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    dramatic purposes. The purposes are to create atmosphere and express the emotions used in the play. In act one‚ scene one Shakespeare creates this scene extremely visually dramatic. The opening scene is important The three witches are talking and the first witch says “When shall we three meet again? In thunder lightning‚ or in rain?” This is a good example of darkness imagery because when you think of crashing thunder‚ lightning and rain‚ they all remind you of evil and threatening things. The thunder

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    April 15th‚ 2013 The Witches as the Ultimate Puppet Masters in Macbeth Controlled by three puppet masters‚ Macbeth is merely a marionette without any real control over his ultimate downfall. Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ tells a story of a once highly respected man that falls into the depths of darkness by abandoning his true self for power. Macbeth meets three witches that bear three prophecies‚ the most significant being that he will become king. When Macbeth becomes nervous about

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    The play starts off in medieval Scotland; three witches appear revealing traditions that could be associated with witchcraft: they know in advance that the outcome of a civil war that is being fought in Scotland will involve Macbeth. Macbeth is first introduced into the play as a noble gentleman‚ ready to fight for his land and to do anything for his country. As the play goes on‚ his ambitions are made clear to the audience through his speech and soliloquys. The witches gather in a bleak place‚

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    world that we have not seen before and which we are unsure of whether these three women are good or bad. The scene starts with them at the end of a discussion that was taking place‚ “When shall we three meet again?” We know not of what they were talking about‚ we can only guess. They say mysterious words and speak in riddles‚ “Fair is foul and foul is fair.” This makes the audience curious as to what and who these three women are and what their role is in the play. They speak in oxymoron’s which

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    Canto 3 Symbolism

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    would be given to the other man. Henry L Savage recognizes the connections between the two plots stating‚ “The two series of events are linked not only by the “forward‚” but also by a certain parallelism in their situations” (Savage‚ Henry L). On the three days of the hunt‚ Sir B. and his men hunt a deer‚ which is a symbol

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    Macbeth - a Tragic Hero

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    William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth‚ written in the 1600’s is a perfect example of Shakespeare’s ability to manipulate his audience through creating a tragic hero. A tragic hero who‚ because of a flaw‚ tumbles from a well-respected hero to a cowardless murderer. It is through Shakespeare’s manipulation of figurative language‚ dramatic conventions and social expectations of the seventeenth century‚ do the audience witness the demise of this mixed up man. Macbeth’s persona of the tragic hero is enhanced

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    protect and serve. The Tragedy of Macbeth by Shakespeare is a tragedy about how a knight is stuck in between loyalty and ambition. Three witches tell Macbeth he would become Thane of Cawdor and later king. Once Thane of Cawdor‚ Macbeth pressured by his wife‚ begins to see his future as king‚ but realizes he has obstacles in the way. Pressured by Lady Macbeth‚ the three witches‚ and his ambition for the throne‚ Macbeth commits murder under trust and treason. To begin with‚ murder under trust is the

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    Research Paper On Goblins

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    Dwarfs‚ elves‚ and the goblins all make and have their own music style. Dark music‚ calm music‚ adventurous‚ joyful music all home to three races. For the Dwarves their music is adventurous and sometimes very dark. For the elves have calm music nice and soothing it is also joyful. Last for the goblins they sing dark and evil and is mainly about killing. Dwarven music is very adventurous and sometimes dark like on the misty mountains. Before then when it was all just a lot of music to keep their

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    He has already earned the title of Thane of Glamis‚ and as foretold by the three witches‚ will soon take reign as the Thane of Cawdor. These titles indicate that Macbeth had achieved the ranking of political importance‚ and is moving up in the ranks of Scottish nobility. Duncan addresses Macbeth as‚ “valiant cousin‚ worthy gentleman”

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    The Blaming of the Downfall of Macbeth William Shakespeare’s Macbeth has a character who goes insane due to the taunting of three sneaky witches. The witches explain to Macbeth that if he “gets rid of King Duncan‚” he will become king. Slowly but surely‚ Macbeth and his shady wife plot the murder of the King which eventually leads to his downfall. Macbeth’s wife‚ who is known in the play as Lady Macbeth‚ messes with Macbeth’s mind by telling him that she would question his manhood if he

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