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  Macbeth is known as one of the most infamous Shakespearean plays due to its tragic ending and back stabbing plot. Macbeth the main character is given two different roads to take, one in which he is a non-harmful person and another where he and his wife gain power in the ranks of Scotland ultimately killing people along the way. He encounters many struggles throughout the play that the author so craftily put in. Macbeth written by William Shakespeare stars Macbeth who is forced to make his decision of good versus evil, Shakespeare shows his work through characterization and theme.
Macbeth is often faced with different characters giving him different direction. One of the first challenges he faces is his wife telling him to kill he king. Macbeth struggles with this decision and ultimately decides to do it. Lady Macbeth is a very strong character in this play that evidently swayed Macbeth's thoughts and actions. She is a very vindictive person who knows what she wants. Another character the author puts in is the three witches; they tell Macbeth his different options. Macbeth thinks they are trying to persuade him in certain directions but in reality it is all up to him making this a interior conflict between him and his-self. Macbeth ends up choosing a side to take, knowing if it is the right on is up to the readers self.
This play is known for tragedy but also for the power struggle. One sees throughout the play there is power struggle with the different characters. Killing one another just to get to the top and have the most power in Scotland. What the reader can also see is the power struggle between Macbeth and himself. When Macbeth is deciding weather or not to kill the King, where he should kill Duncan and of course how to betray Banquo. In the end of course no one really wins seeing that all but a few die from each other’s insanity for the power. Yet one does see that Macbeth is troubled with his inner struggle of right and wrong. This theme is one of the most predominant due to it being such a big part of good versus evil in the main character helping make the play more significant.
In this tragic play Macbeth has two differing sides to choose from; one being taking the high road and not gaining power, yet staying out of the killings or gaining the power and taking some lives along the way. In the end Macbeth does kill and does gain power, not without the struggle between the two. Although he did choose one side it didn't work out exactly as planned, being a tragedy the main character even though he is a protagonist does not get to live. Macbeth is a strong play that puts importance on proving to one self who is in all more powerful.