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    Ambition of Macbeth Macbeth is known for his significant amount of bravery and loyalty as a character in the play The Tragedy of Macbeth. Even though Macbeth has all the significant qualities of an average known hero‚ he also inherits bad ambitions throughout the story from three ornery witches that influence mischief upon his character. The witches reconstruct Macbeth’s ambitions from good to evil with the promise of power and riches. The evil witches help construct the storyline of Macbeth‚ and without

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    Macbeth shows many qualities in a person that would define him as a good and noble man‚ worthy of labeling him as a tragic hero. A “tragic hero is a man of noble stature(Arp‚ Johnson 1221)‚ Macbeth is the noble Thane of Glamis and loyal general to King Duncan of Scotland. Shakespeare’s tragic heroes find an eminent position in society‚ giving them a high social and political status. He shows true bravery and fought honorably for King Duncan in the beginning of Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ defeating the

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    effects and Macbeth is one of his most powerful plays because he includes evil witches that make it hard to control your destiny and unnatural settings lead to Macbeth’s own mind disease. No literary work is wreathed in superstition more than Macbeth. Shakespeare is famous for contrasting imagery within his plays to develop characterization‚ make a point‚ or establish an atmosphere. Shakespeare makes the point of Macbeth invocating evil spirits because he is possessed by the witches by contrasting

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    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’ or unwholesome for the witched

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    Macbeth’s Choices Affected by the Supernatural Macbeth is a very famous play by William Shakespeare‚ written in 1606 and first published in 1623. In Macbeth‚ the supernatural elements are the integral parts of the play as Shakespeare uses the theme of supernatural events to enhance the drama of the play. They appear in different forms including the three witches‚ the floating dagger‚ the ghost of Banquo and the prophetic apparitions throughout the play. The supernatural gradually provides a catalyst

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    In Shakespeare’s Macbeth there are two instances in which Macbeth comes into contact with the three witches. These two instances are located in Act 1 Scene 3 and in Act 4 Scene 1. In both scenes Macbeth is informed about his future. However‚ these two scenes are greatly different from each other in many ways. <br> <br>When Macbeth first meets the witches in Act 1 Scene 3 he doubts that the witches are "of this earth" and doubts that they are capable of basic abilities such as speech‚ evidenced by

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    Aspects of Macbeth What are the main sources of evil in the play? How does Shakespeare get this across to an audience?  The witches are the main evil in the play even though they only appear 4 times in the story‚ but each time they appear they always create an evil atmosphere. When I say ’the main evil in the play’ this is my opinion‚ I feel they are the main because they are pure evil incarnate and they are what trigger the whole thing off. I feel when Shakespeare wrote Macbeth he meant it

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    There are many different viewpoints as to who was the real driving force behind Macbeth and his ascent to power. There is the possibility of outside forces‚ including Lady Macbeth and the witches but also he could be victim to inner desires and ambitions which is the human condition which he could not control. The contrasting viewpoint is that Macbeth is the villain and that he chose to kill Duncan without much persuasion from any outer forces. It was his choice and he made it in a clear mind with

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    Witches Fair is foul and foul is fair “You should be women‚ And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.” –Banquo ACT I SCENE III 46-48 Of course‚ there are also the witches’ prophecies. Macbeth doesn’t realize the prophecies can mean anything other than how he interprets them. Of course‚ Macduff was born by c-section‚ so he was not technically born of woman. The armies advance up the hill from Birnam Wood with tree branches before them which makes it appear the wood is walking

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    In Macbeth‚ the witches are not simply prophets from whom Macbeth learns his fate‚ but represent a much more abstract idea. Initially‚ in Act I‚ the witches are three hags who Macbeth and Banquo encounter on the battlefield‚ with news that they have obtained from rumors. However‚ Macbeth’s “vaulting ambition” distorts his perception of them in such a way that they no longer resemble the human beings they were in Act I. After their conversation‚ the fulfillment of his promotion to the Thane of Cawdor

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