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    Shakespeare’s play Macbeth‚ is one of the most well known tragedies written by William Shakespeare. Truth be told‚ Shakespeare’s Macbeth embodies how ladies were characterized and controlled by the patriarchal society that they lived in‚ and mirrors issues even in those days that ladies in today’s current society still need to fight with. The play Macbeth‚ is male-character dominate‚ it concentrates on one man battling against other men in his court so as to secure his own particular position as

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    Macbeth: Macbeth A Tragic Hero - His Strengths‚ His Weaknesses‚ His Tragic Flaw and the Effect of Outside Influences on His Nature The contributions of Macbeth towards his fate in becoming the "tragic hero" is evident from the first act. Like other of Shakespearean plays‚ the tragic hero‚ Macbeth‚ is noble‚ honourable and highly respected by the general public at the start of the play. Unfortunately Macbeth contributes to his own fate more than what is implied. What seems to be his strengths

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    Critical Response of Shakespeare’s Macbeth in relation to Lord and Lady Macbeth’s Childlessness Leading to Feelings of Inadequacy and Ambition In William Shakespeare’s Scottish Play‚ the motivations for Lord and Lady Macbeth’s actions stem from their feelings of inadequacy due to their inability to have children. This feeling of inadequacy leads the two characters to take the throne from their King‚ in an attempt to fill the void of being childless. Macbeth‚ as a thane‚ has three purposes: to

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    Guided Passage Analysis 1 Shakespeare uses soliloquy first to expose Lady Macbeths true nature so that her thoughts and motives may be uninterrupted and that her speech can be delivered in such a powerful way that the audience is swayed and somehow taken aback. When audience members first lay their eyes on Lady Macbeth‚ they see her as a sweet and almost innocent woman but when she is finally alone the audience sees her true nature. Dialogue can only tell you so much whereas soliloquy can almost

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    getting rid of anyone that stood in the way. Macbeth was that rich nobleman that didn’t let anyone get in his way to become king. He is seen as the one to blame for all the horrible events that went on in Shakespeare’s entire play. Although‚ Lady Macbeth has played a major role in her husband’s life‚ Macbeth did not need much persuasion to kill Duncan‚ Banquo‚ and Lady Macduff along with her family. His visit with the three witches opened up a world where Macbeth could be powerful and have everything

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    All through the play of "Macbeth" there is a continuing relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The relationship has a significant role that creates most of the actions‚ reactions‚ moods‚ feelings and attitudes in the play. That relationship changes throughout the play‚ at first there is a lot of respect between them‚ however in time Lady Macbeth takes the part of the more dominant character of their relationship. At the beginning of the playMacbeth and Lady Macbeth they respect each other

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    character in Macbeth is Macbeth himself.” Do you agree? Why? Macbeth is a complex and well developed character‚ while there are several interesting characters in the playMacbeth is by far the most interesting. He is a tragic hero who experiences a slow and painful mental decline which is expressed in such a way that the audience is mesmerised. The most interesting aspect of Macbeth’s character is that it is flawed. The audience can identify with his human frailties. Despite the fact that Macbeth commits

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    Macbeth Women are always expected to act gracefully in society even in Shakespear’s play Macbeth. Everyone knows Lady Macbeth as one of the strongest female character in Macbeth‚ she has this kind of traits like being‚ ambitious‚ energetic‚ and evil. She is ambitious because she wants her husband to be a king‚ energetic that she can think to kill Duncan and at the same time it also makes her evil that she makes her husband kill The king that is opposed to God’s will‚ just for the sake of her

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    As the end drew near‚ Lady Macbeth was no longer able to drive off the guilt‚ while Macbeth became unreined and free‚ relying completely on himself. As time goes on‚ Lady Macbeth’s guilt grows stronger while she is given less to do: “She had no way of escaping from her own thoughts‚ no way of plunging into such a course of action as might help to keep away the remembrance of the past or to relieve the present” (Munro 33). As her guilt has caught up with her‚ Lady Macbeth has been driven completely

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    Lady Macbeths Character At the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth is very eager on taking the throne and would do anything in order to get it‚ even. She is also very controlling over her husband and demanding. We first see Lady Macbeth in the play when she is reading a letter from macbeth who is explaining what his future holds from him according to the three witches‚ which is that he will take on the throne. Lady Macbeth already is very ambitious about this and starts to plan to kill King Duncan

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