Macbeth
Type 3: Comparison "The Unforgiven" to MacBeth
Many societies have a tragic hero, a hero with a tragic flaw and a fatal weakness. In the poem Macbeth and in Metallica's song "The Unforgiven," the theme is portrayed through similar means of tone, imagery, and characterization of a "tragic hero." First, both pieces of writing depict characters who have felt a tragic guilt in their lives. For example, in the beginning of the poem, Macbeth contemplates on weather or not to kill King Duncan. He decides to kill Duncan in an attempt to fulfill the prophecy and soon after feels the burden of guilt that his crime has put upon himself. "I'll go no more / I am afraid to think what I have done / Look on t again I dare not" (2.2.50-51), "To know my deed, twere best not know myself" (2.2.73). Metallica also shows those same characterization of tragic guilt in his song when he uses phrases like "Never free / Never me / So I dub the unforgiven" and "Deprived of all this thoughts / The......
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