically announces that he will
one day be King of Scotland. Suddenly, being named the Thane of Cawdor is not nearly good enough to satisfy his lust for power. When Duncan states that
his heir will be Malcolm, Macbeth is privately congratulatory but privately seething as the dark forces begin to take control of his sensibilities: "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a
step / On which I must fall down, or else oerleap, / For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; / Let not light see my black
and deep desires. / The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be / Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see" (I.iv.56-61). This suggests he
is aware of his villainy, but must take careful steps to conceal it from others. Interestingly, Richard IIIs villainy could not be hidden from the naked eye, and Shakespeare
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