Is Macbeth A Thoroughly Representative Character?

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that authority, thus he
killed, lied, and cheated his way to that place of honor.
Readers may debate that Macbeth was indeed insane, thus leading the
reader to believe that he was not representative of a typical human. This is
true, yet any human can be insane, which further proves the validity that
Macbeth was a common individual. Perhaps driven to insanity, no evidence exists
to say that Macbeth was not ordinary, which means that he was not in any way
different from the rest of humanity. What he did in the drama was no different
than what anyone would have done given the position Macbeth was in. Conceivably
an individual may not have murdered and become so very evil, however one would
surely have become eager to gain power and found some way to accelerate the
process.
Ultimately it is seen that Macbeth exhibited all the characteristics of
a typical human, and showed no signs of being abnormal in any way. He was
presented with a situation, and dealt with it as would any ...

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