at first
seems a somewhat sympathetic character, if only because he knows initially that what he is doing
is wrong. In other words, he is not a psychopath: he has some moral sense.
If he were a psychopath, we would not sympathize with him. If he were a total victim, he could
not be a tragic figure. Instead, he is a complicated human being with a complex moral nature,
although by the end of the play he becomes one of the least morally attractive of all of
Shakespeare's tragic figures.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Do you feel any simpathy for Macbeth? Why or why not? Do you feel any simpathy for Macbeth? Why or why not?
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