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Victim of Circumstances
Title: Victim of Circumstances
Category: Literature / European Literature
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Victim of Circumstances
Victim of Circumstances
Macbeth, a victim of circumstances or not? He was a victim of circumstances. The witches, Lady Macbeth, and Macbeth himself all contribute to the murdering of Duncan.
The first of the three major circumstances Macbeth falls victim to is the witches' prediction. The third prediction that the witches make is that he will be king 'All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!'1.
The second of the circumstances is Lady Macbeth. Lady …showed first 75 words of 627 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 627 total…ignore the predictions and set his spouse strait and go on loyally serving his king.
The witches, Lady Macbeth, and Macbeth all contribute to Macbeth's downfall. In another time, another place Macbeth would not have been a victim of these circumstances and would not have murdered Duncan.
1Helen McDonnell et al, England in Literature. (Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1979) 140 ll. 50
2Ibid, 148 ll. 36-37
3Ibid, 148 ll. 40
4Ibid, 149 ll. 43
5Ibid, 149 ll. 61
6Ibid, 143 ll. 137
7Ibid, 171 ll. 136-138
8Ibid, 195 ll. 10-11
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