However can we say Macbeth is brave? We can say that he was on that particular day, and that part of him is brave. How the these two pairs interplay with each other is the challenge that man faces.Īlso the phrase, ‘he deserves that name’ is something we need to look at.ĭoes Macbeth deserve the name ‘brave’? Well the Captain certainly thinks so and the king reacts accordingly by bestowing upon Macbeth the title of the new Thane of Cawdor. Both good and evil exist in the world, both light and darkness, both day and night. Openness, honesty, bravery, good are all connected to light and deceit, cowardice, evil are all connected to the night and to darkness. We also see later on in the play Hecate meet the witches during the night. The battle is in the day, the murder of the king is in the night, a time of darkness. Macbeth’s open bravery in battlefield contrasts that with his secret murder of the king.
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