FREE ESSAY ON MACBETH AND HAMLET TRAGEDY

MACBETH AND HAMLET TRAGEDY

The Tragedies of Macbeth and Hamlet
Macbeth is a Shakespearean tale about a confused Scottish noble that does not know how to
utilize his ambition. He succumbs to temptation, which is partly supplied by his wife,
and he kills to get the position of king. Hamlet, on the other hand, is another
Shakespearean masterpiece that deals with a torn prince of Denmark that has to deal with
the untimely death of his father. Hamlet and Macbeth are similar in many ways, and reveal
many sides of the human heart through their dynamically dramatic plots.
Both of these works deal with great inner conflict in the main character. Macbeth cannot
decide whether or not to kill Duncan, who is the king of Scotland. He sees an imaginary
dagger floating in front of him that is a figment of his imagination, which portrays how
much he is lamenting over the act of genocide. He finally commits the murder, and gets
the position that he longs for. The main conflict that Hamlet has to deal with, portrayed
by his fated To be or not to be... speech, is how to deal with the suspicious death of
his father - by suffering the ills of this world or taking resolute action against them.
Both stories carry with a great amount of deceit. With Macbeth, the witches explain that
no one born of a woman will ever kill him. Macduff, his slayer, was born by a Cesarean
section. Of all the things that the witches tell him, all are true, but are spoken in
confusing riddles that are misleading. The witches trick him into believing that he and
his descendants will rule the land forever. Hamlet's father is killed by his uncle, which
is revealed at the end. Hamlet is tricked into going to England where his uncle orders
him to be executed, but Hamlet is clever enough to get out of that predicament.
Each of these tales deals with many tragic deaths. Macbeth is killed in the end for the
folly of having misdirected ambition. Lady Macbeth is also killed, and Macduff's family
is senselessly wiped out simply for Macbeth's conquest. King Duncan is murdered so that
Macbeth can acquire his position as king. In Hamlet, the prince is slain by a poisoned
sword blade. His father is the victim of a power hungry uncle. A poisonous drink meant
for Hamlet senselessly kills Hamlet's mother. Ophelia, Macbeth's girlfriend, goes insane
and commits suicide because of the events that take place through the harrowing plot of
this work.
As it is plain to see, these are extremely dynamic literatures. The two have a few
differences, but mostly have points that are common. The inner conflict, deceit, and
tragic deaths that compose the stories spur the tales on and add immeasurably to the
plot. These three core elements drive each story to its moral and never let up. Without
one of these included in each, the story line would suffer greatly and not have the
impact that each does.