A Comparison of Time in Macbeth and As You Like It In 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. Usually a disaster occurred that led to the destruction of the protagonist. Due to divine justice, punishment is inevitable and therefore a happy ending is not possible. Therefore, time is the main enemy of the hero, working mercilessly against him. The mystery of the tragedy is that once the protagonist has learned a lesson in how to renew order within himself, death is the only outcome /no memento mori, though/. Comedy differs in the mood with which it approaches and faces life. It presents situations that concern the common ground of man's social experience rather than the limits of his behavior: it is not life in tragic mode, lived at the difficult and dangerous limits of the human condition. In “Macbeth” the first scene presents a meeting of three witches during the storm. 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 a suggestion that the innocent will suffer as well as the guilty. Fog and dirty air signify moral and spiritual darkness and “the setting of the sun” means the end of kingdom and kingship. The sun appears only twice: when Duncan sees the swallows flying around the castle of death and during the army gathering to cleanse the land of its shame (traitors). There is a very strong sense of predestination ("when" instead of "if"). while in “As you like it” Orlando's escape is without a path and the meeting of the lovers is an act of Destiny. In both comedies the succession of scenes is very rapid; in the tragedy the impression is that a longer time has passed than expected because the transition from thought to critical solution is difficult. The outcome of the play 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.