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    A majority of the first question was discussed in reference to Macbeth’s nature and the fact that Lady Macbeth was the one that ultimately influenced him to do everything that he did. It was agreed that they were both equally guilty. I challenged this idea by expressing that Lady Macbeth is morally sound on every account and that if she contributed anything at all‚ it was about 10% of the actual problem. Although there was disagreement after that notion‚ I emphasized that there were a lot of dark

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    no harm. My hands are of his colour to wash my hands or not‚ thee gout of blood stays. Macbeth faulted in our quest‚ incapable of completing was’t needed to be done. I‚ more than a man than him‚ what man was he then? Weak-minded to want to alter the course foreseen before thy. No daughter‚ mother or woman could be as like a man as I. He who is a man‚ is’t too full o’ the milk of human kindness.

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    Power Hungry: Comparative Essay of Ambition in Macbeth and Frankenstein Knowledge is power‚ power is corruption‚ and corruption leads to death. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the idea of ambition is introduced to the main characters which lead them to do things they would never have done in their regular lives. The result of achieving the power they seek costs them the lives of their own friends

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    Ambition as Evil is a very strong term‚ Ambition is basically what keeps you going‚ what your reason for doing things is. So Ambition as Evil means that evil is what motivates you do to things‚ what pure criminals run on. Another thing that evil can fuel is betrayal to somebody.My Macbeth motivation was evil‚ he heard from three wtiches‚ that he was going to be the “Thane of Cawdor”. (King) After hearing this rom the three witches Macbeth got obsessed er the idea of him being Thane of Cawdor. Obsession

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    In the beginning of the play Macbeth was somewhat of a humble person. He fought for the king and helped win the battle‚ but once the witches told him that he would be thane of Glamis‚Cawdor‚ and later would become king‚ he found himself beginning to become corrupted by greed and he started to think about how he could kill the king and take the position that was promised to him. Where he was once a Strong‚ brave and courageous man‚ now he is afraid of anything that might possibly be a threat to him

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    Macbeth‚ is another ambitious person in the play. He is a ruthless king who has people killed so he can stay in power‚ this ambition represents violence. In the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth is a kind person who would never kill anyone for power. After his wife convinces him to kill Duncan‚ Macbeth’s life will never be the same ever again. Every murder he commits will haunt him until he is dead and the unbearable guilt will destroy him and his wife. Macbeth slowly becomes accustomed to killing and

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    Laura Arose Mrs. Opalla Caesar’s Ambition “Did Julius Caesar have it coming? Was he on his way out already? Was Caesar too Ambition? No‚ I do not believe that Caesar was ambition or did he want to be crowned king. People like Mark Antony and I did not believe that Caesar was ambitious but “Markus Brutus was an honorable man” (Act 2 scene 2). I agree with Mark Antony’s speech concluding that Caesar was not ambitious and that even thou Markus Brutus was an honorable man

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    O’‚ why has my Lady cried out? Why must she grow frail and bent‚ feverishly consumed with such terrifying thoughts night and day? Her delusion must be of another tragedy from the past; that damned spot she had said‚ with blood too! Of course‚ I have my suspicions that such an event would ensue in the passing away of Duncan. I must also not forget Banquo’s demise. My Lord‚ her Ladyship couldn’t possibly speak about the deed of murder. Oh! The malady of her mind has confessed to these horrid killings

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    can kill her lover’s mistress. The main themes throughout this poem are love‚ hate and jealousy which eventually lead to death. Lady Macbeth is a play which was written in the 17th century and is about a deeply ambitious women who lusts for power and status‚ her ambition is shown by immediate determination for Macbeth to be king by killing Duncan. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth become partners in crime which strengthens the attachment they feel for each other. The Laboratory is a poem which is set in

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    Claudius vs. Lady Macbeth 	 King Claudius of Hamlet and Lady Macbeth of Macbeth exhibit three similar qualities‚ dishonesty‚ evilness‚ and deceitfulness throughout the play; although sometimes they demonstrate these qualities in different ways‚ these qualities greatly affect the other characters in the plays . 	King Claudius and Lady Macbeth are similar in that they both let their crave of power and desire for the crown drive them to deceitfulness‚ corruption‚ and even murder

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