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    Macbeth Motif Essay

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    play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ Shakespeare writes about the act of dreaming and person’s thoughts as they sleep‚ as well as the ambitions and goals that a person has. Those dreams can sometimes even turn to nightmares‚ and bring out the negatives in the road to success. People often in life have dreams‚ goals that they want to achieve‚ or places they want to go. Macbeth’s dream is to become king and prevent Banquo’s bloodline from entering the throne. Yet this dream has caused Macbeth to do

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    Love was very important to the Shakespearean audience. There is not a play written by Shakespeare that does not contain some form of a love relationship. These plays usually end happily‚ however in the case of “Macbeth”‚ the relationship that carries this important function‚ that is love‚ is conveyed in a way most peculiar. Instead of the average “happily ever after” ending an audience would expect‚ Shakespeare offers the audience‚ a villainous duo. One would expect that their relationship is an

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    Shakespeare uses vivid and powerful forms of imagery to let the audience visualize the setting. Lady Macbeth is portrayed as a strong woman who is attracted to power and would do anything to be in control; she is anything but an elegant and sensitive woman. After the bloodshed begins‚ however‚ Lady Macbeth falls an easy prey to insanity and guilt. Her soliloquy (5.1.24-30) shows her decline into madness when she says‚“out damned spot...” There are many examples of visual and aural imagery throughout

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    your dad? Say hi! He’s awesome.’” (7) How does media affect the way we feel about things? The song‚ “7 Years”‚ performed by Lukas Graham‚ addresses the issue of father son relationships when analyzed using a cultural lens. Father-son relationships‚ really‚ parent-child relationships and the way media portrays them‚ is a problem. Years ago the “normal” family would have included a mom‚ dad‚ son‚ and daughter‚ also called a nuclear family.

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    * What are the four types of essay organization discussed in the course readings? What characteristics make these essays expository? * The four types of essay that was discussed in the readings are topic‚ time order‚ space order‚ and informative process. The characteristic that makes these essays expository are topic which is developed by topic systematically organizes information about a topic in the most logical fashion. Time order is involved with the sequential or chronological organization

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    The story of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a classic one of betrayal and destiny. One of the major themes of the play is the use of equivocation to create ambiguity. The definition of equivocation from the Oxford dictionary is: the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication. The very definition of equivocation contains the use of ambiguity‚ thus making the two very connected in terms of the story of the play. Equivocation is used multiple times

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    Mothers and Fathers around the world have tried to give advice to their sons since the beginning of time. Langston Hughes’s “Mother to Son” and Peter Meinke’s “Advice to Son” have many things that are common with each other; nevertheless‚ there are drastic differences when they are written. The time periods that these poems are written have grand influence in the poem’s message. “Mother to Son” was written by Langston Hughes in the middle the nineteen twenties. In the United States‚ we have a large

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    Tragedy of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare‚ Shakespeare uses the character of Macbeth‚ the Thane of Glamis‚ to portray the progression of corrupt characteristics of human greed and ambition; such as his thirst for power‚ to be Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth is already a Thane‚ but once the Witches reveal to him and Banquo of a promising prophecy that revealed him becoming Thane and King of Cawdor‚ Macbeth soon falls into human folly. Macbeth shows some guilt in Act II‚ Scene I where Macbeth demonstrates

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    Macbeth Theme Essay

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    There are 5 major themes in Macbeth : • the paradox ( we can think of ‘ fair is foul and foul is fair : which means bad is good and good is bad) • Manhood (being a man ‚ we see this theme clearly coming back on the night of the murder of the king‚ lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to just be a man and kill the king) • masks ("Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye‚ Your hand‚ your tongue: like th’ innocent flower‚ But be the serpent under ’t." --- lines 65 - 67. Or in other words‚ put on a

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    connection between mother and son is untradeable. There is inevitable love that pushes a mother to do absolutely anything because of the maternal instinct that is bestowed within. Unconditional motherly love releases the “super power” inside a desperate mother in need of her child. In the novel “Son‚” Lois Lowry uses characterization in the main character‚ Claire‚ to demonstrate her courage‚ desperateness‚ and mental‚ as well as physical‚ strength that strives her to find her son. Born in an utopian society

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