Context:
A tragedy must contain hope as well as despair. There must be a feeling of lost potential, of something good that might have been. Macbeth starts the play as a hero of battle, ripe for promotion; the future could be his - if only he had left it alone. He is a reluctant murderer, troubled by his conscience even before committing the act. He uses soliloquy to express his struggle with right and wrong. |
