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Macbeth Coursework This countries most famous script writer composed many plays which fall into three categories; comedies, histories and tragedies. For a number of his plays including Macbeth he turned to a historian (Raphael Holinshed) for information. Shakespeare's main source for Macbeth was 'the Chronicles of Scotland', which was written by Holinshed in 1577. This gave Shakespeare an outline of Macbeth's career, from the meeting of the witches, until his death to the hands of Macduff. The idea of the murder of King Duncan was from what was written of an earlier King in 'the Chronicles of Scotland', who was killed by a trusted subject. It is important to remember that Macbeth is a tragic hero. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, who gave the first version of a tragic hero's description and characteristics. He gave five qualities of a tragic hero- is of noble birth, committed great acts, is held...

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