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    interpretation I get from this particular scene. Is that of a paradox because it shows just how slimily Lady Macbeth truly is. She is showing extreme affection to Macbeth‚ meanwhile she is forcing Macbeth to kill Duncan at the same time. She is also filling his mind with thoughts of her always being by his side. When really she only wants to be queen. Whether it be by the darkness in the room‚ or by Lady Macbeth’s bossy tone‚ you can tell she has other motives in store for the future. Step 2: Setting

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    Hidden consequences Page 1 In the play Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth’s decisions are heavily influenced by Lady Macbeth and the witches. Lady Macbeth encourages Macbeth to kill Duncan‚ and the witches predict Macbeth’s future life by showing him. Therefore the decisions that the other characters make are crucial because they really shape out the life of Macbeth during and after he obtains the throne. The advice he takes will eventually

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    Lady Macbeth Mad Monologue What knowledge is there now that I can be innocent of? Innocent‚ the eyes of one who sees the corpse of a King‚ smoothly hacked at like a piece of meat by a well-practiced butcher‚ knowing that it was those eyes‚ my eyes‚ that watched the traitorous act come to pass. How can these little hands ever be clean of guilt‚ when they are covered in the blood they smothered‚ still warm‚ upon the sleeping innocents. I held the very dagger that slashed life to shreds‚ daggers

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    O’‚ why has my Lady cried out? Why must she grow frail and bent‚ feverishly consumed with such terrifying thoughts night and day? Her delusion must be of another tragedy from the past; that damned spot she had said‚ with blood too! Of course‚ I have my suspicions that such an event would ensue in the passing away of Duncan. I must also not forget Banquo’s demise. My Lord‚ her Ladyship couldn’t possibly speak about the deed of murder. Oh! The malady of her mind has confessed to these horrid killings

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    sleep” (III.iv.73)‚ spoken by Lady Macbeth‚ shows how sleep can mess with a person’s judgment. Ever since Macbeth murdered Duncan‚ he has been so guilty that he couldn’t sleep. Since he is so sleep deprived‚ his judgment is impaired. He is paranoid and is killing people left and right. He is so fearful that everyone is trying to overthrow him that he resorts to killing his close friend‚ Banquo. “There’s blood upon thy face/ ‘Tis Banquo’s then” (III.iv.13-15) is when Macbeth confirms the murder of Banquo

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    Lady Macbeth and I were ecstatic that the king was coming to our lovely home.What an honor it was to have king Duncan in our home.Lady Macbeth was acting particularly wild that night she kept leading me on to the conversation of killing the king.I didn’t want to accept the fact that my wife was wanting me to kill our leader‚the father of our land.Then she brought up the fact that i would be king if he died‚so i asked her outta curiosity how would we even kill him.She instantly replied as if she already

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    Shakespeare present the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Act 1? Macbeth is a dramatic play which tells the story of the downfall of a ‘Nobleman’ who becomes a ‘tyrant’. In Act one Shakespeare introduces the characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth using a range of dramatic devices. At the start of the play Macbeth is introduced from two different perspectives. He is firstly introduced by the three witches whom are discussing a meeting with him ‘There to meet with Macbeth’. This scene would create immense

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    master of my emotion‚ now I realise I am merely a pawn‚ a pawn in a game that has spiralled out of control‚ a game of life and death‚ empowered by very own selfish aspiration. What possessed me? Why did I assume I could play the role of the almighty? Upon hearing news from my beloved Macbeth of the witches’ prophecies I found myself overwhelmed by

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    Lady Macbeth is the real villain of the play’ do you agree? In ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’‚ Shakespeare portrays many negative themes through the acts of Lady Macbeth which show the audience that she is a real villain of this play. She holds a malicious agenda and many evil tendencies which separate her from the average individual‚ but this was only after interpreting the witched prophase. Thus‚ not only making her the only guilty villain in the play. Lady Macbeth is no more than an incarnation

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    Lady Macbeth is the real villain of the play’ do you agree? In ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’‚ Shakespeare portrays many negative themes through the acts of Lady Macbeth which show the audience that she is real villain of this play. She holds a malicious agenda and many evil tendencies which separate her from the average individual. The key elements which make Lady Macbeth a villainous human being is her inhumane conscience and lack of compassion for her victims‚ her deceptiveness and her manipulation

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