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    eventually lead to their downfall. Shakespeare has created Macbeth as a tragic hero. Macbeth’s movement from a hero to a villain is achieved through various language and dramatic techniques which through acts 1‚ 2 and 3 leads to his eventual downfall. Within Act 1 Macbeth was was acknowledged for fighting to King Duncan‚ and even praised as an honourable man. Banquo says in Act 1 scene 3 “Worthy Macbeth‚ we stay upon your leisure". The irony of this quote as Macbeth at the time was thinking of murder

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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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    the SSID without the help of a field or network technician. By having the customer complete this we are helping the customer increase the security of their wireless network. This will save the technician time and the company money. The primary audience of my instruction manual is Fios internet customers. They for the most part have a high school diploma with some having a bachelor’s degree. Fios customers have various jobs from construction worker‚ school teacher‚ small business owner‚ and college

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    Holly Barkeley Mrs. Erlanger English 4 19 October 2012 Macbeth Journals Metaphor: “Out‚ out brief candle” (V‚ v‚ 3) In this scene of the play‚ Macbeth is responding to the news of Lady Macbeth’s suicide. He is comparing the light of the candle to the life of lady Macbeth that has been shortened. Now we can see that the candle’s flame has become a metaphor for her short life and sudden death. This is a very useful tactic that Shakespeare used in the play because it allowed the reader to not only

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    MURDER BLOOD FAITHLESSNESS DECEPTION AMBITION Mrs. Moulton • British Literature Macbeth A tragedy By William Shakespeare The Rise and Fall of a Great Man Mrs. Moulton • British Literature The Scottish Play is based loosely on an episode from history‚ the death of King Duncan at the hands of his kinsman Macbeth. Mrs. Moulton • British Literature Source of the play Shakespeare’s source for his story is Raphael Holinshed’s Chronicles of England‚ Scotland and Ireland (1577) Mrs

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    Influences Of Shakespeare

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    part of the 2012 Summer Olympics hosted in London‚ the Royal Shakespeare Company challenged theater groups around the world to create contemporary re-imaginings of 16th century playwright William Shakespeare’s classics.” This was one of William Shakespeare’s global influence which means that Shakespeare wanted acting groups from other countries reenact some of Shakespeare’s plays. This connects to my argument by explaining to 9th graders what it is like experiencing many different challenges around the

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    Many of the plays written by Shakespeare in his time were performed to influence his audience and provoke thought and debate the social‚ cultural and economic events that were taking place at that time. Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ in particular‚ was a reflection of the events happening during the Elizabethan era. In this essay‚ the focus is mainly on Act IV scene IV and the speech of Hamlet and the essay focuses on answering the question of the effect Hamlet had on the audience in the Elizabethan era‚ specifically

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    of Macbeth is a play analyzing evil in people‚ and the nature of that evil. It also shows the struggle that people have when deciding on a certain action to take‚ or a struggle with a decision already made. In the play‚ Shakespeare uses Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to portray some of the different types of evil that can manifest in a person. Macbeth begins the play as a celebrated war hero‚ Thane of Glamis‚ and a man who had slain Macdonwald and fought off an attack by Norway. For this‚ Macbeth was

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    Macbeth is an epic hero in one of William Shakespeare well known tragedy. In the story‚ Macbeth’s personality drastically changes over time. He goes from being an extremely powerful soldier to a blood thirsty king. Because of his ambition and the inner conflict encountered‚ Macbeth’s character diverges from what is expected. In the beginning‚ Macbeth and his best friend Banquo are fighting side by side for king Duncan “… Till that Bellona’s bridegroom‚ lapped in proof‚ confronted him with

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    What would you do if….. I know teaching will have its hard times. I also know that that some students can be extremely rude and disrespectful. If the students knocked down my lesson plan I would let them know the hard work I put into it. I know this wouldn’t make them change how they felt about the lesson plan but I would also ask them if they had any brilliant plans‚ and how could they make this interesting. I would then make sure I give extra homework that night for being disrespectful; hopefully

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