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    Macbeth but most importantly his strong ambition for power. Macbeth’s ambition takes control over his conscience and results in Macbeths making several bad decisions. However‚ without his strong desire for power he would never reach his dream of becoming king. Humans set goals for themselves that they want to reach but without any ambition it is difficult to accomplish. Ambition can take over a conscience and cause people to make harmful acts and may result in severe

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    telling him that he would become king‚ Macbeth goes into a trance state‚ trying to figure out what he should do. He ends up following his blind ambition and murdering many people. In Shakespeare’s play‚ it could be said from the way that he acts that Macbeth is afraid of fear‚ as he is scared of meaningless things‚ and he always second questions himself when he becomes afraid. Shakespeare uses many different language techniques to outline Macbeth’s fear. When King Duncan announces that Malcom is heir

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    In order to have King Duncan killed she must become ruthless in persuading Macbeth to follow through with his plan. She feels as though she must become like a man as she’s sees them cold and reckless human beings. She went as far as to beg the spirits to possess her and turn into a man so she could carry through with the plan and not be able to feel emotion while doing so. Later on Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth that he no longer wants procedure with the killing of King Duncan. This causes Lady Macbeth

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    In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth symbolism is used to represent the theme of murder. Symbolism is the most frequently literary device used in the play. Blood‚ Sleep‚ and Weather are recurring symbols that are seen as Macbeth goes through different stages of power and control. The witch’s prophecies spark both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s interest in fulfilling their deep desires. Macbeth with the help of his wife began to take fate into his own hands which ultimately leads to demise of the couple.

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    Although Duncan is a superior king‚ after Macbeth encounters with the 3 witches he becomes tempted to kill Duncan because of greed‚ insecurity and hopelessness. Macbeth is almost convinced by his wife to kill Duncan‚ “I have no spur/ To prick the sides of my intent‚ but only/ Vaulting ambition‚ which o’erleaps itself/ And falls on the other” (1.7.25-28) but the integrity and righteousness inside him keeps him from committing murder. He then worries he will make a bad decision and kills Duncan anyways

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    a male figure while plotting the murder of King Duncan. After hearing the news that Macbeth is made out to be the new king‚ she instantly calls upon the murderous spirits saying‚ “Come‚ you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts‚ unsex me here‚ And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood” (1‚5‚30-33).  Lady

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    Some of the events that happened in Macbeth is when Macbeth killed Duncan‚ when she kills her best friend Banquo. This research paper will be about some of the events that had some type of violence during the play. In the play Macbeth one of the main events is when Macbeth killed Duncan. In act 2 scene 3&4 is when they kill Duncan. In the book it says that “Macbeth says that Duncan is still asleep. He offers to take Macduff to the king. As Macduff enters the king’s chamber‚ Lennox describes the storms

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    In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth is the true villain of the play as she is evil‚ ambitious and eventually insane. Lady Macbeth masterminded the idea to kill King Duncan and planted the vision into Macbeths mind‚ she convinced Macbeth to commit such a crime‚ and her love for her husband was eventually overruled by her determination and lust for power. Throughout the play she starts to show her true colours and the destructive force of her ambition‚ which inevitably results in nothing

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    morally wrong decisions. In real life‚ Macbeth was not the crazy man that he is portrayed to be. The true crazy one was Duncan. He was power hungry‚ tyrannical‚ and could be classified as a poor decision maker that split his army to both northern and southern territories to attack different peoples. Macbeth and Duncan’s personalities were switched by Shakespeare in order to appease King James I of England who was extremely proud of his Scottish ancestry. When Macbeth was young (around 15 years old) his

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    In the play‚ Macbeth‚ the kingdom under Duncan was a bit chaotic because the civil war that happened. There are many betrayals that happened under Duncan’s reign‚ such as; The biggest one from the Thane Of Cawdor. However‚ there were plenty of loyal people that were disappointed when he found dead. The plot in Macbeth surely fits into the Scottish history‚ as the political situations influenced certain things that were written. However‚ Shakespeare was not historically correct in everything. It is

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