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    Macbeth hears voices of sleepless days ahead from the murder of King Duncan. I feel that both of these hallucinations help develop his character by a couple of ways. They show his internal conflict‚ he realizes that they are just hallucinations and nothing more‚ shows to the audience and readers that he is starting to go crazy/ insane with the guilt‚ helping develop him by standing out and or real life ways. In act II‚ scene I Macbeth starts his hallucinations by seeing the

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    “Stars‚ hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.” Shakespeare‚ Macbeth The death of King Duncan‚ Macduff’s family‚ Banquo‚ the two guards who were framed for killing King Duncan were all brought about by Macbeth‚ even the death of Macbeth was brought about by himself or was it Fate? The cause of Macbeth’s actions are unknown whether they were done out of Fate or Free Will. It is said that Shakespeare wrote Macbeth as a tribute to King James the First introducing the witches

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    develops an ambition to be king and kills Duncan‚ who is already the king. Killing Duncan drives Macbeth insane‚ and eventually‚ he loses all feelings towards life or death and goes numb. Since Macbeth’s ambition is to become king he is willing to do anything‚ but because of this‚ he begins to go psychotic by the end of the play. Macbeth’s ambition to be king controls his actions and emotions. Lady Macbeth seizes her opportunity to be queen when Duncan announces that he will be staying in their

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    king for the witches. I chose the song “I Want It All” by Queen to represent this scene. Part of the songs lyrics are “I want it all‚ I want it all‚ I want it all‚ and I want it now”. Lady Macbeth heard the news that he would be king and she right away wanted to accomplish that. She didn’t want to wait but instead she take the steps necessary to make Macbeth king as soon as possible. In act 1 scene 6 is when the king and others arrive at Macbeth’s castle to stay the night. I chose the song “Let Em

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    crown even though he is pulling him back from doing so. Lady Macbeth believes in Macbeth and will do anything to help him achieve his destiny. When Macbeth’s guilty conscious began to come out Lady Macbeth made sure to comfort him after he had killed Duncan. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both make sure to show their love and support for each other throughout the

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    Thomas Olson 4/22/17 theatrical evaluation Macbeth I saw the play Macbeth. This play was produced by the DLS/CHS company. I saw this play on April 8‚ 2017. This play was performed at the DLS theatre. This play was a good performance because the character Macbeth showed major progression throughout the play. In the exposistion King Duncan rules the kingdom. In the rising action Macbeth is influenced to kill King Duncan to take the throne for himself. The major conflict throughout the play is Macbeth

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    kill Duncan so he could become King. In act 1 scene 7‚ Lady Macbeth and Macbeth were talking about the plan to kill Duncan and Macbeth was starting to back out. In the text‚ Lady Macbeth says‚ Macbeth is‚ “Like the poor cat” (1.7). In that line Lady Macbeth is comparing Macbeth

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    When Macbeth gets ready to kill King Duncan he says‚ “Is this a dagger I see in front of me‚ with its handle pointing toward my hand? Come‚ let me hold you” (Act 2 Scene 1‚ Lines 84-86). The audience can infer the dagger represents the dagger after the murder. Essentially hallucinations show how corrupt ambition leads to madness. First‚ in Macbeth‚ King Duncan promotes Macbeth‚ to Thane of Cawdor then Macbeth and Banquo meet three watches that tell Macbeth‚ he will be king and Banquo’s kids will

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    depths of the Toronto Transit Authority’s lost and found‚ 17-year-old Duncan is cataloging misplaced belongings. And between Jacob‚ the cranky old man who runs the place‚ and the endless dusty boxes overflowing with stuff no one will ever claim‚ Duncan has just about had enough. Then he finds a little leather book filled with the dark and dirty secrets of a twisted mind‚ a serial killer stalking his prey in the subway. And Duncan can’t stop reading. What would you do with a book like that? How far

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    control the situation. "Glamis thou art‚ and Cawdor; and shalt be What thou art promised" (act1; sene5). This is the turning point for Lady Macbeth. She decides to murder‚ to get what she wants. Macbeth is doubtful about her plan to murder King Duncan; however‚ Lady Macbeth harasses him with hateful comments that questions his courage. "Art not without ambition‚ but without The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly‚ That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false‚

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