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    Shakespeare's Macbeth confronts these questions of purpose and meaning. The play's protagonist powerfully rises as a passionate patriot pursuing a traitor. At the culmination of his bloody endeavors, he stands on the precipice of selfannihilation.

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    Shakespeare's Macbeth confronts these questions of purpose and meaning. The play's protagonist powerfully rises as a passionate patriot pursuing a traitor. At the culmination of his bloody endeavors, he stands on the precipice of selfannihilation.

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    Shakespeare's Macbeth confronts these questions of purpose and meaning. The play's protagonist powerfully rises as a passionate patriot pursuing a traitor. At the culmination of his bloody endeavors, he stands on the precipice of selfannihilation.

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    AdvancedEnglish10RhetoricalDevicesIntroductionExample

    Humankindtowersonitsthroneofsuperiorityapplaudingtheevolutionofmans
    nature...intellect...moralityapplaudingthosefacetsofthehumanexperiencethatseparatethe
    kingdomofmanfromthekingdomofbeasts.Theabilitytothink.Theabilitytodirectonesfate.
    Theabilitytocreatealifethatexudesmeaning.Thisgift,thisrareabilitytoorchestratethe
    eventsofonesdaysinapurposefulmanner,istheessenceofhumanexistence.Butwhatifthis
    capacityforprofoundquestioningdiminishestoafeeblemurmurofmadness?Whatiflifeturns
    fromaroaringflametoavagueflicker?Fromameaningfuldancetoaninconsequential
    charade?Fromataleofinspirationtoalietoldbyafool?Whatistheresultofafecklessreality?
    Shakespeares
    Macbeth
    confrontsthesequestionsofpurposeandmeaningchroniclingone
    manstragicjourneyfromintentiontodespair.Valiantandloyal,theplaysprotagonist
    powerfullyrisesasapassionatepatriotpursuingDuncanstraitorwithtenaciousdetermination.
    Macbethrisesasawarriorwhogainsthehonorofaking.Akingthathebelieveshemustkillto
    satisfythefates.FatesthatwillhauntMacbeth,incitinghismurderousambition,dispellingany
    hintofhumankindness.Attheculminationofhisbloodyendeavors,Macbethaddressesthestark
    realizationthatAllouryesterdayshavelightedfoolsthewaytodustydeath(5.5.2).Faltering,
    hestandsontheprecipiceofselfannihilation.Macbethsdisproportionatebeliefinthepowers
    outsideofhimselffuelsmurderousactionsthatleadtohisdetachmentanddescentintoutter
    nihilism.

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