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    Macbeth Soundtrack Song #1 Ring the alarm by Beyonce This song matches the scene because in line 68 Macduff yells “Ring the alarm bell!” Duncan has just been killed so this song would play as soon as Macduff says that. This song also represents what Macbeth is thinking in this scene. Beyonce doesn’t want her man to have another girlfriend‚ and Macbeth doesn’t want Malcolm or Donalbain to have the throne. Beyonce says ‘she gon’ profit everything I taught if I let you go’. If Macbeth isn’t

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    The Great Gatsby

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    06/07/2005 Period. 1 The Great Gatsby Essay In all human life relationships are very important‚ and this is shown in many different aspects of human life . Relationships are so significant that Authors often use them as the revolving point of their stories. Such as in The Great Gatsby the author F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the different relationships as the revolving point in his story. Fitzgerald shows how the relationships between the couples in The Great Gatsby are similar in many different

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    Rebecca Barra English 11U M. Kevin Léveillé November 19th 2012 Macbeth Essay: A relationship or not? A relationship can properly be defined as “The way in which two or more concepts‚ objects or people are connected or the state of being connected.” A relationship between two people can sometimes evolve into the opposite of what it was when it had originally sparked between two people. In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth‚ the relationship between the husband and wife of the story starts off strong

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    Macbeth Critical Essay Shakespeare’s thrilling tragedy is about Macbeth’s rise to power‚ including the murder of the Scottish king‚ Duncan‚ and the guilt-ridden cause of evil deeds generating still more evil actions. Like her husband‚ Lady Macbeth’s ambition for power leads her into an unnatural realm of witchcraft‚ insomnia and derangement. But while Macbeth responds to the prophecies of the play’s famous trio of witches‚ Lady Macbeth goes even further by transforming herself into an unnatural

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    Irrationality In Macbeth

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    Through the course of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the play’s protagonists plague themselves over the fight between blood and nature among many other things. Blood‚ be it the kind shed upon ones death or the kind that carries entitlement and stature‚ parallels and collides with the most basic ideas of nature‚ and what is natural for a human being. Throughout the play‚ blood‚ nature‚ and rationality are equivocated to highlight Macbeth’s underlying irrationality‚ justifications‚ 1 and deeply seeded

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    Lady Macbeth

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    Major May 23‚ 2013 The Fall of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s Marriage In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the lead roles Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth’s marriage drastically changes throughout the play as a result of violence and cruelty. Throughout the play we see the couples relationship plummet‚ drawing the end of their marriage. The murder of King Duncan began the tension and mistrust in their marriage. The paranoia created distance between the two after Macbeth began killing innocent people

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    Macbeth and Ambition

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    ambition and power Macbeth is driven to madness by fierce ambition and power‚ resulting in a fall from grace in Shakespeare’s shortest tragedies‚ Macbeth. Macbeth’s long journey towards possessing the throne travels through many high hurdles. With most of them resulting in murder and despair. The first hurdle‚ which is a sign for further hurdles‚ is the murder of Duncan the king. The build-up to the killing of Duncan begins with the witches prophesying that Macbeth will be king. Macbeth wants to fulfill

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    Regicide In Macbeth

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    macbeth‚ in his first soliloquy‚ finds himself in war with his conscience over the possibility of regicide. He is concerned that the concequences he will face for his actions would be vast and uncontrolable‚ and wants them too ’trammel up’ although he knows that what he is asking for would not be possible. The line “If it were done." shows the audience that murderous thoughts are alien to Macbeth‚ this shows he is normally a very moral and conscientious man because he knows that regicide is a sin

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    The Great Gatsby

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    Macbeth is a very kind‚ noble man and is very polite to everyone especially to the king. In the play Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth undergoes a transformation which brings him the crown‚ for a short period of time‚ which leads to his death. There are three factors which led him to this tragedy. Firstly‚ the most minor situation are the three witches. Secondly‚ Macbeth’s ambition is a big factor which led to Macbeths downfall. There are a lot of things like soliloquies‚ characterization

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    Macbeth - Ambition

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    of Duncan begins with the witches prophesying that Macbeth will be king. Macbeth wants to fulfil this prophecy due to his high ambitions. However‚ the prophecy is fulfilled only because Lady Macbeth leads her husband through the barriers. It is Macbeth’s wife who causes the death of Duncan. <br> <br>Lady Macbeth acts as Macbeth’s superior while the murder of Duncan occurs. Lady Macbeth has high ambitions for her husband. She understands that Macbeth has a lust for the throne. However‚ she fears that

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