play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are depicted very differently and simply wanting kingship are among the few similarities. It is also interesting how the differences between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are caused by other differences in their traits‚ starting chain reactions of contrariety. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both posses greedy and ambitious attributes. So far we have learned that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are very ambitious to gain kingship. At the end of Act I‚ Lady
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good. Lady Macbeth and her husband Macbeth commit the ultimate evil. Together‚ they kill their King and afterwards murder and deceive many others. In the play Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Lady Macbeth is depicted to be an evil and cruel woman in the beginning‚ but in the end it becomes clear that Lady Macbeth is not completely evil because she knew that what she was doing was wrong‚ was merely trying to please her husband‚ and shows complete remorse for her actions. In the early scenes of Macbeth
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Lady Macbeth‚ to some extent‚ can be considered an oxymoron‚ for within Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth‚ her femininity is portrayed as the antithesis of what being an ideal woman and wife is about. Instead of being a graceful‚ elegant female faithful to the wishes and commands of her husband‚ Lady Macbeth’s character contradicts that kind of feminine role. She represents a different side of the characteristics of femininity. As one the most complex characters in the play‚ she is portrayed as a dark
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Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and frightening female characters. When we first see her‚ she is already plotting Duncan’s murder‚ and she is stronger‚ more ruthless‚ and more ambitious than her husband. She seems fully aware of this and knows that she will have to push Macbeth into committing murder.This theme of the relationship between gender and power is key to Lady Macbeth’s character.Lady Macbeth and also the witches are crafty women‚who use female methods of achieving power—that
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Unsupportive Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is a very egocentric woman. She fails to have any concern over Macbeth’s interests‚ and she does not consider his decisions. This lack of care for her husband is shown many times throughout the play‚ and it is more predominantly shown in the first two acts. Lady Macbeth believes that Macbeth has the same viewpoints as her. Because of this‚ instead of asking if he wants to do something‚ she tells him what they are going to do. If Macbeth tries to protest
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means by which he has obtained them. In this scene‚ however‚ we see a fatal collapse of his powers. In the banquet scene‚ after one feeble effort to play his part‚ he loses consciousness of the witnesses and speaks to the ghost as if they were alone together. Confronted by the spectre of his murdered victim he loses all self-control‚ and before the assembled nobility breaks out into speeches which must inevitably betray his guilt. This very important scene‚ filled with flashback‚ symbolism‚ imagery
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In Act IV‚ Scene II‚ where Lady Macduff appears‚ it is clear that Shakespeare intended her as a foil for Lady Macbeth. First of all‚ Lady Macduff cares about her son and has maternal instinct. She says‚ “To leave his wife‚ to leave his babes from whence himself does fly? … For the poor wren‚ the most diminutive of birds‚ will fight‚ her young ones in her nest‚ against the owl” (4.2.6-11). She is protective of her son and is a traditional mother figure; she says that even the birds care about their
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Macbeth ‘Macbeth’ is a well known Shakespeare play of a man who kills his way to win the throne. A key scene within this play that demonstrates Macbeth’s moral degradation is the banquet scene where he hallucinates the ghost of Banquo‚ the man he ordered to be murdered. The plot is about a man who believes witches prophecies that he will become king. He then kills his way to the throne after being convinced by his wife Lady Macbeth. In the key scene‚ Shakespeare uses the hallucination of the ghost
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DAGGER SCENE M acbeth is the only tragedy of Shakespeare in which the tragic hero turned villain but yet it retains the sympathy of the audience unto the very end. Even when Macbeth makes Scotland bleed as a result of his career of blood he does not entirely loose our sympathy‚ this feat of dramatic art has been achieved by Shakespeare by giving us a peep into his soul and thus showing to us his inner agony and spiritual torture‚ all throughout the play by the various soliloquies of Macbeth
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Macbeth hears such great news but in shock and curious and yearns for the witches to tell him more about how he is to be the Thane of Cawdor. Even though he is confused and doesn’t know how he will become the Thane of Cawdor‚ the mystical powers of the “woos” remind force him to keep wanted to want more and to become king. The sirens lure people and control their minds. During Lady Macbeth’s monologue‚ while she is reading the letter from Macbeth‚ the Concerto is played because it gives the notion
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