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    The Three Great Crimes of Macbeth The play ‘Macbeth’ is a portrait of one man‚ an ambitious‚ ruthless‚ disturbing individual. The play shows how he evolves as a person. Although we are presented with his declination from good to evil‚ we can see his human side throughout the play‚ which makes it a tragedy. The themes of ‘Macbeth’ are ambition‚ effects of evil‚ and violence. Once Macbeth’s ambition has ‘set the ball rolling’‚ events happen quickly in the play as it gathers momentum. The themes

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    Dissecting the Downfall of Great Macbeth While Macbeth’s “vaulting ambition” plays the most vital role in the quick end to his newfound empire in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ exterior forces including Lady Macbeth and the persuasive acts performed by the witches both contribute to the eventual beheading of one of Scotland’s greatest warriors‚ Macbeth himself. Macbeth loses part of himself the moment he takes the life of a friend‚ uncle‚ and respected King‚ Duncan. Although the witches put

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    Write on the idea in Macbeth of being/feeling secure and the ironies inherent in this. Throughout Macbeth the idea of being and feeling secure is shown clearly by Shakespeare‚ he often uses it in very explicit and ironic ways though. Macbeth’s judgement is impaired throughout the play as he only accepts ideas that will benefit him in obtaining his wants; this is mainly due to the witches’ influences on him. He is coaxed into the idea that he is in fact the rightful king and this begins the process

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    Is Macbeth responsible for his actions? When reading William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ we really have to contemplate whether Macbeth was responsible for his actions or whether he was manipulated and persuaded by people around him. When scrutinising the play in detail‚ the events show that‚ without the persuasion of Lady Macbeth‚ the witches and the ambition to become king‚ the events that occurred in the play wouldn’t have happened the way they did. The witches’ role in Macbeth’s downfall occurred

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    Everyone approaches achieving their goals and ambitions differently‚ and each person will go to different lengths to achieve these goals. In Macbeth‚ the main character of the same name has huge ambitions‚ he wants to become king of Scotland. He is determined to achieve this goal‚ going to lengths such as personally causing physical harm‚ even committing treason and murder. Throughout the play he overlooks his morals and ethics and does whatever it takes to become king. He is obviously thinking only

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    Great Education Many describe Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations as a Bildungsroman – a novel tracing the education and spiritual growth of a young hero‚ in this case Philip Pirrip‚ better known as Pip. Pip’s thoughts on education change throughout the course of the story‚ beginning with idealistic views of becoming a gentleman and ending with a deeper‚ more intellectual perspective of being a gentleman. After meeting the wealthy and once elegant Miss Havisham‚ Pip becomes ashamed of his life

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    single parent or having both parents. It provides information on how it affects kids who grow with single parents and how some kids becomes emotionally stable and very successful in life. The statistics shown is based on what to expect from a child being raised by single parents compared to a child that has both. Commonly today’s society; single parenting is becoming a dominant figure and the affects that are becoming of it. Reader Paying attention to how the author states his information such as

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    In the play Macbeth‚ we see that Macbeth is a man of great power and nobility. He is high up in the rankings and is looking forward to a possible opportunity in which is dangerous but presented to him by three witches. The three witches tell him that he shall murder King Duncan and he will be King. One flaw to this golden opportunity is that of what will happen afterwards such as he will die and his best friend Banquo’s child will take the throne‚ who is not born of women‚ which is inferring a

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    The Chains of Troubles The United States had an awful financial disaster‚ called the Great Depression starting 1929 and ending around 1941 ( “Causes of the Great Depression”). The cause of the Great Depression wasn’t just one‚ but many factors played in the Great Depression. Making it look like dominos falling one by one quickly. The stock market collapse‚ banks collapse‚ overproduction‚ and many other events affect the Great Depression. There were numerous and varieties of reasons for the

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    Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most intense plays and one his most complex psychological studies. It is also a play about which there is a great deal of historical background‚ which I think you’ll find interesting because it reveals Shakespeare’s creative process. The play was written in 1605--1606. It’s one of the plays where the date is pretty firmly established by internal references to external events‚ and most scholars have agreed on the date. Shakespeare was at the height of creative

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