In William Shakespeare's "Macbeth," the titled character, Macbeth, is a brave soldier who makes awful decisions leading to his rise to power, as well as his downfall. During the Elizabethan Age, specifically ... life, but to take the throne by murder is a thought he never encountered. According to the following evidence outlining the witches' intentions to use Macbeth as their own personal murderer, Macbeth pleads not guilty of murdering King Duncan on the basis that he is not a murderer but an innocent puppet in the witches' strides towards corruption. ... eldest, Malcolm, whom we name herea...

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... of the most famous plays written by William Shakespeare. The play tells the story of Macbeth, Thane of Glamis whose dark ambition will lead him to murder the king and take his crown. This passage is Macbeth's first soliloquy extracted from the Scene I of Act II, also known as the "dagger scene ". This ... something might be wrong with him to see such a thing "A dagger of the mind, a false creation, proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?"" (l.38-39). In other words, he is starting to doubt himself and wonders if he is becoming crazy and if it could only be his mind tricking him and ....

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