Macbeth and the tyranny of unchecked power

The month of May marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. His harrowing tragedy, Macbeth, depicts the fall of a once valiant general into a paranoid, murderous tyrant. In the play, Shakespeare warns his audience about the destructive force of unchecked power. He shows that tyrants abhor freedom; unless resisted, they boldly destroy anyone who thinks or behaves differently. The lessons are as fresh today as they were in Shakespeare's time. Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in c.1606. He based

The month of May marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. His harrowing tragedy, Macbeth, depicts the fall of a once valiant general into a paranoid, murderous tyrant. In the play, Shakespeare warns his audience about the destructive force of unchecked power. He shows that tyrants abhor freedom; unless resisted, they boldly destroy anyone who thinks or behaves differently. The lessons are as fresh today as they were in Shakespeare's time. Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in c.1606. He based…