FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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revenge
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loyalty
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betrayal
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witchcraft
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare around 1600, is a tragedy that explores themes of friendship, madness, and revenge.
Detailed explanation-2: -As a tragedy, Macbeth is a dramatization of the psychological repercussions of unbridled ambition. The play’s main themes-loyalty, guilt, innocence, and fate-all deal with the central idea of ambition and its consequences.
Detailed explanation-3: -Witchcraft has four functions in the play: it exposes the evil hiding within Macbeth; it directs his evil to particular deeds; it highlights the forces of evil at work in the world; and it creates a powerful atmosphere in the play.
Detailed explanation-4: -As Macbeth and Banquo wander into a heath the three Witches greet them with prophecies. The first witch hails Macbeth as “Thane of Glamis, ” the second as “Thane of Cawdor, ” and the third that he shall “be King hereafter.” The Witches also inform Banquo he shall be father of a line of kings.