"Doubtful it stood; As two spent swimmers, that do cling together And choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald - Worthy to be a rebel, for to that The multiplying villanies of nature Do swarm upon him - from the western isles..." Macbeth (full title The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Set mainly in Scotland, the play dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who se...