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    Lady Macbeth Influence

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    Lady Macbeth’s Influence On Macbeth In the play The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ many characters played a role in the murder of King Duncan but Lady Macbeth is responsible for it all. In the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth reads Macbeth’s letter. After she reads the letter she looks up and essentially says‚ “I am worried that you don’t have what it takes to be the King. You lack what it takes; you want to be in power but you cannot get the things done that are called for. Hurry

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    Was Lady Macbeth 'Evil'?

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    Lady Macbeth is the penultimate person in the play‚ especially at the beginning‚ next to Macbeth himself. And though she does not survive to the end‚ her influence on Macbeth lasts throughout. She is most influential person in Macbeth´s downfall‚ next to the witches. However‚ her relationship with him goes far deeper then that of the witches. It is my belief that the witches act only as a trigger to start the events in the play‚ and that Lady Macbeth herself was the driving force behind

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    Write about the different influences of the witches on Macbeth and Banquo. In the play ’Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare‚ the witches play an important role and influence the characters‚ the plot‚ the theme and the audience. They help construct the play and without them it would have been a totally different story line. The three weird sisters affect Macbeth’s acts and characters’ lives and orientate the plot. They are related to most of the themes and appeal the audience’s attention.  The witches

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    one of reality verses the ideal. Yeats is an idealist‚ yet he is looking at the reality certainly in two cases ‘September 1913’ and ‘Easter 1916’. We see that Yeats is escaping the reality to his ideal world in ‘The lake Isle of Inisfree’ and ‘Sailing to Byzantium’. As we analyse ‘September 1913’‚ we discover that the poem is a scathing criticism of the mercenary materialism‚ which Yeats felt was rampant in Ireland 1913. ‘September 1913’ is a political ballad that contrasts the old nationalists

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    Greek Influence On Macbeth

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    with the hero’s actions or decisions. In the play Macbeth‚ set during the middle ages in Scotland‚ a tragic hero‚ Macbeth‚ is introduced as a noble and brave warrior who initially fought for his King. However‚ as the plot moves‚ Macbeth becomes disunified and influenced from prophecies instituted by witches‚ which promised him the throne of Scotland. Basing his future on the witches prophecies‚ Macbeth’s

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    Obligations

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    March 29‚ 2011 An Obligation Is Not A Choice What defines an obligation? Is it defined as something that one has to do because it is necessary for their living or is it something that one has to do because someone says they have to? I would define an obligation as something that one has to do because it is necessary for their living. What I do not understand is how one person can dodge their obligations. I see people choose to live a life where their obligations are pushed aside as if

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    The Renaissance Period The renaissance period started between the 14th and the 17th centuries ‚and it´s associated to the rediscovery of the ancient Roman and Greek classics‚ geographical and astrological discoveries and the religious reformation‚ characterizes itself as a movement of thinking. Basically the Renaissance period the humanists try to make the feudalists and the ideas of the middle ages get extinct‚and like this way ‚introduce many new ideas of the rising bourgeoisie‚and also

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    In the tragedy Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the main character Macbeth suffers a tragic downfall. Macbeth begins as a brave and honorable war hero who everyone praised. He takes a dangerous turn when he meets the three ominous witches who prophesize that he will eventually become king of Scotland. Macbeth is seen as a tragic hero because all of his actions‚ after the encounter with the witches‚ is driven by his fatal flaw: ambition. While Macbeth is obsessed with becoming king‚ it is his wife

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    Ambition

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    REFLECTION Macbeth is a courageous Scottish general who is not naturally thought of to commit evil deeds‚ all he desires is power and advancement. In Macbethambition is presented as a dangerous quality. It causes the downfall of both Macbeth‚ and Lady Macbeth and is the main reason for a series of deaths in the play. Ambition is therefore the driving force of the play. Macbeth is about the kind of destruction ambition can cause. Macbeth’s quest to acquire more power-his ambition-ultimately leads

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    Was Lady Macbeth a Villain? The play Macbeth is centered around an ambitious couple who commit murder in order to seize power. The lead character of the play is Macbeth‚ and after being appointed to Thane of Cawdor. he and his wife decide to kill the king and place the crown upon Macbeth’s head. In the play‚ Lady Macbeth is often seen as the villain‚ but in reality‚ she is ultimately the true victim of the play. She becomes a victim of her ambition‚ her gender‚ and finally her guilt. As soon as

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