Macbeth : an embodiment of human despair

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Key Words: Existential Despair, Narcissism, Guilt, Success, Fear of death Catharsis.

Abstract: The study at hand examines Shakespeare's genius in extemahzing a dark side of human nature through naturalizing Macbeth's sense of existential despair not just as a falling tragic hero but as a human being.

To comprehend Macbeth's horrified image of an absurd world and his vision of himself in that world as expressed in his soliloquies, the study investigates some of the factors that mi^t contribute to one’s sense of existential despair.

The present study concludes that some of Macbeth's human strains, behaviors, emotions, states such as sin, narcissism, ^It, success, and his fear of death have contributed a great deal to his sense of existential despair not just his tragic downfall.

That conclusion naturahzes Macbeth's sense of existential despair where he simply becomes everyman and explains the plays’ sublimity.