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    Three Witches and Macbeth

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    The opening scene in Macbeth is a compact exposition. Everybody knows that a play is more restrained than a novel because it is written to be performed in less than three hrs. That is why it should attract the viewer and engage his or her attention from the beginning. That makes the opening scene of any play of such a great importance. The opening scene in a play acts as an expository scene that introduces the audience to the background of the play‚ its hero‚ and hints at the main theme. Shakespeare

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    Lady Macbeth

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    In the tragic story of Macbeth. You meet Macbeth’s wife‚ Lady Macbeth. The two are deeply in love with each other. So when Lady Macbeth commits questionable deeds throughout the story‚ it leaves you wondering is Lady Macbeth a truly evil character‚ or is she a complex person‚ and blind to her actions because of her deep love for her husband. An evil person thinks about no one but themselves‚ and what will benefit them most in the future. Lady Macbeth proves she is complex because she loves her

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    Lady Macbeth

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    Lady Macbeth’s Masculinity In the play‚ “Macbeth” by Shakespeare‚ the women are the darkest characters. Lady Macbeth plays the opposite gender role as a woman. Contrary to the popular western conception of women being kind‚ homely‚ and loving‚ Shakespeare represents Lady Macbeth in a masculine way. Her masculinity stands out‚ because in the play she wishes to be a man‚ she manipulates Macbeth to commit murder‚ and she believes Macbeth is womanly‚ unlike herself. In the play Lady Macbeth wishes

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    Lady Macbeth is well respected like Macbeth. King Duncan calls her "our honored hostess." She is loving to her husband but at the same time very ambitious‚ she has a strong need for Macbeth to be king. This outcome will not benefit her and her husband equally. She says that "the fastest way" for Macbeth to become king is by murdering King Duncan. Lady Macbeth’s thoughts make her appear as cold and ambitious. To prepare for what she feels must be done she calls on evil spirits to "stop up th’ access

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    Lady Macbeth

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    Lady Macbeth and Macbeth‚ both share a responsibility for the murder of King Duncan. Although Macbeths stabbing of Duncan may seem to overshadow Lady Macbeths responsibility she is still no less to blame for the tragic bloody murder of King Duncan. Her share of responsibility is shown to us through her manipulative and provoking nature which she pursues as a character in Shakespeare ‘s play. Lady Macbeth’s character in the play is hidden to many however to the audience her identity is uncovered

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    the other elements‚ the Witches introduce an element of supernatural mystery and fear into Macbeth. As Coleridge says‚ “as true a creation of Shakespeare’s as his Ariel and Caliban” and “wholly different from the representation of witches in the contemporary writers‚ and yet presented a sufficient external resemblance to the creatures of vulgar prejudice‚ to act immediately on the audience.” It is significant that the play begins with a brief meeting of the three witches. A very short prologue

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    Lady Macbeth

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    Term Paper On Lady Macbeth William Shakespeare created a dynamic character called lady Macbeth; she was the total opposite of what women of the Shakespearian era were supposed to be. Despite qualities women were supposed to have in Shakespeare’s time‚ Lady Macbeth defied the way most women of her time acted. Lady Macbeth defied the ways of women of her time by being manipulative‚ ambitious‚ and ruthless. Women’s lifestyles back in Shakespeare’s time period was very different from the modern

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    Lady Macbeth

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    21 October 2013 Lady Macbeth Runs The World Who runs the world ? Girls ! Lady Macbeth to be exact . William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth tells the tale of Macbeth and his lady and their struggles to be upon the throne. Lady Macbeths ambition is the drive of the play. Lady Macbeth had an obsession to rule which caused problems in her marriage ‚ serious consequences for her country and ultimately led to her death. Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s frightening female characters. She is stronger

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    Lady Macbeth

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    about choices. In the tragedy of Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Lady Macbeth makes a series of choices that have terrible consequences for others. Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and frightening female characters. She becomes known as a ambitious woman. When we first see her‚ she is already plotting Duncan’s murder‚ and she is stronger‚ ruthless‚ and ambitious than her husband. She seems fully aware of this and knows that she will have to push Macbeth into committing murder. At one

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    Lady Macbeth

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    Lady Macbeth is a character in Shakespeare’s Macbeth (c.1603–1607). She is the wife to the play’s protagonist‚ Macbeth‚ a Scottish nobleman. After goading him into committing regicide‚ she becomes Queen of Scotland‚ but later suffers pangs of guilt for her part in the crime. She dies off-stage in the last act‚ an apparent suicide. The character’s origins lie in the accounts of Kings Duff and Duncan in Holinshed’s Chronicles (1587)‚ a history of Britain familiar to Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s Lady

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