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    Yesterday‚ at Glamis Castle‚ King Duncan was murdered by one of his most loyal subjects‚ Macbeth. With his thirst for power‚ planted by the Weird Sisters and amplified by his wife’s persuasion‚ Macbeth stabbed the king in his back‚ both figuratively and literally. Today was the burial at Colmekill‚ Scotland. On Saturday November 11‚ Macbeth hosted a celebration of the Norwegian victory at his castle. King Duncan was invited to that celebration. Little did the king know‚ Macbeth had plans to fulfill

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    cross. Shakespeare’s Sergeant tells King Duncan that the army he has just encountered is as violent and remorseless as the soldiers who put Christ to death. Ross: God save the king! (1.2.48) Commentary: Although Shakespeare would have been familiar with this now commonplace salutation simply by living under monarchical rule‚ the saying originated in the Bible. In 1 Samuel 10.24 the people greet King Saul: "And all the people shouted‚ and said‚ God save the king." Act 1‚ Scene 3 First Witch: All

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    Fear has been important in many events from both the real world‚ and works of literature. For example‚ the play Macbeth used fear as a motivating factor for many of the characters actions. Macbeth was fearful of being caught after murdering King Duncan.

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    Macbeth and great expectations Alan Voong Shakespeare and dickens are very effective at presenting the flaws and weaknesses of key characters in both Macbeth and great expectations .using different techniques‚ miss havisham and lady macbeth and lady macbeth both impact others characters and events in a negative way. Females would have been seen during that time period as passive‚ gentle and weak therefore the characters would be appealing to and acceptable to the audience to have a common stereotype

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    have committed such dreadful deeds. This is the mastery of Shakespeare… So is Macbeth a butcher; and Lady Macbeth a fiend-like queen? Let us consider how much truth there really is to this very poignant depiction… ‘All hail‚ Macbeth‚ that shalt be king hereafter.’ This is perhaps the line that lays siege to Macbeths mind‚ and the start of a downward spiral of mental deterioration. This scene is the first time in the play that we see Macbeth’s ambition (which very quickly becomes ‘vaulting ambition’)

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    and break down. After the murder of King Duncan‚ Lady Macbeth attempts to calm Macbeth down as he seems to be suffering from guilt and is deeply disturbed. “Things without all remedy Should be without regard: what’s done is done.” Hearing Lady Macbeth say these soothing words can seem odd since she is one of the main conspirators‚ who sides with Macbeth in his plot to murder the king. By saying “What’s done is done” she

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    In many ways‚ Ulysses is a bad leader. Many of his action involved the death of his men. He told Polytheismus that he was there and he was the one that stabbed his eye; Polytheismus told Poseidon about Ulysses and was very angry with Ulysses; he was on Ulysses’ tail ever since the incident. Basically he is a BAD leader. His men died because of him. Many of Ulysses’ men died because of his orders or what he’s done. When he told them climb a vine like beard‚ all his men died by being eaten. He

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