Lady Macbeth makes the chamberlains who guard the king’s chamber drunk so that Macbeth can murder the king, and after the murder, she takes the bloody daggers and lays them with the drunken chamberlains so as to make them look like the murderers.…
Malcolm and Donalbain talk about leaving Scotland and seem to be suspecting that someone else is guilty of the king's murder.…
The scene opens with Macbeth addressing the Lords, inviting them to sit down. He is attempting to assert his kingship by saying “You know your own degrees, sit down;” but also tries to appear friendly and mingle with the guests. When he says he’ll ‘play the humble host;’ he embodies the irony of the scene, as he is indeed ‘playing’ or pretending at not just being a kind and harmonious host, but at being King entirely. This links in with the murder of Duncan earlier in the play, as Macbeth was also the deceitful host. Macbeth speaks to the Lords as if King, yet Shakespeare uses constant irony and language that suggests he does not belong on the throne. “Here I’ll sit i’th’midst” shows him trying to…
“Of all Shakespeare's female characters Lady Macbeth stands out far beyond the rest — remarkable for her ambition, strength of will, cruelty, and dissimulation” (Traits of Lady). Lady Macbeth is usually viewed as an interesting character because of her notable traits. Her cruelty, cunning, and manipulation certainly contribute to one’s fascination with her. However, equally intriguing are Lady Macbeth’s notorious views she possesses. The unyielding views Lady Macbeth holds on manhood, womanhood, and guilt greatly affect her life.…
Lady Macbeth eats her meal daintily, despite Ross’s knowledge of how famished she has been since the coronation. Ross has been serving the Macbeth’s for many years, he has become their confidant and, Ross likes to believe, friend. Breaking his thoughts, Lady Macbeth breaks the silence.…
This is where Lady Macbeth is anxiously waiting while Macbeth is "doing the deed". This quote shows Lady Macbeth's uncertainty of the outcome of the crime.…
Within Act 5, scene 5, in the play Macbeth, William Shakespeare effectively conveys the theme of life and death in the form of repetition, symbolism, alliteration, and metaphor. In this passage, Macbeth reflects on the essence of his mortality showing that, in his opinion, the struggle of human existence is foolish when it ultimately signifies nothing. In line 18, Macbeth expresses his continued existence in a monotonous form of repetition, as if one day is no different from the rest, “To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow” (Shakespeare 18). Through this drawed out expression, the additional use of alliteration provides a sense of dreariness, successfully communicating the internal struggles Macbeth is experiencing during that time. This…
(Discuss the ideas developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform)…
In Willam Shakespeares dynamic play ‘Macbeth’, we are presented with a number of characters who provoke us, as the reader to irritation and anger. Although, throughout the play many admirartble qualities are established through Shakesperaes clever use of characterisation, overall the reader should feel a strong sense or irriation for the Main character Macbeth and his ‘partner of greatness’, Lady Macbeth as, as a couple the commit a series of unforgivable sins which result in the untimely but appropriate tragic death.…
This Act opens with the three Weird Sisters setting up the entire theme of the play: Fair is foul and foul is fair. A war is taking place against Scotland (the setting of this play) and Norway. Scotland is victorious due to the valiant efforts of Macbeth. The traitorous Thane of Cawdor is captured and executed. King Duncan decides to reward Macbeth with the title of Thane of Cawdor to show his gratitude.…
Lady Macbeth is holding a bloody crown to her head. This is to symbolise how she (Like Macbeth) are king and queen but have a worthless throne. The gold in the crown (riches and wealth that come with being king/queen) show that they may have had more riches/wealth if they were pronounced the heirs other than through murder. The blood wiping out the gold is to show how since they killed Duncan, they are now no longer given riches or promised the throne forever. All of this shows to us how impulsive Lady Macbeth is. “what cannot you and I perform upon…
What is the common denominator between the Colorado shooting and Shakespeare’s Macbeth? Blind ambition. It’s what drive people now and then use to motivate themselves to do things they want to. Macbeth relates to our society as demonstrated by the theme blind ambition. Some current day issues that show the blind ambitious side of people are; events such as the Colorado shooting at the movie theatre, Hitler causing a genocide, and in general how people will do anything they have to in order to get what they want. In Macbeth, you see the takeover of a country and the riddance of their values and honor all for someone’s desires; and in the end it all backfires with the death of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.…
Ambition can drive one to extremes. It can serve as a catalyst for one to act outside of their normal behaviour. These acts can either lead to one's success, or to their downfall. In William Shakespeare's tragic play Macbeth, the playwright explains how a man met his demise when his ambition took over his life. Macbeth's greed, insecurity, and despair motivates his ambition, which leads him to their ultimate demise.…
Lady Macbeth's character is painted in the segment of her reading of the letter in Act 1, Scene 5. She is presented full of lust for power and manipulative, using her cunning to get what she wants.In the letter. Macbeth writes to Lady Macbeth of his promotion to thane of Glamis and Cawdor, the Weird sisters, and the witches prophecies of him being king. She knows he is too moral and ethical to act on his ambition and chance to be king. She vows he will get what is rightfully his and will go to any measure, take any provisions to see to his crowning. She starts plotting the murder of King Duncan. Conspiring upon the messengers announcement of the arrival of the King, she states; “That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements.” (Act 1, Scene 5) Her lust for power, driving her to dirty and aggressive methods, shows she has little…
Macbeth is a high-ranking Thane and a hero because of his bravery stated above but also because of his courageous and manly behaviour during the battle as stated in this quote below:…