Jack Kelly The play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare‚ the events in his life do not occur from supernatural powers such as fate‚ but from the decisions he came up with himself. The poor decisions that essentially lead up to Macbeth’s death are the murder of King Duncan‚ his ignorance to the predictions that the weird sisters give him and he takes it a step further by murdering innocent people. These choices were wrong and by making these poor decisions he slowly kills himself. The ambition
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of another character. In Macbeths play I find that a couple characters fit that quality. And the characters are Banquo‚ Malcom‚ maybe King Duncan. Banquo is a foil character because of the fact that in the beginning of the play the witches told Banquo that he’s promised to be father of many kings. Which later in the play we learn that isn’t true. But both Macbeth and Banquo become obsessed with the witches “promises.” Banquo although is very intelligent just as Macbeth is‚ he keeps his morals and
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January 2010. Macbeths father was Findlaech‚ the Mormaer of Moray‚ and his grandfather was Ruadhri. In 1020‚ Findlaech was challenged for rule of Moray by his two nephews‚ Malcolm and Gillecomgain‚ and killed. Malcolm then became ruler in Findlaech’s place. Macbeth would have been 15 at the time‚ and quite possibly in fosterage somewhere outside of Inverness‚ the capital of Moray. It was the common practice of nobles to have their sons fostered from age 7 to age 17‚ the "age of choice." Macbeth returned
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the play‚ Macbeth killed King Duncan which made him crazy and he can’t afford to be King of Scotland. When Macbeth killed King Duncan‚ he starts scaring that other people find out Macbeth killed King Duncan so he can’t sleep and have a normal life. “sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep”” (2.2 46-47). The quote describes Macbeth as a person who can’t take sleep(rest) because anxiety of being exposed of his work(killed Duncan). Furthermore‚ in the conversation of Macbeth and lady Macbeth “There’s
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Although Macbeth possesses admirable valor and honorable loyalty in the beginning of the play‚ his greatest asset—his ambition—contaminates his judgment and causes him to drive the dagger into King Duncan. Ambition is a double-edged sword which eventually slices Macbeth and stabs the beloved king. Macbeth’s ambition assists him in gaining the Thane of Cawdor and the Thane of Glamis titles‚ but even these superior positions did not fulfill his hunger for power. Even though King Duncan believes Macbeth
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Unnatural ambition drives Macbeth to commit treacherous acts which leads to his decent into evil and ultimately‚ his own downfall. Macbeth is startled when he first hears his prophecy from the evil witches. He is astonished when he receives news from Ross and Angus regarding receiving the title of Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth’s immediate reaction to this news is the thought of becoming the King of Scotland. This demonstrates Macbeth’s ambitious character. However‚ Macbeth almost instantly visualizes
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beginning of Macbeth‚ both Macbeth and Macduff were trusted by the people of Scotland and King Duncan because they were loyal noble friends. "The thane of Cawdor will never again betray me. Go announce that he will be executed and tell Macbeth that Cawdor’s title will be given to him". King Duncan basically gave the crown to Macbeth and said he wouldn’t be betrayed again because he was a trusted friend to him and the people of Scotland trusted him as well. In the story of Macbeth‚ Macbeth killed Duncan
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power hungry and consumed by their pride. The Tragedy of Macbeth is no different. The story is set in 16th century Scotland. The story is centered around a Nobleman Macbeth who name Thane of Cawdor after kicking some serious butt on the battlefield. The story start with three creepy witches giving Macbeth his prophecy about about the future. These witches really get into Macbeth’s head and he attempts to control the future and bury the past. Macbeth attempts to control the future by eliminating all who
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responsible for the death of king Duncan‚ Lady Macbeth or Macbeth? The mastermind behind the killing of king Duncan is Lady Macbeth. Now though that is evident the actual one who killed the king was Macbeth‚ but where Lady Macbeth comes into play is that she devised the plan and convinced Macbeth to do her killing‚ she ran the whole show. She did this because she wants to be queen so bad and really becomes crazy with the thought of having power. Lady Macbeth is the responsible one for King Duncan’s death
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Fatal Influence on Macbeth Everyone as a human being has both good and bad characters‚ and they will also change as they grow old and some people also learn from their mistakes. In the play‚ “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare‚ the character of Lady Macbeth depicts both good and evil tendencies‚ particularly her evil tendencies can be seen at the beginning of the play. Over the course of time‚ Lady Macbeth changes adequately from the lust of power to more of an anguished person. The consolidation of
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