"Macbeth is a villain in whom there is little to admire" Is this your view?

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“Macbeth is a villain in whom there is little to admire”

Is this your view?

Macbeth, the protagonist in the play Macbeth, is capable of villainy but he has many admirable qualities. Some of these qualities are sorrow, guilt, courage and nobility, and commitment. As a result he is a man in whom there is much to admire.

Sorrow is a respectable quality that is shown by Macbeth. He shows this quality towards the end of the play when he knows his reign is coming to an end. Macbeths sorrow shows he is an admirable and a man who shows natural emotions like sorrow.

Macbeth’s sorrow is evident in his soliloquy after his wife dies, where he says that life that is meaningless and worthless “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing”

This is also demonstrated after Macbeth kills Duncan and tells his wife how he really feels. He shows that he has come to realise that he has done something wrong and regrets it. Macbeth tells the audience that he is going through agony and pain over the murder of Duncan, when he says “O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife”

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Further more, Macbeths sorrow can be seen when it comes time for him to kill Macduff. Macbeth says he has already killed to many of his family and doesn’t want to have to kill Macduff although he knows he must. He reveals this when he says “Of all men else I have avoided thee, but get thee back, my soul is too much charged with blood of thine already”

Therefore, sorrow is one of his many admirable qualities that make him a man to admire.      

In addition, guilt is an admirable ...

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