The main characters in both F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and William Shakespeare’s Macbeth appear stable and successful on the outside‚ but inside they are engaged in a constant struggle with their dreams. Gatsby tries to win back the girl of his dreams by becoming something he’s not‚ a member of high society; while Macbeth believes the prediction of the witches that he will be king and spends his life trying to make it come true. Both characters are willing to risk everything in pursuit
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witches explain to Macbeth that if he “gets rid of King Duncan‚” he will become king. Slowly but surely‚ Macbeth and his shady wife plot the murder of the King which eventually leads to his downfall. Macbeth’s wife‚ who is known in the play as Lady Macbeth‚ messes with Macbeth’s mind by telling him that she would question his manhood if he did not stick to the plan of killing King Duncan. “It is too full o’ th’ mild of human kindness to catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great‚ am not without
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the sides of my intent‚ but only Vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself And falls on th’ other – Enter Lady Macbeth i) Where is Macbeth? Who is he addressing ? Describe his frame of mind.? ii) Why does he feel that killing Duncan would be disastrous? iii)How does Lady Macbeth react to Macbeth’s announcement not to carry out the murder? iv) Analyse the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as seen in the conversation exchanged between them at this stage. v) Explain the lines: And pity
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1. Macbeth 4.1.138-139 2. Macbeth – 4.1.146-148 Act 4‚ scene 2 Questions: 1. Lady Macduff says‚ “when our actions do not / Our fears make us traitors” (4.2.3-4). Explain what she means and who she is referring to. 2. How does Lady Macduff feel about Macduff leaving for England? Do you think she’s right? What does this indicate about the state that Scotland is in? 3. What does the murder of Lady Macduff and her son indicate to us about Macbeth? Act 4‚ scene 3 Questions: 1. Malcolm
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said he had never seen Macbeth act in such distraught manner and thought something must have been terribly wrong. Lady Macbeth tried to soothe party guests by saying “Sit down‚ worthy friends. My husband is down in an empty seat and explained to his guests often like this
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lack of social ability‚ and like the person in the epigraph‚ wants to talk about his experiences because he feels that he will never get out of it. T.S. Eliot uses "I" and "you" to show the two sides to Prufrock; his outer side as the conservative gentleman which is how the rest of the world perceives him‚ and his inner side‚ the socially inept and shy being he sees himself as‚ and because he is afraid to air his feelings to anyone‚ he goes through it in his own mind. This again shows his introverted
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witches‚ or the wyrd sisters‚ who tell Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor‚ and one day he will become King. This is the small summary of Act 1 Scene 3 in Macbeth. Is Macbeth really the one to blame for becoming a power craving maniac? It could be Lady Macbeth‚ which is the person who started the fire in Macbeth’s heart. Or it could be the three witches who told Macbeth their prophecy about him. Telling him that he would become Thane of Cawdor and eventually
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In Act Ⅰ Scene Ⅶ Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth that the witches told him of his fate now because Duncan would be coming over to spend the night. That it would be a perfect time to secure the claim the throne as his‚ and that they can set it up so that it looks as if the guards had done it. Later on in Act Ⅱ Scene Ⅱ Lady Macbeth goes on to attempt and kill Duncan after drugging the guards. When she arrives in his quarters
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“Now that‚trying thy glass mask tightly My gaze tho these faint smoke curling whitely As though pliest thy trade in this devil’s smithy Which is the poison to poison her‚prither? As this compared to Lady Macbeth of killing Duncan‚ which can be seen in Act 1‚ Scene 5 p.20. “Come to my womans breast‚ and take my milk for gall‚ you murdering minister Whereas in your sightless substance You wait on nature’s mischief Come‚thick‚night And pall thee in
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lesson learned here is every wrong choice comes with a consequence. In conclusion‚ the prophecies the trio witches proclaimed to Macbeth came true and animated his curiosity about how he can reign over Scotland. Also‚ the influences from his wife‚ Lady Macbeth degrades his character as well. Therefore‚ Macbeth is an example of a tragic hero who in the end‚ ended up very unhappy with the decisions he
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