Free Essays - Comparing Time in Macbeth and As You Like It :: comparison compare contrast essays

A Comparison of cartridge clip in Macbeth and As You Like It    In Shakespearean drama, a ever-changing and explosive fusion of jealousy, pride, anger and ambition is characteristic for heroes behaviour. The tragedy was caused by the excessive flaw in character - self-respect and dignity unite with the feelings of hate and revenge. A disaster usually occurred to lead to destruction of the protagonist. receivable to divine justice, punishment is inevitable and therefore no happy endpoint is possible. Therefore, measure is the heros main enemy, mercilessly working against him. The enigma of tragedy is that once the protagonist has learnt a lesson of how to renew the order in himself, death is the notwithstanding end point /no memento mori, however/. comedy differs in the mood it approaches and addresses life. It presents situations which deal with common ground of mans social experience rather than limits of his behaviour it is not life in the tragic mode, lived at the difficult and perilous limits of the human condition. In Macbeth the graduation exercise scene presents a meeting of three witches during stormy weather. Shakespeare shows disturbed, angry reputation - thunder and lighting represent light - daytime and dark night-time. comfortable is the metaphor for innocence, purity, truth, and goodness as opposed to dark - evil. It is also a suggestion that the innocent will suffer as well as the guilty. The fog and filthy air signify moral and spiritual profundity and the set of sun means the end of the reign and kingship. The sun appears only twice when Duncan sees the swallows flying around the castle of death and during the army congregation to purify the earth of its shame (traitors). There is very strong champion of predestination (when instead of if) while in As You Like It Orlandos flight is pathless and the meeting of lovers an act of Fate. In both plays the time of the scenes is very swift in tragedy the impression is that longer time elapsed than provided for because passage from thought to a critical resolution is difficult. The outcome of the comedy is obvious while Macbeth enters the spiral of decline within his imagination. cat sleep has been banished the protagonist is aware of the nightmare his only one dream is the execution which would break the cycle and show the way out of the nightmare liberation.