![]() ![]() They predetermined the development of the action and Macbeths fate. The words that changed the course of his life and led to his downfall came from the third which “all hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!” (Shakespeare, 1600, Act I, scene III, para. However, he is not the ruler of his life anymore. Macbeth seems to be the main character of the play, and, actually, he is. The question is, whether this is the problem of the conscious choice. The problem of choice is represented in this work. ![]() His crime, “born of the senses” (Curran, 2012, para. Being a nobleman since his birth, he also has a lot of positive qualities – courage and strength, but he was not able to resist the temptation of the absolute power and senses that overcome him. In his plays “the tragic hero is always a noble man who enjoys some status and prosperity in society but possesses some moral weakness or flaw which leads to his downfall” (Elliott & Gandhi, n.d., para. Shakespeare perfectly reveals the aspects of human nature, “imbuing his plays with a timeless universality” (Schwartz, n.d., para. ![]() In his plays the fear of the medieval people for some supernatural forces is reflected “by custom, historical pattern, social expectations, or largely within a character’s perceptions” (Clugston, 2010, p.315). ![]() Shakespeare’s works were the reflection of his epoch with the unique nature, peculiar for his age. ![]()
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