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Macbeth Analysis

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Macbeth Outline

Thesis Statement: Lust for power and burning bridges behind are the main reasons that lead Macbeth to his downfall and thereafter to his death.

Topic Sentence: His tyrannical attitude towards his throne and the royal families caused him to take innocent lives for his own pleasure.

Detail 1: He kills Duncan in order to become king.

Detail 2: He kills Banquo and tried to kill his son.

Detail 3: He kills Macduff's family.

Topic Sentence: Macbeth got so caught up with ambition of becoming the king and ruling the whole of Scotland, that he forget about his loved ones and what they had done for him.

Detail 1: Macbeth does feel guilty for Duncan's death, but after sometime he realizes that it was needed in order for him to become a king.

Detail 2: He murdered his best friend, Banquo, but felt no guilt for his killing.

Detail 3: He didn't feel hurt when he was told that his wife had died, but in turn said "She should have died hereafter. There would have been a time for such a word."

Macbeth Outline

Thesis Statement: Lust for power and burning bridges behind are the main reasons that lead Macbeth to his downfall and thereafter to his death.

Topic Sentence: His tyrannical attitude towards his throne and the royal families caused him to take innocent lives for his own pleasure.

Detail 1: He kills Duncan in order to become king.

Detail 2: He kills Banquo and tried to kill his son.

Detail 3: He kills Macduff's family.

Topic Sentence: Macbeth got so caught up with ambition of becoming the king and ruling the whole of Scotland, that he forget about his loved ones and what they had done for him.

Detail 1: Macbeth does feel guilty for Duncan's death, but after sometime he realizes that it was needed in order for him to become a king.

Detail 2: He murdered his best friend, Banquo, but felt no guilt for his killing.

Detail 3: He didn't feel hurt when he was told that his wife had died, but in turn said "She should have died hereafter. There would have been a time for such a word."

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