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    their wives opinions in important matters. Lady Macbeth was the dominant of the two characters. She had very strong persuasive skills over Macbeth and though show her control of Macbeth in public‚ in private she often uses emotional and testing his manliness to manipulate him to do what he wants. Lady Macbeth is the more evil character than Macbeth in the play through her ambition‚ cruelty‚ and manipulation. Lady Macbeth used her words to control Macbeth throughout the entire play and caused him to

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    People tend to seem good and righteous but may actually be tainted or evil‚ and vice versa. Macbeth a bold “Thane of Cawdor” whose loyalty was to Duncan‚ became as evil and corrupted as the witches he talked to. They told him that he would become the future king and as these thoughts pondered in his head it consumed him by which he made the descion to kill the king in order to obtain the throne. In the play “Macbeth” by Shakespeare the theme “virtue versus evil” is developed through situational irony‚

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    Tragedy of MacbethMacbeth is portrayed as a character that has many of the same characteristics of a Greek tragic hero. Due to the similarities between Aristotle’s principles of tragic hero and Macbeth himself‚ it can easily be said that Macbeth’s character is truly a tragic hero. Before Macbeth had committed any evil deeds‚ he was a captain of the army for the Scottish king‚ Duncan. He was also the thane of Glamis‚ which proves that he was of noble eminence. After three witches visit Macbeth and tell

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    Macbeth written by William Shakespeare is about  a brave noble warrior who battled under the King Duncan. One day he was visited by three witches who gave told him his prophecy to the right of thane of Cawdor and future King of Scotland. Hearing of his prophecy made Macbeth transforms into a greedy monster seeking another chance to make his prophecy of being King since he was just given the title of thane of Cawdor from King Duncan himself. Macbeth wasn’t a in human heartless beast he thought guilt

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    The Problem in Macbeth 1. We have already seen that the focus is on Macbeth and his wife‚ furthermore‚ we have seen that the crucial problem is the decision and the act‚ especially in which sense you can consciously and freely choose to do evil‚ then do it and then be faced with the consequences. The problem is old. Socrates maintained that no one with full insight in what was evil‚ would of his own free will do it and that claim had been dominating for almost two millennia. The logical

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    MACBETH QUOTES “ Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair” * Equivocal sentence‚ inversion‚ defies logic * Is a set up to show Macbeths fate is sealed “For brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name – disdaining fortune‚ with his brandished steel‚ which smoked with bloody execution‚ like valour’s minion carved out his passage till he faced the slave‚ which never shook hands‚ nor bade farewell to him‚ till he unseamed him from the nave to the chaps and fixed his head upon our battlements” *

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    In the play “Macbeth”‚ Lady Macbeth is a minor character but plays a major role in the events that unfold throughout the play. Throughout the play‚ Lady Macbeth lets her selfishness and greed get in the way of reason and thought. Ever since hearing about the witches prophesy stating that he would be the next king‚ Lady Macbeth changed drastically in character by becoming power hungry and she also had a very hard time controlling her emotions. These strange events can only be explained by the realization

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    citizens. He has made himself a pathological liar and is neglecting reality. In contrast‚ Macbeth kills people erratically for his own gain. He kills no matter who it is or what relation‚ to him they are only people in his way.He tries to justify what he doing by making himself think that he did it for the better of the Roman citizens. He has made himself a pathological liar and is neglecting reality. In contrast‚ Macbeth kills people erratically for his own gain. He kills no matter who it is or what relationHe

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    boy or girl will do anything to get that slice. Power in the tragedy Macbeth by William Shakespeare is like that cake‚ people are hungry for power and will go out of their wits to gain and or maintain it. Power in Macbeth is gained through violence‚ betrayal‚ and of course prophecies. Power is gained through violence because Macbeth murders people so he can have his place in royalty. Betrayal is a way power is gained because Macbeth betrays his closest friend Banquo as well as the King Duncan. And power

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    play‚ “Macbeth”. Gender provides the main source of conflict in the play through the distortion of traditional gender roles‚ the apparent contrasts between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth‚ and manipulation through gender. Throughout the play many characters act in opposition to their expected gender roles. The best example of this is Lady Macbeth. As a woman‚ supporting character‚ we expect Lady Macbeth to be gentle and compromising. She is quite the opposite. When Macbeth sends Lady Macbeth a letter

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