PORTER SCENE According to George Meredith‚ "the true test of comedy is that it shall awaken thoughtful laughter." In other words‚ the best examples of comedy lead to laughter but also contribute to the meaning of the work and contain some degree of subtle commentary. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the porter scene following Duncan’s heinous slaying evokes this brand of "thoughful laughter." Although the grotesque gatekeeper character immediately prompts comedy‚ it also hints at a deeper significance
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in what way you ask? In ambition. For in our world‚ Shakespeare’s‚ and Golding’s‚ Ambition truly is the source of all evil. In Macbeth‚ Shakespeare does well to disguise ambition as the true source of villainy‚ behind the façade that is Lady Macbeth and the witches. Without ambition‚ there would never be any action‚ no good‚ no evil‚ would Eve have picked the apple from the garden of Eden‚ without the ambition to gain further knowledge? The two traits of evil and ambition are well aligned in both
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away from Australia in voluntary exile form the subject matter of much of his writing. Background/Setting The main character is a school boy whose “greatest ambition” is to be a comic strip artist. The story explores the uncertainties and trials of being an adolescent with unsupportive parents. In the short story ‘My Greatest Ambition’ by Morris Lurie‚ we experience the disillusionment of a thirteen-year-old boy as he tries to live a dream that he initially thought would set him apart from all
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In Macbeth‚ Shakespeare shows how the witches’ prophecies‚ Lady Macbeth’s desire for power‚ and Macbeth’s yearning to be king‚ affect the fate of the play. In Act I‚ the witches’ chant show how Shakespeare gives the fate of Macbeth‚ “Thane of Glamis”‚ ”Thane of Cawdor”‚ “that shalt be King hereafter”.( Act 1 scene 3‚ lines 48-50) He has no other choice‚ but to believe them because there first two predictions were true. They call him the
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Saad Amjad AMBITION IN SCOTT FITZGERALD’S THE GREAT GATSBY AND WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S MACBETH In the walk of life‚ ambition is the path to success; and persistence‚ the substance of ignition required to propel it. When harnessed with unmitigated precision‚ ambition is a force which can alone endow one with the jewels of life. However‚ if overmastered by ambition‚ it is not but a sign of doom and destruction‚ resulting ultimately in one’s premature demise. In Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Macbeth is one of William Shakespeare’s tragedies from the early 1600’s. Macbeth‚ once a nobleman who was the epitome of loyalty takes a turn and is overcome by ambition which can be attributed to the witches and Lady Macbeth. Macbeth rises to power but covered in blood. A major theme throughout the play of Macbeth is if a person commits an evil crime such as murder‚ he or she is incapable of fully escaping the sins and guilt that come with such actions. Throughout Macbeth‚ blood is a prominent image
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Lady Macbeth held her newly received letter in her hands. Reading it carefully as if the words themselves would run off the pages. “The witches met me on the day of my victory in battle‚ and I have learned that they have supernatural knowledge. When I tried desperately to question them further‚ they vanished into thin air. While I stood spellbound‚ messengers from the king arrived and greeted me as the Thane of Cawdor‚ which is precisely how the weird sisters had saluted me before calling me ’the
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William Shakespeare’s play‚ the famous “Macbeth”‚ depicts a trio of witches forecasting the main character‚ Macbeth‚ becoming king of Scotland‚ along with being thane of a few provinces. The only exception to this prophecy however‚ requires Macbeth to kill the king and his sons‚ making him the only living heir. Macbeth’s internal struggle on whether to kill the king or not is perfectly described by the old Cherokee Legend‚ “The Two Wolves”. Straight off the bat‚ Macbeth was returning home from war and was
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Shakespeare uses the symbol of blood in MacBeth to represent treason‚ guilt‚ murder and death. These ideas are constant throughout the book. There are many examples of blood representing these three ideas in the book. Blood is mentioned throughout the play and mainly in reference to murder or treason. The first reference to blood is in MacBeth’s soliloquy in Act 2‚ Scene 1‚ Lines 33-61‚ when Macbeth sees the bloody dagger floating in the air before him. Also in this soliloquy on line 46 he sees
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Tragedy of Macbeth” by William Shakespeare‚ the author shows many supernatural events throughout the story. “The Tragedy of Macbeth” is about Macbeth and how the witches tricked him‚ eventually leading to his death. Some supernatural events that occurred were the three witches‚ the floating dagger‚ the ghost of Banquo‚ and the apparitions. Shakespeare uses the supernatural very well in the story to show how Macbeth had ambitious thoughts‚ how he was guilty‚ and how he was tricked. Macbeth having ambitious
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