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    Reading Task Part 2 Macbeth 1. Is Macbeth basically a good man led astray? In the play‚ Macbeth is portrayed as evil. I wouldn’t call Macbeth ’evil’. I would call him disillusioned. He was a good man‚ capable of serving his family‚ the royal family and the country nobly. He was an efficient soldier and worthy of respect. It was his ambition that became the cause of his downfall. He let his vaulting ambition get the better of his morals‚ his values and defeat his clear sense of

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    Why is it Lady Macbeth who suffers this fate while Macbeth does not? And how does Macbeth take the death of his beloved wife? The purpose of showing Lady Macbeth’s insanity is to show the changes within her. The repetitive handwashing act contrasts with her saying of “A little water clears us of this deed” (II. II‚ 64) In the beginning of the story‚ Lady Macbeth is ‘aggressive’ and encourages Macbeth to commit the evil deeds‚ but she soon regrets and suffers from it. Lady Macbeth is one one who

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    in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth Destiny and fate are very similar‚ often both are thought of as unchangeable. However‚ one’s fate is not predetermined; it is determined by one’s own decisions and actions. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ characters’ fates are decided by their own actions‚ however those actions are manipulated. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s decisions are predominantly influenced by the witches. Although‚ the witches manipulate Macbeth and Lady Macbeth‚ their fates are determined

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    Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth and the three witches are all to blame for the tragedy that is “Macbeth”‚ Lady Macbeth through convincing MacbethMacbeth for following his ambition more than his conscience and the three witches for putting the idea of being king in Macbeth’s head. Lady Macbeth is to blame for the downfall of Macbeth because she convinces and manipulates Macbeth into killing Duncan. She convinces and manipulates Macbeth into killing Duncan by insulting his manliness which Macbeth takes

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    Fair is foul and foul is fair Hover through the fog and filthy air” One of the main themes rampant in Macbeth is that of deception. There is a disconnect between appearance and reality. Hypocrisy is everywhere and what is good for one person may be bad for others in the play. The first scene of the play highlights this. We are introduced to the witches‚ who speak in ambiguous equivocations. The quote “Fair is foul…filthy air” portrays that what is ‘fair’ or good or wholesome for humans is ‘foul’

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    their wives opinions in important matters. Lady Macbeth was the dominant of the two characters. She had very strong persuasive skills over Macbeth and though show her control of Macbeth in public‚ in private she often uses emotional and testing his manliness to manipulate him to do what he wants. Lady Macbeth is the more evil character than Macbeth in the play through her ambition‚ cruelty‚ and manipulation. Lady Macbeth used her words to control Macbeth throughout the entire play and caused him to

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    Macbeth The tragedy of "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare‚ follows the fall from a man in a position of power‚ with a content life to a man with nothing but hollow words and a dammed soul. In this essay I wish to show to what level Macbeth s tragedy was his own carelessness. It all started with the statement "fair is foul and foul is fair"(act 1 scene 1) made by the three witches. Momentarily the downfall of Macbeth begins early on in the play when he and Banquo meet the three witches on the way

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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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    imagination. In any piece of literature‚ imagery plays a significant role in illustrating the characters. In the play‚ Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are developed through the use of clothing‚ sleep‚ and blood imagery. Through the use of clothing imagery‚ Shakespeare exposes and develops the character of Macbeth. In the beginning‚ Macbeth is seen as loyal soldier of King Duncan. When presented with the title of Thane of Cawdor‚ he says "Why do you dress

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    actions actors of a certain gender should depict has been a widely debated topic for hundreds of years. Typically‚ women are passive and frail characters while men are expected to be aggressive and ambitious. Shakespeare toys with society’s expectations of gender roles in his play‚ “Macbeth”. Gender provides the main source of conflict in the play through the distortion of traditional gender roles‚ the apparent contrasts between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth‚ and manipulation through gender. Throughout

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