’s will to expel him from the heavens and it is now the will of society whether to live as proud as the devil. A character of pride is a person that is arrogant and too stubborn to understand reasoning‚ so to speak. In the plays Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophocles‚ similar scenarios are present in the way that there are those characters who live with pride and try to prevent the wills of the gods. The one difference in these two plays is that the main characters are of the opposite sex‚ which
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everyone has their own flaws. Antigone and King Creon’s flaws‚ for example‚ cannot be hidden because their flaws are what make them up as a person. They both share more than one fault; one of many faults is hubris. Antigone had another flaw that could be considered either good or bad‚ depending on the situation; that flaw was bravery. King Creon is very close-minded‚ and that’s one of the many flaws the king has. Hubris‚ bravery and close-mindedness — the tragic flaws that Antigone‚ King Creon‚ and possibly
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Pd. 1 Research Paper 25 November 2008 Shakespeare’s Female Characters “Come‚ you spirits‚ That tend on mortal thoughts‚ unsex me here‚ And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty!” demanded one of them furiously (Shakespeare 853). “If I be waspish‚ best beware my sting‚” sneered the other (Shakespeare 333). Although they emerged nearly five centuries ago‚ the women who said these lines are undeniably two of Shakespeare’s most famous female characters. Lady Macbeth and Katherine
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motif in Macbeth is the role of women. The women in Macbeth lay the foundation for all the men in the play. Lady Macbeth is the most substantial character; she is portrayed as the mastermind behind Macbeth’s sinister thoughts. Along‚ with Lady Macbeth come the three witches who build the conspiracy around Macbeth and his future. The role of women is the most significant component of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. For Lady Macbeth‚ life was a game she controlled everyone and everything Macbeth was only
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become corrupt‚ this can be compared to William Shakespeare ’s Macbeth
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The Rise and Decline in Macbeth Many people‚ both young and old‚ strive to rise higher in their caste system. Many teenagers aspire to go to college‚ and many working people aspire to be promoted. Ambitions drive these individuals to reach their goals. Ambition drives an individual to reach their goals with a powerful force‚ but ambition can also cause the demise of the individual. In Shakespeare’s renaissance play‚ Macbeth‚ William Shakespeare uses the character Macbeth to show case the destruction
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violence‚ and bad violence. At the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth is awarded for his heroic acts during war. (Macbeth‚ np) We could see this as good violence in the play. Violence starts turning bad when Macbeth wants to be the king of Scotland. He decided to kill King Duncan to be the ruler of Scotland. Lady Macbeth‚ his wife didn’t believe that he could kill King Duncan. She said that she wouldn’t love him the same. Macbeth doesn’t
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Macbeth Throughout History The play Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare is a tragedy showing that power‚ greed‚ and ambition leads to corruption within themselves. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are very strong characters‚ they start out with strong leadership abilities and a good character‚ like many iconic historic figures‚ as in Richard III‚ Hitler‚ Richard Nixon‚ Catherine The Great‚ Anne Boleyn‚ and Cleopatra. Let’s start out with Macbeth. Macbeth is brave and ambitious‚but he has a lot
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Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s greatest and most intriguing female characters. She is positioned to be viewed as fiercely ambitious and a deceptive‚ evil consort all at the same time. Throughout Act one it becomes apparent that Lady Macbeth is highly ambitious‚ stopping at nothing‚ not even murder‚ to fulfil her own ambitions. When Macbeth first writes to her detailing his meeting of the witches and their prophecy‚ her first thoughts are of worry; she believes that Macbeth is
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Queen Does This Describe Macbeth and Lady Macbeth? I want to first split this into two parts Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The Fiend Like Queen‚ I say that Lady Macbeth is defiantly a fiend‚ meaning evil‚ demon or devil because of what she had done mentally to Macbeth‚ she had got Macbeth to kill just to be king. Well I say just‚ king is a big roll‚ lots of power and wealth and he wanted to become king but doesn’t everyone? But Lady Macbeth wanted Macbeth to become king and quick because
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