Macbeth is first introduced as a courageous warrior who is defending his country against the Norwegians. Also he is well trusted by his soldiers‚ and a noble kinsman to King Duncan. How can a man of this status become a tyrannical ruler and a ruthless killer? The answer to this simple question is ambition that is awakened by the witches’ prophecies. Lady Macbeth is also an essential part in Macbeth’s downfall. She pushes him to his mental breaking point‚ beyond the degree of insanity just for power
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Lady Macbeth: In the play “Macbeth” written by Shakespeare the character Lady Macbeth is duplicitous. “…look like th’innocent flower‚ But be the serpent under’t” (I‚ vi‚ 64-65). The snake and the flower was a reference towards Macbeth although it depicts Lady Macbeth as well. Since she is under the same curse as Macbeth‚ because she has the same name‚ she is equally affected by the witches as he is. He is captured into the prophecy of the witches and so is Lady Macbeth. She might look kind and
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Macbeth: The Witches’ Responsibility for Macbeth’s Actions The three witches that are introduced at the beginning of the play are responsible for the introduction of the ideas that caused Duncan’s death and Macbeth’s destruction but not for Macbeth’s actions themselves. They recount to Macbeth three prophecies; that Macbeth will be: 1) Thane of Cawdor‚ 2) Thane of Glamis‚ and 3) King. Macbeth welcomes the ideas spawned from the witches’ prophecies‚ which is what triggered the spiral of events
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Macbeth made many bad decisions but ultimately‚ his wife was the cause for his downfall. Lady Macbeth showed ambition and greed early on and infested it into Macbeth. Lady Macbeth puts a huge mental strain on Macbeth by killing herself. His wife pressured Macbeth into committing the first murder which started the chain of events that eventually lead to Macbeths downfall. When receiving the news about the prophecies‚ Lady Macbeth wasted no time developing a plan for Macbeths domination over the
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Macbeth: Lady Macbeth and Evil In a play that is abundant in evil occurrences‚ Lady Macbeth is the overriding source of evil in the first act. Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to kill Duncan‚ despite Macbeth listing eight reasons against the murder. When Macbeth is alone‚ we discover that he is a loyal thane to Duncan‚ not a murdering savage. When Duncan is in his house at Inverness‚ Macbeth comes to a decision not to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth‚ who decided strongly against murdering
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Over the course of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the titular Macbeth transforms from a man of nobility and intrepidity to one of ruthlessness and vice. However‚ being the protagonist of a tragedy‚ he falls prey to having a fatal flaw which is thoroughly exploited. Lady Macbeth takes advantage of gender-based conventions to influence and manipulate her spouse. Before Macbeth’s downfall arises‚ Lady Macbeth thinks of Macbeth as being too moral to commit any heinous offenses; moreover‚ when she first
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In my view‚ Lady Macbeth is far worse than Macbeth. Although they both think of murdering King Duncan as soon as they hear the witches’ prophecies‚ Macbeth thinks more about what he may or may not do‚ whereas Lady Macbeth immediately appeals to evil spirits to give her the strength to kill Duncan. When Macbeth first hears the prophecies‚ and when the first 2/3 of it comes true‚ he does think of killing the king‚ but also‚ towards the end of Act 1‚ Scene 3‚ he thinks that perhaps he doesn’t need
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Shakespeare creates a facade when he coats Lady Macbeth with feelings of love and compassion for her husband Macbeth. However‚ when Lady Macbeth finds out the witches prophesied Macbeth was to become king she immediately thought of ways she could achieve her ambition‚ committing the sinful act of killing King Duncan was the first to come to mind. Lady Macbeth challenges Macbeths manly hood by stating “It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness” The noun “milk”‚ a word of purity and motherly love
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The way Lady Macbeth was able to get Macbeth to murder Duncan was to shame him. She made him believe he was nothing of a man if he did not perform this act. “When you durst do it‚ then you were a man” “she not only has crossed the boundaries of appropriate behavior for a wife and subject‚ but she has called on demonic forces to help her achieve her goals” Macbeth reacts to Lady Macbeth by feeling defeated by Lady Macbeth‚ she had the ultimate control over him. Because of his ambition to become
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Examine the way in which Shakespeare develops Lady Macbeth’s emotional voice between Act 1 Scene 5 and Act 5 Scene 1. ‘Macbeth’ is a tragedy written by Elizabethan and Jacobean playwright William Shakespeare. It is a play written in honour of the King of Denmark for visiting Scottish-born King James I of England. One of the main characters of the play is Lady Macbeth. At first she is presented as a strong character but certain events gradually change her into a weak person and eventually drive her
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