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    one & two Lady Macbeth and her lover Macbeth symbolized the locution; appearances are deceiving‚ in Shakespeare epic play Macbeth. Shakespeare took the saying to an entirely new level with witches‚ death‚ and two faced comradely. From acts one and two quotes jumped from the pages exemplifying the deception conveyed through the story plot. The plot of the play was the falsehood the characters portrayed in their personalities. Trickery swam through Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s minds‚ finding

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    King Submitted by Nohely Cuevas English 10 Mrs. McMillan 10/22/14 In the play Macbeth‚ ambition‚ strength‚ and insanity play major roles in how the characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth behave and react. People change over the time and as you ready the play some character will change but some are not. The destruction wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints. Lady Macbeth is portrayed as being monstrously evil in the first three acts of the play. When her character

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    1. Compare the witches’ speech pattern with Macbeth’s. 2. What effect is Shakespeare creating by altering the speech patterns like this? 3. Describe the three apparitions and the significance of each? The first 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

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    plot of Macbeth. For example‚ the three witches control Macbeth and force him to do evil things. Some of their prophecies seem self-fulfilling and it is doubtful that Macbeth would have murdered the king if he wasn’t pushed by the witches. However‚ Lady Macbeth plays the largest role in the plot and conflict of Macbeth. Lady Macbeth alters the plot in many ways. Lady Macbeth controls Macbeth and messes with his mind so that they both can achieve power. Lady Macbeth is the person that Macbeth goes

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    Much like Macbeth did to Duncan‚ Banquo and the whole land of Scotland in order to gain power and become Thane of Cawdor and eventually King. Macbeth betrayed Scotland‚ but he wasn’t the only one at fault. Lady Macbeth and the three witches took a role in the destruction and betrayal that went on in Scotland. Also‚ Macbeth shows his betrayal by befriending Duncan and Banquo then plotting against them and killing them in order for him to become Thane of Cawdor and King. Finally‚ Macbeth shows his

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    While the obvious theme of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth is ’vaulting ambition’ it is also a play about the deceptiveness of appearances‚ beginning with the witches’ couplet ending Act 1 Sc 1: Fair is foul‚ foul is fair Hover through the fog and filthy air The fact that they are witches automatically implies evil and wickedness so their plan to meet with Macbeth suggests that they and perhaps Macbeth himself are up to no good. When they do greet him they greet him by two titles we know he has:

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    ------------------------------------------------- Macbeth From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about Shakespeare ’s play. For other uses‚ see Macbeth (disambiguation). A poster for a c. 1884 American production ofMacbeth‚ starring Thomas W. Keene. Depicted‚ counter clockwise from top-left‚ are: Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches; just after the murder ofDuncan; Banquo ’s ghost; Macbeth duels Macduff; and Macbeth. Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is considered

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    Scene 3: Now that the witches’ prophecy has been realized‚ they reconvene at the predetermined heath.  The first witch explains to the others why she was late in coming.  Angered at the impudence of a sailor’s wife in not giving her chestnuts‚ the first witch vows to seek revenge on the sailor‚ making him a sleepless‚ cursed man.  It is important to note here that the witch (and thus Shakespeare and the audience) associates sleeplessness with an evil or cursed life.  Macbeth‚ after killing King Duncan

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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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    still so obsessed with these incomprehensible works of literature written over 400 years ago? Despite ‘popular belief’ amongst high schoolers whom believe his works hold no relevance to our society today‚ it’s clear that the themes portrayed in Macbeth‚ such as ambition and fate and freewill‚ are analogous to the various problems that modern society faces; one of the many reasons Shakespeare’s plays are still popular and prominent amongst modern audiences. - Ambition. Ambition is beneficial

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