http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/cromwell Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 23 May 2026 09:37:36 -0400 Sat, 23 May 2026 09:37:36 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/335/inventing-their-own-plots-and#8232;the-agency-and-ambition-of-cromwell-and-macbeth By Jeremy S. Page - Most criticisms of Macbeth and An Horatian Ode focus on the differences between the two central figures.  Macbeth is the ‘abhorred tyrant,' the man who kills his sovereign for ‘o’erleaping’ ambition, while An Horatian Ode paints Cromwell in a less sinister light, rewarding him for his military and political victories both.  Treason pervades Macbeth from the first act (the traitorous Cawdor does not survive past the fourth scene), and while Charles I is hung as a traitor to his country, there is no whisper of treason for Cromwell who deposed him.  This paper... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:33 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/335/inventing-their-own-plots-and#8232;the-agency-and-ambition-of-cromwell-and-macbeth