... of the prophecy given to him by the witches, but now they call him wicked. Even the supposedly wicked characters in the play, the witches, characterize Macbeth as wicked. Looking at this in a positive, present day context; when a student receives help on a subject from their teacher, they use this knowledge ... breath, not as an evil and heartless tyrant; instead, his final breath as a brave and hopeful warrior who never gave up. All in all, Macbeth changes throughout the play from a good and loyal warrior to become ambitious and treacherous, and then become an evil and heartless tyrant....

• Word Count: 3108
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... within a same book. An important matter in everyday life, evil is an abstraction often associated with darkness, cold, savagery, and death. In Macbeth, Shakespeare develops many themes, such as ambition or the supernatural, which all revolve around the nature of the ever-present evil within the play. ... three characters. Furthermore, beyond the witches" imagery and characteristic syntax, their evil nature is exposed through their physical looks and wrong influence on Macbeth. The chief particularity of these characters is their ambiguous sex as they resemble neither man nor woman. Indeed...

• Word Count: 2650
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School