Although composed centuries apart‚ both Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator explore the similar idea of ambition‚ through their villainous characters Macbeth and Commodus. Macbeth composed in 1606 for King James delineates a noble soldier’s character transformation from an ambitious individual to corrupted tyrant as supernatural Witches and Lady Macbeth ignite his desire for power. Similarly‚ Gladiator’s vicious antagonist is a malevolent personage‚ whose desire to be loved transforms
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Introduction to Persuasive Essay Writing: Hook Statements An essay’s "hook" is something in the first paragraph--usually the first sentence or two--that draws the reader in and makes him want to continue to read. The hook’s tone should match that of your essay (serious‚ humorous‚ academic)‚ and it should support your central argument or main point. You might want to wait to write a hook until the rest of the essay has been written‚ so you will know what you want the hook to say and how you want
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The Downfall of Men In the play Macbeth‚ you witness the corruption of sin within the life of one man. At the beginning of this play‚ Macbeth is a well-respected leader of Scotland; unfortunately though‚ the sin nature within him‚ leads to lust and greed‚ and as a result‚ his downfall. Although Macbeth is a tragic story of sin affecting one’s life greatly‚ he is not the only man to have fallen into the hands of temptation. King David‚ man with a somewhat similar story‚ ruled Israel with much respect
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Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy ‘Macbeth‚’ charts the rise and fall of the titular character and his wife‚ Lady Macbeth. Macbeth is one of the kings most trusted thanes‚ a “worthy cousin‚” but he betrays that trust and murders the king after being manipulated into agreeing to commit the crime by his ambitious wife. This conflict drives a wedge between the characters and creates tension at a number of points in the play. Eventually all of their treachery is discovered‚ and Macbeth and his wife both face terrible
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Lady Macbeth: In the play “Macbeth” written by Shakespeare the character Lady Macbeth is duplicitous. “…look like th’innocent flower‚ But be the serpent under’t” (I‚ vi‚ 64-65). The snake and the flower was a reference towards Macbeth although it depicts Lady Macbeth as well. Since she is under the same curse as Macbeth‚ because she has the same name‚ she is equally affected by the witches as he is. He is captured into the prophecy of the witches and so is Lady Macbeth. She might look kind and
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willingness to strive for it. The theme in Macbeth is ambition and the pursuit of powers causes downfall. In Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth displays sinister actions and later starts confessing the things she did. Ambition is a big point in Macbeth‚ with the characters relationship to influence the direction where the play goes‚ such as cruelty and manliness‚ and the emotions of her guilt. In Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth displays ambition when she and Macbeth plot to kill King Duncan. Act V reveals
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When people confront a tragic event they’ve committed‚ they often brush off the blame onto others. In the tragedy Macbeth‚ William Shakespeare explores the effect of the supernatural influencing free will. When the witches’ introduce the prophecy of becoming king to Macbeth‚ he infers the prospect of murdering King Duncan is the only method of fulfilling the premonition. However‚ Macbeth is unable to accept the atrocity of the crime he’s committed and blames fate for his actions. Macbeth’s free will
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present thoughts and actions. While we control the ultimate outcome of our timely uncertain future‚ all we can do is guide ourselves to the most beneficial outcome for us and those around us. This can be seen in Shakespeare’s work Macbeth‚ where the main character Macbeth was told multiple times what he was gonna become. And through repetition in his thoughts and over-analyzation‚ he was able to realize that he really did want what the witches had foreseen for him in the future. So he did anything
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The Supernatural Do you believe in the supernatural? The things we cannot perceive‚ we tend to ponder on whether or not it is plausible. It is obvious that the supernatural influenced Shakespeare immensely in his play‚ Macbeth. Macbeth is a series of unfortunate events brought upon by the supernatural resulting in death‚ greediness‚ and undesired motivation. The supernatural element of prediction is what pertains the reader’s interest and contributes to the depth of the play itself. Prediction in
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Comparative Paragraph In the play Macbeth there are two characters that stand out the most‚ their names are Banquo and Macbeth. In the beginning‚ Banquo and Macbeth both honour their king Duncan along with the kingdom. For example in Act 1‚Scene 2 the Captain tells Duncan of the great battle against their arch nemesis. “For brave Macbeth-he well deserves that name-disdaining fortune with his bransh’d steel which smok’d with his bloody execution‚ like valours minion carv’d
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