Hamlet vs. Macbeth

Hamlet vs. Macbeth With the end of the sixteenth century, there came a “turning point in Shakespeare’s life which consequently changed his plays from the fanciful ideals to the seriousness of man. The results were the great tragedies from “1592-1609” (Thurber 184). These tragedies consisted of deeper concepts of the natural struggles that face mankind. Therefore, each play during these seventeen years has a tragic motive, this stems from Shakespeare’s concentration on the deeper …

…Shakespeare could distinguish a beneficial idea when he wrote it therefore; he continued the basic principles from Hamlet onto Macbeth. However, this does not revolutionize the fact both works are masterpieces that will endure the passage of time. Robert Browning recognized Shakespeare’s magnitude in his quote: - I DECLARE our poet, him Whose insight makes others dim: A thousand poets pried at life, And only one amid the strife Rose to be Shakespeare. 1850 (Thurber 200)