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Macbeth Is Not A Terrible Man

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William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth takes place in medieval Scotland. Macbeth starts off the play as a good man who fights loyally for his king. Macbeth is a good man who was placed in the worst possible position which brought the worst out of him. Macbeth shows caution about taking hold of the prophecies and putting his future in his own hands, but pushed by others he does. Macbeth, although foolish about how undefeatable he is tries to spare Macduff, and he also realizes that he went too far with everything he had done. Macbeth is a tragic character whose downfall was the result of a no-win situation. It can be argued that, at the very least, Macbeth was not a terrible man. In the play Macbeth fights in two battles for Duncan. First

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