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    Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth‚ and Banquo all react differently to the witches’ prophecies. In the play‚ Macbeth was excited about the outcomes‚ but also very conflicted about it. Macbeth was also hesitant about doing what Lady Macbeth thought had to be done for this prophecy to come true‚ such as killing Duncan. Macbeth says‚ "If chance will have me king‚ why‚ chance may crown me Without my stir" (I‚iii 145-146). In his perspective‚ he believes that if this is bound to come true‚ then why should he put

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    Macbeth and Banquo were on there way back from a battle when 3 witch’s show up they thought they were seeing things because what person would be in a battle field with blood and body’s on the ground. Macbeth and Banquo walked up to them and one of the itch’s started to say “All hail Macbeth Thane of Cawdor”‚ Macbeth thought they were just saying stuff cause they were crazy.So Banquo wanted to ask what they seen in his future and they just told him “All hail Macbeth and Banquo”. Macbeth will kill

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    Tom and Gatsby are the same in the aspect of their values‚ but they differ in their life styles. Both Gatsby and Tom was adulteress because Gatsby wanted Daisy who was married and Tom was cheating on Daisy. But in contrast Tom was the big strong guy and Gatsby was smaller and not as well built. Tom and Gatsby were both rich and thought that money could buy anything and everything they wanted‚ both Gatsby and Tom used their money to impress people. Gatsby uses his for parties to get Daisy to come

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    November 12‚ 2007 In the play Macbeth‚ ultimately there is one protagonist and one antagonist. In the beginning these two are very similar in many aspects including rank‚ leadership‚ beliefs‚ and loyalties. But at the story continues. It reveals these two characters are as different as night from day. Macbeth and Macduff were high-ranking generals in the Scottish army and were both loved and respected greatly by the King. The King even appointed Macbeth to become the Thane of Cawdor‚ a rank

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    The story of The Great Gatsby has a man named Gatsby in it. He was a rich man who lived next door to Nick Carraway. Gatsby had parties every Friday that would last all weekend. Nick was in the bond business along with the rest of his family. They both lived in West Egg. Nick lived between two big houses. Daisy Buchanan was cousins with Nick. Daisy’s husband had bought ponies. Nick liked Daisy’s friend Jordan and she did not want to talk to Nick. Tom was cheating on Daisy with Myrtle Wilson

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    both start of different Macbeth starts of a short manifestation of the witches and then move to a armed site‚ where the Scottish King Duncan hears the information that is generals‚ Macbeth and Banquo‚ have overcome two divide invading armies. Macbeth is also brained washed by his wife. Lady Macbeth makes him go insane. She makes him do things that he didn’t want to she got into his head so bad. She wants him to murder King Duncan in order to obtain thecrown. Lady Macbeth already has everything planned

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    Lauren McCane James Griffith English 3378 F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby tells the tale of a tangled web of love‚ lies‚ and liquor in the roaring 20s. Since the book came out in 1925‚ there have been several filmed versions of the story. One in particular stands out from the rest. The 1974 version in which Robert Redford plays Jay Gatsby is one of the most notable renditions of the classic novel. It is presented in a way that is elegant‚ yet it is very relatable. There were significant

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    The difference between Macbeth and lady Macbeth. Macbeth doesn’t really act like he cares for power at the beginning but after a while he seems like he becomes more acquainted with it. On the other hand his wife seems like from the start she is power hungry and is very happy about the prophecy and can’t wait for it to come true. As they are different it makes for an interesting thought as I’m reading I thought that this might lead to a problem later. This is because she might try to control him

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    Macbeth’ was written around about 1603-1607 and no one really knows when the exact date ’Hamlet’ was written‚ but it was approximately in 1599-1601. The plays written were both tragedies written by William Shakespeare. ’Macbeth’ was about a man who was told a prophecy by three witches that he will be lord of Cawdor and he will become King. So he killed the former King of Scotland for himself and his wife Lady Macbeth to become king and queen‚ he was not alone in the murder his wife manipulated

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    Why Tom Over the Romantic Gatsby? In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ we are presented with two very different but similar men‚ Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby‚ who find themselves stuck in a love triangle with the desirable Daisy. In the novel‚ Gatsby tries to win her over while her husband‚ Tom‚ tries to turn her away from him‚ in order to have her for himself. Despite the fact that they are both wealthy and well settled‚ Daisy chooses to be with Tom over her long lost love because she and

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