Macbeth Innocence is a quality that few people take to their grave, although all are born with it. At some point in one's life, an event or circumstance removes that shield from both moral and legal guilt, whether in one's own eyes or in the eyes of another. In such a case, innocence is cast off, or innocence can be stolen. Both are true of Macbeth in William Shakespeare's tragic work Macbeth. The hero's innocence …showed first 75 words of 1449 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1449 total… into the abyss. Brainwashed and dominated by evil, he responded in the only way he could: with evil. Bibliography Works Cited Campbell, Lily B. "Macbeth: A Study in Fear." Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes. Gloucester: Smith, 1973. Felperin, Howard. "A Painted Devil: 'Macbeth'." William Shakespeare: The Tragedies. New York: Chelsea House, 1985. Knight, G. Wilson. "Macbeth and the Metaphysic of Evil." The Wheel of Fire: Interpretations of Shakespearean Tragedy. London: Methuen, 1959. Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Toronto: Longman's Canada Limited, 1965.