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Dishonourable Death In Macbeth

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In the play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare between 1606 and 1607, there are lots of mentions of violence and blood. There are also many considerations about who had been murdered honourably or dishonourably. To die honourably meant that the person died a soldier 's death, that they went down in battle fighting for their country against the enemy. One character who is considered to have died an honourable death is Young Siward, he had died in battle fighting against Macbeth. The character who is seen to have died a dishonourable death would be Macbeth, as he turned on his country, killed royal family and friends, as well as plotted with what weird sisters had told him. Finally, the character who died an honourable death would have been

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