1 At the start of the play Shakespeare uses extreme emotions and actions to build up his protagonist. After the battle Macbeth was being spoken about how he was in battle “As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion” In the battle Macbeth has been described as a bloodthirsty and never gives up even when faced against overwhelming odds. He uses extreme emotion to describe Macbeth but also foreshadowing what will happen in the future. Also he describes Macbeth like this to show how Macbeth is presented at the start that he does not show fear or emotion to his enemies. During the era Macbeth was set in being a soldier was a high status job which meant that Macbeth was shown so much respect from all sides.   

1 On the other hand scrooge has been shown to have extreme emotions very different to Macbeth’s. He is shown to be cold hearted when the charity worker comes in and asks how much he will donate.  ‘If they would rather die,’ said Scrooge, ‘they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.’ Dickens represents scrooge in this way because he wants to show how rich peoples attitude were presented during the Victorian era. This quote suggests that scrooge shows no empathy towards the poor or any other people including his family. Unlike Macbeth, Scrooge is not being of service to anybody else only to himself. Scrooge only cares about his profit. Dickens makes his character seem over exaggerated to show how his starting point is and to how far he can go.  

2 Moving on from the start of the play Shakespeare shows extreme emotion with Macbeth in Macbeth soliloquy. He is debating what to do next. “is this a dagger which i see before me. The handle towards my hand? Come ,let me clutch thee.I have thee not , and yet I see thee still”. From this quote, Shakespeare shows Macbeth as conflicted and very confused. Shakespeare presents Macbeth with extreme emotion like this because he wants to show the audience that Macbeth is not what he was in the opening of the play. He also wants to show the audience that Macbeth can be easily manipulated and not the warrior he was presumed to be at the beginning of the play.