... plays, poems, and sonnets in his lifetime. All of which have been referred to as icons of to be studied within literature. Shakespeare finished Macbeth in 1606. This was before Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. Intended as a tribute to King James I, Macbeth may have been first performed before the royal family at Hampton Court, a palace twelve miles from the center of ... matter how impressive the individual speeches or how memorable the incidents, the play must be judged on its total effect. If the playwright has successfully blended plot, character, setting, atmosphere, diction, and ima...

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