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    Lady Macbeths appearance and how society views Lady Macbeth as a woman‚ innocent as a white dove. We make the words a dark theme along witht the color red for it represents lady Macbeths true nature and the contrast in the colors represent how her character breaks the female sterotypes. The first trait i identified she had is megalomania. The quote I chose for her megalomania personality is: “And fill me from head to toe‚ top full of direst cruely” (1.5.45-46) This quote shows how Lady Macbeth is

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    People tend to seem good and righteous but may actually be tainted or evil‚ and vice versa. Macbeth a bold “Thane of Cawdor” whose loyalty was to Duncan‚ became as evil and corrupted as the witches he talked to. They told him that he would become the future king and as these thoughts pondered in his head it consumed him by which he made the descion to kill the king in order to obtain the throne. In the play “Macbeth” by Shakespeare the theme “virtue versus evil” is developed through situational irony‚

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    Elizabethan era‚ manhood was sought after and glorified by many. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the use of manhood as a motif is frequently used as the plot thickens and character traits begin to reveal themselves. Manhood is something that is very important to the tragic hero‚ Macbeth. In addition‚ when Lady Macbeth challenges his manhood‚ it contributes to Macbeth’s inner-self conflict within his mind. As a result of Lady Macbeth provoking Macbeth’s manhood‚ it begins to fuel Macbeth’s murderous and power

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    Macbeth written by William Shakespeare is about  a brave noble warrior who battled under the King Duncan. One day he was visited by three witches who gave told him his prophecy to the right of thane of Cawdor and future King of Scotland. Hearing of his prophecy made Macbeth transforms into a greedy monster seeking another chance to make his prophecy of being King since he was just given the title of thane of Cawdor from King Duncan himself. Macbeth wasn’t a in human heartless beast he thought guilt

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    MACBETH QUOTES “ Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair” * Equivocal sentence‚ inversion‚ defies logic * Is a set up to show Macbeths fate is sealed “For brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name – disdaining fortune‚ with his brandished steel‚ which smoked with bloody execution‚ like valour’s minion carved out his passage till he faced the slave‚ which never shook hands‚ nor bade farewell to him‚ till he unseamed him from the nave to the chaps and fixed his head upon our battlements” *

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    apparition tells Macbeth to beware and be afraid of Macduff‚ the first apprtion is very impatient does not want to be there. It looks like a head wearing a armored helmet. The second apparition is a bloody child tells macbeth no one born from a woman will harm him meaning no one can ever physically harm him. The third apparition is a child wearing a crown and holding a tree‚ it tells macbeth that no one will ever harm him as long as Birnam Wood doesnt march to fight Macbeth at Dunsinane

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    Power can corrupt anyone’s nature. Thus‚ it normally changes a person from good and moral to an evil monster. When Macbeth felt he was in powerful position‚ he becomes a person of corruption. Macbeth committed many sins to become the king. In the tragic play by William Shakespeare‚ a person who gains power uses it to their advantage through the use of character and tropology‚ Macbeth uses the throne or crown to try to gain control over Scotland. Shakespeare wrote this play to prove a point that power

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    boy or girl will do anything to get that slice. Power in the tragedy Macbeth by William Shakespeare is like that cake‚ people are hungry for power and will go out of their wits to gain and or maintain it. Power in Macbeth is gained through violence‚ betrayal‚ and of course prophecies. Power is gained through violence because Macbeth murders people so he can have his place in royalty. Betrayal is a way power is gained because Macbeth betrays his closest friend Banquo as well as the King Duncan. And power

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    Duncan‚ Macbeth‚ Edward and Malcolm. Through the reign of each of these kings‚ we are shown clearly how a country is only stable if the king is good and virtuous. In Shakespearean times‚ a king had absolute power and the welfare of the state depended strongly on him. Kings were appointed by divine right‚ and had to possess the king becoming graces of‚ ‘’justice‚ verity‚ temperance‚ bounty‚ perseverance‚ stableness‚ lowliness and devotion.’’ When the play opens‚ we see Duncan as king. He himself admit

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    The Loyalty of Masculinity In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth the main theme of loyalty is explored throughout the play by main characters. Loyalty can be defined as faithfulness or unwavering devotion to a person or cause. Duncan‚ Banquo‚ Macduff and Macbeth are all essential characters who are given opportunities to express their loyalty‚ however it is the different ways in which these characters choose to be loyal or disloyal that shape the play as a whole. It is the character’s loyalty and/or

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