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The role of the Witches and of Fate in Macbeth

This essay explores the arguments traditionally given for the witches controlling Macbeth or for fate being a strong theme in the play and attempts to disprove those ideas. The attack focuses primarily on establishing the hamartia of Macbeth and discussion over the production of tragedy.

Villiany in Macbeth

An exploration of villainy in Macbeth, how it is portrayed and some of the difficulties therein.

Coleridge’s Hamlet Lecture

This a lecture on Macbeth given by the famous Samuel Coleridge, a very influential Shakespearian critic

Shakespeare’s Derivation of Tragedy in Macbeth

Does the tragedy of the texts lie in the characters or the surroundings in which they find themselves? The paper examines this argument in the context of Macbeth reaching a balanced but detailed conclusion

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