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    move‚ he’s froze in his steps! So many thoughts going there his mind‚ but why did he do it? You can clearly see that he regrets it‚ so why did he kill the king? Was it for himself or was Lady Macbeth’s pressure to much so he did or maybe was it the witches put a spell on him? I I have done my research and I strongly believe that it was his wife’s fault she pushed him into killing King Duncan! So first off most people won’t realize the hold a wife has over her husband‚until they’re married! In one part

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    Macbeth Symbolism Analysis

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    In the play‚ “Macbeth” written by Shakespeare there are many deaths and strange happenings taking place. Many of the main characters begin to die off‚ really taking you by surprise. Shakespeare had an interesting idea to include the use of symbolism and imagery throughout his play. Symbolism is the use of symbols to explain the meaning of qualities‚ emotions‚ or ideas. Imagery is a description of visual symbolism in a literary work. There were multiple uses of symbolism and imagery acknowledged from

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    the first scene‚ we are introduced to three witches who foresee what is about to happen ‘when the battle’s lost‚ and won”. To add to their image and idea of magic‚ Shakespeare uses rhyme for their dialogue‚ to create a spell like rhythm and sound. Shakespeare then introduces us to the character Macbeth for the first time‚ when the witches mention his name. This again arouses our interest in Macbeth‚ as we begin to assume he is associated with the witches and therefore; with evil. However‚ in the next

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    Greed In Macbeth

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    The play Macbeth is about a man who meets three witches who tell him about his future. He doesn’t really like what they tell him‚ so he kills people who get in his way of becoming King. His actions end up catching up with him which results in his death which was a tragedy. Lady Macbeth is responsible for the tragedy of Macbeth because she was convincing‚ manipulative‚ and greedy. Lady Macbeth is responsible for the tragedy of Macbeth because she convinced Macbeth to kill Duncan so he could become

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    Is Macbeth A Tyrant?

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    “All hail‚ Macbeth! Hail to thee‚ thane of Glamis!” the second witch says‚ “all hail‚ Macbeth‚ hail to thee‚ thane of Cawdor!” the third witch says‚ “All hail‚ Macbeth‚ thou shalt be king hereafter!” (N.p.‚n.d. Web 2015). The prophecy that these witches cause Macbeth to wonder about fate and ultimately drive his ambition causing him to commit murder so he may fulfill his prophecy. He begins by killing Duncan and blaming the drugged up guards. Macbeth then hires an assassin to kill Banquo and his

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    Greek Goddess of sorcery‚ crossroads‚ ghosts‚ and necromancy‚ scolded the three witches for spoiling Macbeth’s fate by telling him the path he was eventually going to end up taking. Insinuating that they knew his fate‚ they told him that he would become Thane of Cawdor and continue on to gain the title of king. Macbeth’s murdering of the king was the path that he was always going to take-- it was his fate. The Three Witches‚ also known as the Weïrd Sisters‚ are the other main characters of the play

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    Banquo act 2 scene 1

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    surprised to see him still up. Banquo says that the king is asleep and mentions that he had a dream about the “three weird sisters.” When Banquo suggests that the witches have revealed “some truth” to Macbeth‚ Macbeth claims that he has not thought of them at all since their encounter in the woods. He and Banquo agree to discuss the witches’ prophecies at a later time. Banquo and Fleance leave‚ and suddenly‚ in the darkened hall‚ Macbeth has a vision of a dagger floating in the air before him‚ its

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    Macbeth Good And Evil

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    Good and evil is a major theme that is found in all forms of literature from the past and in present day. This theme is often progressed from the transition of a good character to an evil one. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the vital character‚ Macbeth is first seen as a noble‚ brave and trustworthy hero but is later seen as a horrific inhumane murderer. The causes to his change is not because he is naturally born evil‚ but is due to the influences of others surrounding his environment. Other

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    been less willing to help kill Macbeth. Another reasons for equivocation is you can make alliteration to occur which can help with sound devices and allow for sound devices to happen (Visual Thesaurus). For example in Act 1 scene 1 line 10-11 the witches say “Fair is foul and foul is fair‚ / Hover through the fog and filthy air”‚ some other words could have been placed here and the same meaning would come through (1.1.10-11). All the “f’s” could have been changed to other constants but the sound “fff”

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    Lady Macbeth Is To Blame

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    honorable? I know Macbeth has done something horrible. But I can not put my finger on it. I do not understand. Macbeth is now king. And when we met with the three witches‚ they predicted Macbeth would become king. But they also said that my boy‚ Fleance‚ would be perched upon the throne. Why can evil never speak the truth? But‚ the witches had predicted that Macbeth would become king‚ then Fleance will sit on the throne one day. How can this be possible? Duncan is dead

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