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    Macbeths Downfall

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    December 2011 Macbeth’s downfall Lady Macbeth is a manipulative woman. She is a dark character and is ruthless and cunning. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth is to blame for Macbeth’s downfall and insanity. When Macbeth tells his wife of the witches’ prophecies‚ one which had already came true‚ she is determined that he will become king. However she believes that he “Is too full o’ milk and human kindness to catch the nearest way” (1.5.17-18). She fears Macbeth is too good and loyal

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    Macbeths Downfall In Williams Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ Macheth‚ Shakespeare writes about betray between friends and how one can go insane for power. Looking at Williams Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ Macbeth‚ through the psychological lens where Macbeth goes insane by betrayal and power. In the beginning of the play MacbethMacbeth was portrayed as a hero and became Thane of Cawdor. When Macbeth meets the witches and hears their prophecy he goes downhill. When Macbeth meets the witches they tell him this

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    To what extent is Macbeth responsible for his own downfall? In Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ Macbeth‚ he depicts the rise and downfall of the eponymous protagonist‚ Macbeth. The text illustrates that there is no sole person to blame for Macbeth’s downfall but numerous reasons for Macbeth’s downfall. Macbeth is only partially responsible for his own downfall for his eventual downfall at the hands of Macduff. Macbeth is driven by the prophecies given by the witches and this is perpetuated with the manipulation

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    Three Witches and Macbeth

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    The opening scene in Macbeth is a compact exposition. Everybody knows that a play is more restrained than a novel because it is written to be performed in less than three hrs. That is why it should attract the viewer and engage his or her attention from the beginning. That makes the opening scene of any play of such a great importance. The opening scene in a play acts as an expository scene that introduces the audience to the background of the play‚ its hero‚ and hints at the main theme. Shakespeare

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    suggestion Macbeth is referring to is that of killing King Duncan. Nowhere in that quote does Shakespeare mention Macbeth saying “we”. As a matter of fact‚ the word “we” was never uttered when Macbeth was formulating his next murders. “We” would be insinuating that there was more than one party responsible for the killing of King Duncan as well as his other victims. It was Macbeth’s greed‚ relentlessness and cowardliness that led to his own downfall. Many readers could argue that the Witches were responsible

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    The witches in Macbeth are very important in the plot and develop certain aspects of the play. They make greater the theatrical experience with images of darkness‚ thunder and lightning that make Macbeth the tragedy it is. Their actions also add to the play‚ dancing round the cauldron and chanting ‘Double‚ double…’. Their appearance as ‘dark hags’ adds mystery to the play. The witches also add a sense of evil and of the supernatural. Their chanting‚ ‘Double‚ double‚ toil and trouble: Fire burn

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    Macbeth is a play about morals and how people can be easily influenced. The audience at the time when the play was written were more superstitious than we are. They believed in witches and thought that they were the devils disciples. They were believed to be able to control the weather‚ blamed many things‚ such as outbreaks of disease on them. The first people to meet the Witches are Banquo and Macbeth. They find the witches appearance is vile. We can see this as Banquo says that “(they) look not

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    THE WITCHES MACBETH The witches known as the “weird sisters” in Macbeth are present in only four scenes in the play. But Macbeth’s fascination with them motivates much of the play’s action. The witches First appear with thunder and lightning give us the atmosphere of the play. Shakespeare used a number of devices to create a sense of otherness and malevolence for the Macbeth witches. For example: The Macbeth witches speak in rhyming couplets which distinguishes them from all other characters in

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    Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a play that portrays Macbeth‚ who is an ambitious character‚ being manipulated and motivated by female powers. Macbeth is initially depicted as a brave and capable warrior but his physical courage is joined by a consuming ambition- to become King of Scotland. It was his encounter with the witches‚ or otherwise referred to as the "weird sisters"‚ that motivated and inspired Macbeth to murder Duncan and therefore become the King of Scotland. However‚ it was mainly

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    Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and frightening female characters. When we first see her‚ she is already plotting Duncan’s murder‚ and she is stronger‚ more ruthless‚ and more ambitious than her husband. She seems fully aware of this and knows that she will have to push Macbeth into committing murder.This theme of the relationship between gender and power is key to Lady Macbeth’s character.Lady Macbeth and also the witches are crafty women‚who use female methods of achieving power—that

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