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Shakespeare not only presents the actions of characters, but also helps us to understand what motivates characters to act the way they do. The tragedy, Macbeth, is a play where there are many dreadful events, and strong motivations behind them. Macduff and Macbeth are two characters of Macbeth who encounter great, but not always good, motivation for their actions.

Macbeth is a heroic character at the beginning of this play "unseaming men from the nave to the chops." He has much potential as a warrior, and has great love and respect for his country. Coming back from battle one day, he is greeted by three witches, who are known to have great and terrible powers to foresee the future. They meet him with predictions when they greet him as ‘Thane of Glamis' (his present title,) ‘Thane of Cawdor' (a higher rank) and King of Scotland. Macbeth is extremely intrigued by what they say to him, especially once he learns that he has earned the title of ‘Thane of Cawdor' for murdering the......

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