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    When Macbeth gets ready to kill King Duncan he says‚ “Is this a dagger I see in front of me‚ with its handle pointing toward my hand? Come‚ let me hold you” (Act 2 Scene 1‚ Lines 84-86). The audience can infer the dagger represents the dagger after the murder. Essentially hallucinations show how corrupt ambition leads to madness. First‚ in Macbeth‚ King Duncan promotes Macbeth‚ to Thane of Cawdor then Macbeth and Banquo meet three watches that tell Macbeth‚ he will be king and Banquo’s kids will

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    Macbeth Quotes

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    Macbeth Quotes Act I 1. Scene 5 (Line 76) The speaker is Lady Macbeth and she is instructing her husband to put on a façade of kindness upon Duncan arrival but to be stealthy when committing the murder. This is an example of imagery because she uses a metaphor by telling her husband to become a flower and snake. The quote also develops Lady Macbeth manipulative character. 2. Scene 3 (Line 39) This quote is said by Macbeth after his victorious battle and right before he encounters the witches

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    The Tragedy of Macbeth

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    The Tragedy of Macbeth Shakespeare is perhaps most noted for his tragic plays. He has written many great tragedies‚ one‚ which was written in 1606 and was titled Macbeth. A tragedy is the story of a great person whose character flaw eventually leads to his downfall. Macbeth’s flaw is his ambition‚ which he shares with his wife. There are also many incidents in the play that support the idea of the tragedy being the deterioration of its main character Macbeth. Macbeth is a tragedy in which human

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    Macbeth: Banquet Scene The Banquet scene in "Macbeth" is one of the most moving scenes and so far as the tragedy of ‘Macbeth’ is concerned‚ it is tremendous in impact and intensity‚ dramatic in impact. The scene shows a perceptible degeneration of Macbeth’s mental powers which is the inevitable consequence of his murderous deeds. It is the crisis of the play where from the reversal of Macbeth’s fortune begins. The scene records Macbeth’s guilty conscience taking the most horrible form in the shape

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    said that Macbeth is a character of powerful contradictions. He is evil and all-powerful. Are his violent acts and his criminal activities simply the result of Macbeth’s ambition to be King of Scotland? Why is he willing to kill his king and his best friend with apparently no remorse? Are his acts the result of blind ambition? No‚ Macbeth is the target of manipulation. He is not the manipulator‚ but instead is manipulated by different people and different forces. Macbeth encounters

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    Monologue Of Lady Macbeth

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    After Macbeth stormed off‚ Lady Macbeth stayed where she was and invited me over to their new castle to celebrate the crowning. When I got there‚ I felt out of place. Everyone who was higher up in the social rank was there. I tried to leave‚ but Lady Macbeth had caught me and insisted that I at least wait until after we are done eating. The dinner was about to start when I heard Macbeth scream out in horror. We were all very confused‚ considering nothing was there. I looked over at the two men that

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    Sleep in Macbeth

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    Sleep became a very important symbol in William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”. A major theme of the play was guilt and how it ate away at the life and personality of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth‚ tearing them away from who they used to be. The nightmare that their lives turned into was a reflection on their lack of sleep and inability to escape from the evils they committed. Right after Macbeth murders Duncan‚ he says “Now o ’er the one half-world / Nature seems dead‚ and wicked dreams abuse / The curtain

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    Macbeth Characterization

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    Macbeth Project 4) CHARACTERIZATION: Macbeth: 1.) “Stars‚ hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires.” (I‚iv‚57-58) This quote reveals Macbeth’s evil desire to kill King Duncan to be deemed king of Scotland. 2.) “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.” (I‚iii‚39) This quote is the first line spoken by Macbeth‚ and it reveals that Macbeth almost foreshadows the bottom of his wheel is nearing. 3.) “Stay‚ you imperfect speakers. Tell me more.” (I‚iii‚73) This quote reveals

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    Ambition of Macbeth

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    lies. Stars‚ hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eye fears‚ when it is done‚ to see.” During Act 1 Scene 4‚ Macbeth describes his ambition as “black and deep desires.” He expresses the terrible desires that come across his mind. Macbeth is so caught up in his ambition‚ where he is willing to do anything that he desires and feel is appropriate. He states‚ “I wont let my eye look at what my hand is doing‚ but in the end I’m

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    Witchcraft In Macbeth

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    Lady Macbeth shows a spiked interest in “metaphysical aid” which she does use later on in the play when she “calls the spirits”‚ she talks about witchcraft playing a big part in the future crowning of Macbeth‚ and displaying dramatic irony as we know she later uses witchcraft. Dark magic was a very unusual and taboo thing to use in plays in the Shakespearean era‚ this can create the reader to feel suspense. In other parts of the play‚ ambition is presented in other ways; when Macbeth plots against

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