In Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff’s “The Lion King,” a young lion cub named Simba lives with his mother, father “King Mufasa” and a villainous uncle Scar in the Pride Lands of Africa. Once, with the help from hyenas Scar attacks Simba and King Mufasa to take the throne as King of Pride Lands. Later, Scar accuses Simba for the death of his father and that he should leave the pride lands in shame. He grows up with two friends Timon and Pumbaa. Once, his friends are attacked by Nala who takes Simba back to Pride Land. Soon after reaching his homeland, he learns that it was Scar who killed his father and tricked him by putting the blame on him. He fights with Scar for the revenge of his father’s death and his kingdom as a successor of the throne after his father. “The Lion King” is a perfect example of the hero’s journey because Simba follows the three main characteristic of the Hero Cycle which is Separation and Return with Initiation.…
The play Macbeth, was written around 1606 by the famous poet William Shakespeare. In the plot, Macbeth is told prophecies by three witches and he does everything in his power to make sure he becomes the king, as they proclaimed, including murder. In Macbeth, one theme presented is “fair is foul, and foul is fair,” meaning that things appearing to be good are sometimes bad, and things that at first seem bad can actually be good. There are many examples in the play to support this with regard to the supernatural, nature, and the play’s characters.…
Macbeth is renowned for his continuous list of killing, for example that of Duncan and Banquo, and the potential killing of Fleance. In this essay, Macbeth’s thoughts and actions leading up to these murders will be analyzed and a conclusion will be drawn from this deciding if murder appears easier for Macbeth as each of his ‘enemies’ are eliminated.…
Shakespeare’s masterpiece of a play, ‘Macbeth’, carefully depicts that Macbeth’s character was not ruined by fate but rather by damaging errors in his personality. Macbeth’s dangerous quality of ambition brings about his downfall as well as his treachery against his king, his tyranny and also his imaginativeness that eventually lures him into the murder. Although Shakespeare suggests that Macbeth’s decisions were greatly influenced by other characters in his text, it was Macbeth that ultimately decided to listen to these influences due to the many faults in his character.…
Throughout history, many tragic heroic figures have encountered a downfall. Not because they are malevolent or villainous, but because of a character flaw. In William Shakespeare's’ tragedy, Macbeth the main character Macbeth embodies the tragic hero persona. Though he is believed to be of nobility, he is blinded by greed, ambition and power to a gruesome end by those very traits which bring him fortune. Macbeth’s tragedy of his heroism occurs through battling his self conscience, secondly by pride and ego, finally by fear to protect his ambition.…
To a reader, Macbeth loses the last bit of his decency and humanity when he has the children of Macduff murdered. This gruesome act of murder demonstrates Macbeth’s gross lack of concern for human…
“Fair is foul and foul is fair”, a simple quote, yet it tells the story of a strong, brave, and noble solider who gone bad due to his huger for power. “Macbeth” one of Shakespeare’s famous tragedies demonstrates the lust for power, through fate, quest for blood, and forceful woman…
The setting began in Scotland. Scotland is in chaos. The personal servants of the gracious and noble King Duncan had brutally murdered him. The king’s two sons Malcolm, the prince of Cumberland and his brother Donalbain, have both fled. Everyone suspects the sons of ordering their childhood friends, the servants to murder their righteous father the king; however, what no one knew was the real culprit Macbeth who is the main character in the play. He became king shortly after Duncan’s death. Now that Macbeth is king his true colors began to show. From after Macbeth unrightfully became king, Macbeth was known as a brutal and evil maniac. But even though Macbeth had lost his noble reputation it still seemed as though “evil” had triumphed because Macbeth became king.…
Macbeth is a dramatic play that displays a strong emphasis on the effects from personal desires and choices made by characters. The play does not solely focus on the judgement made by Macbeth, other characters within the play are also developed and exhibit new motives or personalities as a result of poor decision making. Ranging from the desire to murder a man or to follow witch’s prophecies in a quest for personal benefit, the characters will have to conform to the consequences of their decisions – William Shakespeare exemplary demonstrates the power of corruption in society. With that said, the characters in Macbeth did not thoroughly contemplate their actions, thus leading to their downfall. Whether characters had made harmful rulings due to their irrational thinking or because they were caught up in the moment – Shakespeare stresses the theme of conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform vastly within the play.…
Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, is a play that mainly focuses on one common theme: insanity. Macbeth becomes plagued by guilt as his desire for power pushes him to attain his goals by any means necessary, including murder. He kills Duncan in cold blood, has Banquo killed by three murderers, and finally, he has Macduff’s family killed. After each of these events, Macbeth’s sanity takes a hit and he begins to hallucinate and act irrationally. Throughout the play, Macbeth’s sanity dissipates and his guilt increases as he continues to betray his own moral boundaries by committing acts of treason and dishonour.…
In Macbeth, William Shakespeare shows a good side, and a bad side of a person. At the beginning of the play, three witches mentioned “ Fair is Foul” and “Foul is Fair” ( 1.1.13). Macbeth felt that his cousin Duncan are king was unfair to him, however, Duncan felt it was acceptable. In order, to right what Macbeth felt was foul he killed Duncan to make it Fair in his eyes. Their apparition are simply true and they have Macbeth thinking that anyone will hurt him. Macbeth had a taste of power, and he is willing to do anything to keep it.…
Macbeth is one of the most popular stories of all time on the subject of morality. When three witches tell the ambitious Macbeth of his future as a king, he and his wife assassinate King Duncan. They continue a life of murder to hold the throne. Macbeth kills two guards outside of Duncan’s room to prevent them from pointing fingers at him and his best friend Banquo in fear that Banquo’s kids will become kids (another magical prophecy). Finally, he kills…
Macbeth has changed so much over the course of this play. In Act 1 Macbeth was a strong leader. But by the end of the play he is a regicidal murderer. The factor that plays a large role in this play is tragedy and a hint of irony at the end. This is a tragedy because Macbeth dies in the end. There is also some irony in this play because Macbeth is murdered at the end of the play. This essay gave factual support on the statement that was how Macbeth had changed over the course of the…
People tend to seem good and righteous but may actually be tainted or evil, and vice versa. Macbeth a bold “Thane of Cawdor” whose loyalty was to Duncan, became as evil and corrupted as the witches he talked to. They told him that he would become the future king and as these thoughts pondered in his head it consumed him by which he made the descion to kill the king in order to obtain the throne. In the play “Macbeth” by Shakespeare the theme “virtue versus evil” is developed through situational irony, dramatic irony, and verbal irony of the three prophetic apparitions of an armed head, a bloody child, and a crowned child holding a tree. An armed head, situational irony because Macbeth a military man himself supposed to be great and honorable who really became wicked had gotten his head torn off by Macduff in order to fulfill the prophecy. The image of a bloody child, dramatic irony as a result of no one but Macduff knowing that his mother had a caesarian - section until he advised it to the audience and Macbeth. It was “virtuous” because Macduff killed Macbeth although it was “evil” because it was treason to kill the king. A crown child holding a tree, verbal irony on account of that child being Malcolm the future king and he announces to the soldiers to move towards Macbeth. The “virtue” is that Malcolm a venerable character who has not been poisoned or manipulated as Macbeth an “evil” one.…
Imagine a careless couple who seize power when given a simple choice. When Macbeth and Lady Macbeth get power in Scotland, they make many careless mistakes that lead to their downfalls. Macbeth must go further into the “sea of blood” that he has gotten himself into when he kills Duncan. There is no question that Macbeth did not intend to kill Duncan, Banquo, Macduff’s family and countless other people. No sympathy should be given to neither Macbeth nor Lady Macbeth, because Macbeth murders innocent people without reason.…