Compare and Contrasting Characters in Macbeth

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In the play Macbeth, William Shakespeare does an excellent job describing his characters and their settings. Throughout the play Shakespeare connects several different situations to things that are happening with the characters. Shakespeare uses his characters to represent things, such as good and evil, and also to describe their surroundings at that time by adding details about the characters environmental settings in the act and scene. Macbeth, Macduff, Banquo, and King Duncan are the main characters in the play and Shakespeare uses them to get his good vs. evil point across even more. First is Macbeth, who starts the play off as Thane of Glamis, but is soon told by three witches that he will become much more than that. In the play, Macbeth and Banquo meet up with three witches who make prophecies about Macbeth and Banquo’s future. Macbeth will become the Thane of Cawdor and then King of Scotland, and Banquo will not become king but his sons will. After the witches leave, Macbeth and Banquo were delighted to hear the prophecies but their reactions were completely opposite. ...

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