1. Macbeth - His Own Enemy
In William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth is a tragic hero, who is destroyed by his own desperate lust for power. ... They specifically target Macbeth as he lacks capability to think for himself and can be influenced to the point of his own destruction. ... Without the intervention of the witches, Macbeth's ambition would never have been thrust toward the idea of being king and he would've never considered murdering the man he called king; however he still manages to question his motivations and is only pushed over the edge by his equally power hungry wife. Lady Macbeth acts as th...
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