A: “I will drain him dry as hay: Sleep shall neither night nor day Hang upon his penthouse lid; He shall live a man forbid: Weary se’n nights nine times nine Shall he dwindle‚ peak and pine: Though his bark cannot be lost Yet it shall be tempest-tost.” Much more than the other elements‚ the Witches introduce an element of supernatural mystery and fear into Macbeth. As Coleridge says‚ “as true a creation of Shakespeare’s as his Ariel and Caliban” and “wholly different from the representation
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Shakespearean play “Macbeth‚” this is shown to be true with Lady Macbeth and Macbeth in Acts 1 and 2 when they are planning to kill King Duncan. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth both act differently before and after the murder. Men are stereotypically tough and courageous‚ and women are stereotypically nice and gentle characters. In “Macbeth” this may not be entirely true. Lady Macbeth may be much crueler and malicious than Macbeth in the first two acts. In Act 1 scene 3 Macbeth encounters three witches
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Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s greatest and most intriguing female characters. She is positioned to be viewed as fiercely ambitious and a deceptive‚ evil consort all at the same time. Throughout Act one it becomes apparent that Lady Macbeth is highly ambitious‚ stopping at nothing‚ not even murder‚ to fulfil her own ambitions. When Macbeth first writes to her detailing his meeting of the witches and their prophecy‚ her first thoughts are of worry; she believes that Macbeth
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In these key lines from the book‚ Lady Macbeth mutters key fragments of an imaginary conversation which she recalls having with her husband Macbeth. Lady Maceth’s thoughts are being unraveled and her tortured imagination is being set free. ‘Out‚ damn’d spot! out‚ I say! One; two: why‚ then ’tis time to do’t. In this piece of text Lady Macbeth is calling on evil spirits‚ and chanting different callings. Lady Macbeth is embracing her inner evil‚ and becoming a new person. In her chanting she recites
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studying Shakespeare’s Macbeth in class‚ I found it difficult to understand majority of what was being said in the play. So to prevent future audiences (senior students learning Macbeth) from assuming‚ but to better understand more of the meaning under the text‚ I reinterpreted the Lady Macbeth scenes to advance the audiences understanding in the characters and the drive behind the decisions made to form the play. The purpose in selecting the two scenes of Lady Macbeth was based on the fact that
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Macbeth Scene Summaries ACT/SCENE PLOT/MAJOR EVENTS SUMMARISED (DOT POINTS) WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THE CHARACTERS? LINKS TO THEMES/SYMBOLS? 1/1 Three witches meet upon there heath and arrange to meet with Macbeth. CHARACTERS INCLUDED Three witches THINGS LEARNT ABOUT THE CHARACTERS That the witches’ have some sort of power which allows them to tell or make up the future. Supernatural. Fate Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair. 1/2 King Duncan‚ Malcolm‚ Donalbain and Lennox wait for news on the battle
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MACBETH ESSAY In life everyone has goals that they hope to attain and there are many ways that one can achieve these goals. To achieve what you desire you can either wait for time to take its toll‚ or take matters into your own hands and do what you have to do in order to fulfill your desires. You can attain your goal as long as you have ambition. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Macbeth and Lady Macbeth had the goal of Macbeth becoming king: to obtain this they took matters into hands and killed Duncan
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After reading Act One of The tragedy of Macbeth we can see that Lady Macbeth are indeed polar opposites. In act one we can see that the two are different so let us discuss the differences and similarities of Macbeth and his wife we witness in act one.Lady Macbeth seems to be more bold and stronger mentally than her husband while he is more of the second guessing type who thinks more than his wife who seems to not rethink and knows what she wants. In Act 1 we see that Lady Macbeth wants King Duncan
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committing atrocities whether in real life or those who are portrayed in fiction. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Macbeth is susceptible to be corrupted by the yearning for power and Lady Macbeth does horrible deeds out of love for her husband. Although she appears evil‚ she loves her husband so much that she is willing to be unsexed‚ give her sanity and plot treason for her husband’s ambitions. Lady Macbeth is a woman‚ and as a woman she is automatically and unjustly associated with being a soft and warm-hearted
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everything good becomes bad “Fair is foul‚ foul is fair” 2. What tone do the witches establish in the opening scene of the play? How so? An ominous (dark and scary) mood because of the storm and how the speak 3. In scene 2 what do we learn about the following: a. With whom is Scotland at war? Norway b. What is Macbeth’s title? Thane of Glamis c. How has Macbeth become a hero? He won several battles‚ defeated Macdonwald‚ also conquered the armies of the King of Norway and the
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