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    Who is to Blame William Shakespeare was a talented man‚ he wrote many plays including Macbeth. Macbeth is is a great story but‚ it takes Shakespeare a while to get to the rising action and the climax. Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Macbeth is about how these people want the crown so badly they kill people for it and if they are afraid someone is going to get in their way they kill that person too. Also it is mainly about who gets the crown or not and who is the smartest. My claim would be

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    getting rid of anyone that stood in the way. Macbeth was that rich nobleman that didn’t let anyone get in his way to become king. He is seen as the one to blame for all the horrible events that went on in Shakespeare’s entire play. Although‚ Lady Macbeth has played a major role in her husband’s life‚ Macbeth did not need much persuasion to kill Duncan‚ Banquo‚ and Lady Macduff along with her family. His visit with the three witches opened up a world where Macbeth could be powerful and have everything

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    Tragedy of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare‚ King Duncan gets murdered. The characters in this play are trying to figure out who is to blame for his murder. There are a couple characters that could be blamed‚ Lady MacbethMacbeth‚ and the Witches. I feel that the witches are to blame. The Witches have been tinkering with Macbeth’s fate. They have been telling him that he shall be king. The third witch states “All hail‚ Macbeth‚ that shall be king hereafter!” (Line 50‚ page 327). Macbeth does not

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    Macbeth is a tragic tale about a young man that is tricked into his doom.This is an  unfortunate story because Macbeth in the beginning was a loyal warrior that fighted for the  king. In the end he ends up being one of the most untrustworthy men in the story. In this tale  Macbeth is made thane of cawdor because the old cawdor betrayed the king and began to  fight for the other side‚ in the end he is executed and the position is giving to Macbeth. In  Macbeth defense it was not his fault that Macbeth was tricked into killing the King

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    The Tragedy of Macbeth three witches prophesied that Macbeth would be king. Doing what anyone else would do‚ he told his wife and she brewed up this plan to murder the king. The king would be staying at the Macbeth’s castle‚ Inverness for a party. At first Macbeth was against the plan but Lady Macbeth was not backing down and talked him into it. “Macbeth talks himself into a kind of thoughtful stupor as he tries to work out the situation for himself. In the following scene‚ Lady Macbeth will emerge

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    In the play Macbeth it is easy to see how someone can manipulate and influence other people’s behavior with their own actions. Lady Macbeth influences Macbeth by showing power and confidence. Lady Macbeth plays a major role in influencing her husband to take the path that he does to become King of Scotland. She effectively unleashes Macbeth’s true evil side. Throughout the play we can see that she has a strong influence on him and is a primary cause for increasing Macbeth’s passion to gain the crown

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    the classic Shakespearean tragedy. Macbeth tells the tale of a Scottish lord who encounters a trio of soothsaying witches in the aftermath of a grand battle. And the battle is oh so grand a spectacle. The camera pauses several times as the armies charge one another‚ not for the sake of the action‚ but so the audience can appreciate the horrific beauty of combat. After a decisive victory for our anti-hero and company‚ the three “weird sister” witches tell Macbeth that his destiny is to rule the kingdom

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    According to Wayne Booth‚ in Macbeth‚ Shakespeare takes a “noble” man full of “conscience” and “milk of human kindness”‚ and makes of him a “dead butcher”‚ yet maintains in him a tragic hero with full stature‚ commanding our sympathy to the end. Is the above statement valid? Or invalid? Is Macbeth solely to blame for his actions? If so‚ then why sympathize with him? Or do we need to sympathize with him because he was manipulated by the Witches and/ or Lady Macbeth? Do Lady Macbeth and the Witches absenteeism

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    V). Macbeth is to blame for King Duncan’s death and for Banquo’s assassination. Macbeth is to blame for his own actions that resulted in the terrible events that happened to Banquo‚ King Duncan‚ and the guards. Macbeth kills King Duncan and no one directly forced him to do that. Macbeth orders the murder of Banquo and his son‚ Fleance. Macbeth frames the Guards and uses their daggers to kill King Duncan. Macbeth‚ the Thane of Cawdor‚ Murders King Duncan of Scotland. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are converse

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    Who is Guiltier? In the play “Macbeth” written by William Shakespeare it is difficult to determine who is more responsible for the murder of King Duncan‚ Macbeth or Lady Macbeth? It is difficult to determine who is more responsible because each Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have done so many things to each be named the guiltier person. Macbeth is guiltier than Lady Macbeth because Macbeth actually committed the crime of killing king Duncan. When Macbeth is on his way to kill King Duncan

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