A Comparison of Time in Macbeth and As You Like ItIn Shakespearean drama, a dynamic and explosive fusion of jealousy, pride, anger and ambition is characteristic of heroes. behavior. The tragedy was caused by an excessive character flaw - self-respect and dignity combined with feelings of hatred and revenge. Disaster would usually strike and result in the destruction of the protagonist. Due to divine justice, punishment is inevitable and therefore no happy ending is possible. Therefore, time is the main enemy of the hero, working mercilessly against him. The mystery of tragedy is that once the protagonist learns a lesson about how to renew order within himself, death is the only way out /no memento mori, however/. Comedy differs in the mood it approaches and approaches life. It presents situations that deal with the common ground of man's social experience rather than the limits of his behavior - it is not a life in a tragic mode, lived at the difficult and perilous limits of the human condition. In “Macbeth,” the first scene features a meeting of three witches in stormy weather. Shakespeare shows a disturbed and angry nature - thunder and lighting represent light - day and darkness - night. Light is the metaphor of innocence, purity, truth and goodness, as opposed to darkness, evil. It is also the idea that the innocent will suffer as well as the guilty. Fog and dirty air signify moral and spiritual darkness and “sunset” means the end of reign and kingship. The sun only appears twice – when Duncan sees the swallows flying around Death's castle and during the gathering of the army to cleanse the land of its shame (the traitors). There is a very strong feeling of predestination (“when” instead of “if”). while in “As You Like It,” the escape from Orlando is pathless and the meeting of the lovers – an act of fate. In both plays, the succession of scenes is very rapid; in tragedy, it feels like more time has passed than expected because the transition from thought to critical resolution is difficult. The outcome of the comedy is obvious as Macbeth enters the spiral of decline of his imagination. Sleep has been banished – the protagonist is aware of the nightmare; his only dream is the murder that would break the cycle and show the way out of the nightmare: liberation..