In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, how is power represented and what purpose does it serve? In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the composer emphasizes the force of control that power possesses over another being. Shakespeare uses many types of power in different contexts, such as domestic power, supernatural power, and the power of the natural order within Elizabethan society. The composer uses these powers in the text not to illustrate but also to emphasize their controlling and possessive influence over the central characters of the text. The climax of the play is when the protagonist faces the consequences of his actions by succumbing to external pressures and an internal thirst for ambition and power. In pursuing such desires, he gets himself killed, embodying the rigidity of the natural order to which all citizens of the Elizabethan era must conform. Through the characterization of the protagonist Macbeth, Shakespeare summarizes the forces of control that power determines over its victims. One of the powers that Macbeth is drawn into by outside influences such as...