There is a thin line between greed and ambition in the tragedy play‚ Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare. Many people‚ who seek success‚ crave power‚ recognition‚ and money. Macbeth’s greed comes mainly from his ambition to obtain power. He went from an honorable conqueror to an infamous traitor. Several people‚ such as Macduff’s family‚ Banquo‚ and King Duncan‚ were killed along the way of Macbeth’s lust for complete and utter control.
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fearless soldier and is celebrated by the nobles of Scotland‚ as well as the King: “For brave Macbeth- well he deserves that name-” (1.2. 18) He is praised as a courageous and loyal man. Unfortunately‚ this character trait changes when Macbeth meets the witches who greet him with a prophecy telling him that he will be king: “All hail‚ Macbeth! That shalt be King hereafter.” (1.3. 53) Macbeth‚ blindly trusting the divination‚ is attracted to the idea of himself as king; and being an ambitious man‚ he plans
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In Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Macbeth three witches prophesied that Macbeth would be king. Doing what anyone else would do‚ he told his wife and she brewed up this plan to murder the king. The king would be staying at the Macbeth’s castle‚ Inverness for a party. At first Macbeth was against the plan but Lady Macbeth was not backing down and talked him into it. “Macbeth talks himself into a kind of thoughtful stupor as he tries to work out the situation for himself. In the following scene‚
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but Macduff was born of a c-section. To start‚ dramatic irony is selected to use in order to start building suspense when Duncan enters Macbeth´s castle. Macbeth returns home from being a war general in Norway‚ and he receives his prophecy from three
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is expressed by the witches‚ weather‚ as well as Macbeth and lady Macbeth’s actions. Shakespeare uses the witches for creating dark and evil imagery. In Macbeth’s first confrontation with the witches‚ they release darkness within him. The witches made Macbeth kill Duncan with their wicked ways. Banquo tells Macbeth that the witches are “instruments of darkness” (Shakespeare‚ 1‚ 3‚ 24). Banquo means the witches are agents of evil and can lead to Macbeth’s downfall. The witches set the atmosphere of
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Is there a limit as to how far someone should go to get what they want? Is there justification in killing‚ lying‚ or stealing to achieve something one may desire? Each person has their own moral incentives and upbringings yet excessive ambition may affect or lapse one’s moral standards and beliefs. Ambition is the drive and determination everyone has in order to achieve their goals. Whether someone chooses to do this consciously‚ and refrains from harming others‚ or vice versa‚ can only be determined
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(Many of the people who were persecuted as witches from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries were those of a seemingly inferior mindset‚ those who are blamed for problems in the community and those who were social outcasts.) This time period occurred throughout the Protestant‚ Catholic and Scientific revolutions. The victims of the witch trials were usually persecuted in Europe as a whole however focused on areas like South Western Europe. Witches were usually people who were considered inferior
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Once the exposition is established by the witches’ famous dialogue‚ “Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair” (I. i. 10)‚ the reversal moral order is introduced as the theme of the play. This incident precedes the introduction of the diverse belief of both Macbeth and Banquo concerning the witches. Although Macbeth questions the witches’ prophecies in the beginning‚ he still maintains a flicker of hope that the prophecies are true. Macbeth’s belief in the witches’ predictions reveals to the audience that
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William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth is a story about a Scottish soldier who becomes power hungry after listening to a prophecy that three “weird” sisters foretell. They claim that Macbeth‚ Thane of Glamis‚ will become Thane of Candor followed by becoming King of Scotland. But things take a turn when Macbeth realizes that Banquo’s off spring stood between him and the glory of the crown. With some urging from Lady Macbeth‚ she sets the tyrant deeds in motion‚ leading to the death of King Duncan. Finally
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Macbeth has a high social ranking in Scotland as he’s a noble kinsmen and is known well by everyone. With respect from his peers‚ he leads a wealthy life with peace of mind. However‚ his lust for ambition and self-validation of his foretold prophecies exposes him to his deceiving future and as he plots his plan of murderous deeds‚ he finds himself falling into a state of poverty‚ from which he acknowledges how he got what he wanted‚ but has anyone or anything left to love. Macbeth goes back and forth
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