Dear Diary‚ Like Macbeth‚ I was a general in King Duncan’s army. People admired my bravery‚ they feared my wisdom. The facade that hid my emotions intimidated people; I wasn’t to be messed with. Macbeth and I were walking back from our victory in the battle when we crossed a heath which seemed unusually misty and foggy. It was as if I could feel the eerie presence of evil‚ and that’s when we saw them; three old looking ladies. We had crept cautiously to investigate the matter; the witches had been
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MACBETH * ‘What he hath lost‚ noble Macbeth hath won.’ (Duncan 1:2) – Noble * ‘brave Macbeth’ – ‘Valour’s minion’ – ‘Bellona’s bridegroom’ – Noble * ‘why do I yield to that suggestion / Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair / And make my seated heart knock at my ribs‚’ (Macbeth 1:3) – Ambitious * ‘If chance will have me King‚ why‚ chance may crown me‚ / Without my stir.’ (Macbeth 1:3) - Loyal * ‘why do you dress me / In borrowed robes?’ (Macbeth 1:3) - Loyal * ‘The Prince
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At the start of the play‚ Macbeth was just on his way home from war when the witches plotted for Macbeth and his friend‚ Banquo to come meet them. The 3 Witches informed Macbeth that he would be the King of Cawdor. Macbeth was very confused and wondered why he would be king if Duncan was still alive. Macbeth even said‚ “ The thane of Cawdor lives‚ A prosperous gentleman‚ and to be king. Stands not within the prospect of belief‚ No more than to be Cawdor. “ (1.3.70-73) When the witches told him he
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that pulls the reader in and allows them to engage in the text in such a way that allows them to learn life’s lesions through the characters. In one of Shakespeare’s most famous writing‚ Macbeth‚ Shakespeare uses the story of Macbeth to allow the reader to meditate on the morality of murder and its true coast. Macbeth is the story of a Scottish hero‚ who finds out through three witches that he will one day be named thane of Cawdor and that one day he will be crowned the next king. He begins to fight
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01.10 Macbeth: The Power of Words Worksheet Step 1: Character Interpretation Earlier in this lesson you read two different interpretations of a scene featuring Lady Macbeth. You were asked to view a stage performance of the same scene in order to answer this question: How does this interpretation compare to the others? In a response of at least five sentences‚ comment on the stage interpretation and explain your impression of Lady Macbeth in this scene. Use specific examples from the clip to support
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to corrupt‚ and absolute power corrupts absolutely”‚ this quote not only pertains to real life but also pertains to William Shakespeare’s murderous play‚Macbeth‚ by showing humans obsession and desire for power. In the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth is seen as just a loyal and brave soldier‚ who has become close to the king‚ Duncan. When Macbeth revives the witches prophecy he decides to let fate control his destiny rather than doing something about it himself : “If chance will have me king‚why
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In both Macbeth and “The Laboratory” we have a very ambitious woman who is willing to resort to murder to accomplish her ends. Both women are not afriad to kill‚ both use a lot of descriptive language‚ and both are planners. The main similarity between the two of them is that both are open to murder and neither has any moral problems with it. In “The Laboratory” the narrator describes how she is going to kill her lover’s mistress. NOW that I‚ tying thy glass mask tightly‚ May gaze thro’
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Macbeth does not have faith in himself‚ and every action he takes throughout the duration of the play is an attempt to heighten this low self-esteem and make himself feel more powerful. When the witches prophesize that Macbeth will become King of Scotland‚ a title he would only receive if Duncan was killed‚ Macbeth confesses‚within a soliloquy‚ that the thought of killing Duncan “doth unfix [his] hair and
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transition of a good character to an evil one. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the vital character‚ Macbeth is first seen as a noble‚ brave and trustworthy hero but is later seen as a horrific inhumane murderer. The causes to his change is not because he is naturally born evil‚ but is due to the influences of others surrounding his environment. Other critical sources such as Imagination by Henry N. Paul and The Tragedy of Macbeth by Elizabeth Montagu‚ support the notion that Macbeth’s actions were
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Dark Ambition Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most destructive plays that exhibits an abundance of darkness and other themes. To set a dark atmosphere‚ darkness is established by powerful imagery throughout the play. Darkness is expressed by the witches‚ weather‚ as well as Macbeth and lady Macbeth’s actions. Shakespeare uses the witches for creating dark and evil imagery. In Macbeth’s first confrontation with the witches‚ they release darkness within him. The witches made Macbeth kill Duncan with
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