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    downfall is all the Visions that were told to him by the witches. The next is how Lady Macbeth manipulates and has strong influence over Macbeth’s moral code. finally‚ Macbeth falls because of his ambition and desire to become king. Macbeth’s character starts from being a noble thane to become a murdering king. These visions which were told by the witches were one of the factors which contributed to the downfall of macbeth. If the witches had would have never told macbeth that he was to be the

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    start of the play‚ Lady Macbeth’s relationship with Macbeth is extraordinary and both have no secrets between the two. In‚ fact Lady Macbeth’s husband writes a letter to in Act 1‚ Scene 5 informing her about the victory and the encounter with the witches. Macbeth shares apprehensions about what the future will be holding for the couple. “The love that follows us sometime is our trouble‚ which still we thank as love.” (Act 3.3 line 23) Macbeth at this stage knows that Lady Macbeth is earnest and thinks

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    first time we hear the statement is in the opening scene when the witches say the exact line "Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair" (Act I Scene I) The witches themselves seem to be the embodiment of the the phrase. At the time of the play the people were very superstitious about witches‚ believing they were evil and would trick you with lies. They made people assume the witches to be untrustworthy.

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    “Tragedy is an event causing great suffering‚ destruction‚ and distress‚ such as a serious accident‚ crime‚ or natural catastrophe”(Google.com). Tragic event occur everyday in our life we don’t see them as much as we hear about them. For example‚ the deaths that we witness everyday in the Palestine Israeli war‚ and the war on ISIS which ruined the whole middle east. In the Shakespeare play Macbeth the main character Macbeth experienced hamartia and hubris through the play. Hamartia is a fatal flaw

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    the war. As the play continue he becomes a solitary tyrant who kills anyone who gets in his way. Although the witches and Lady Macbeth are partially responsible for the murder of Duncan and the downfall of Macbeth‚ Macbeth is solely responsible. Macbeth’s ambition is a reason he is accountable for the death of the King and his downfall. In the beginning‚ Macbeth runs into three witches and they tell him “All hail‚ Macbeth‚ that shalt be King hereafter!” (Act 1‚ scene 3) Macbeth blindly believes

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    Over the course of the play Macbeth the main character‚ Macbeth‚ advances the plot by believing the prophecies given by the witches’‚ trying to kill the king‚ attempting to kill people who could be king‚ wanting more prophecies‚ and struggling to stay king of Scotland. The first way Macbeth advances the plot is by believing the prophecies that he was given by the three witches’. In the middle of act one Macbeth says very confidently to Banquo‚ “If chance will have me king‚ why‚ chance may crown

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    Macbeth‚ alone‚ is responsible for his actions. Although fate has a part in Macbeth’s decisions‚ the story is a tragedy of character. The witches prophesy that Macbeth will someday be king and Lady Macbeth rouses his hidden aspirations and desires‚ but it is Macbeth’s ambition that gives rise to the poor decisions he makes to fulfill the prophecy. The witches’ prophecy sets certain events in motion‚ but it is Macbeth who chooses to commit murder

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    himself. We all know what happened to Macbeth in the play yet do we know the movie of Macbeth 2015. One of the tragic and gory similarity would have to be when Macbeth is killing Duncan while he is in bed. For we know this because Macbeth is told by witches that he will be King once Duncan is dead and well Lady Macbeth is fascinated by this that she calls Macbeth a coward and not manly if does not do the deed. Another similarity would have to be that Macbeth hires murderers to kill Banquo and his son

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    very different she is encouraging her husband to do the wrong thing so she can become the queen. The witches plant the seed when they tell him “that shalt be king hereafter‚” and Lady Macbeth than waters it. In this story we see that Lady Macbeth is power hungry‚ and very clever. The witches are similar to Lady Macbeth because they influence her to do such bad deeds to get the crown. The witches didn’t tell him how Macbeth will become king so they put the greed inside of him to get to that power

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    playing in the 11th century Scotland. During the play‚ Macbeth deals with his ambition and fate‚ also his people around. As the play goes on‚ we see the pattern that fate versus free will pretty much of the scenes and words of characters. The three witches seems like they sometimes foreshadowing Macbeth’s fate‚ or sometimes they manipulate all events. After they gave some prophecies to Macbeth and Banquo‚ He pointed out that “If chance will have me king‚ why‚ chance may crown me/ Without my stir” (I

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