Lord Of Scotland, By William Shakespeare

No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red" Macbeth Quote (Act II, Sc. II).

Before leaving to Ingolstadt Germany in a quest for the information to create life, Victor Frankenstein was a happy person. Victor in his early years lived in peace and happiness with his family, sailing and exploring the beauties of Switzerland. It was not until Victor began work on creating his monster that his life started to change for the worse. Victor described what he believed a perfect person should do saying “A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never allow a passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquility. I do not think that the pursuit of knowledge is an exception to this rule,” (50). Victor on arriving at Ingolstadt had that calm and peaceful mind he described but allowed his passion for wanting the knowledge necessary to

Victor Frankenstein was a young boy, born in Naples, who wanted to explore and figure out what was just beyond his reach through science. “My temper was sometimes violent, and my passions vehement, but by some law in my temperature they were turned, not towards childish pursuits, but to an eager desire to learn… It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn,” (Shelly 37). At the age of thirteen Victor read a work of Cornelius Agrippa‘s, a German physician who was persecuted during his life for his mystical philosophies, while vacationing off the French shore of Lake Geneva. After reading Agrippa, Victor’s feelings toward natural philosophy soon changed into enthusiasm, and he continued to read other author’s including Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus. “I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight, they appeared to me

Shakespeare tragic hero; Macbeth is undoubtedly conveyed as one of literatures greatest fallen heroes. Initially presented as an admirable hero, he self destructs from external and internal forces. The witches ignited Macbeth’s ambition and temptations prove too strong for the one admired war hero, whilst Lady Macbeth prays up on his exceptional being of vaulting ambition. Throughout the essay, the factors influence Macbeth’s downfall will be explored.

Frankenstein is a classic novel that tells the story of a committed science student, Victor Frankenstein and the dangers of science. Victor becomes obsessed with the “cause of generation and life” and after he brings an inanimate matter to life his world is turned upside down and many disturbing questions about the humankind are raised. This book is an excellent example of judgment based on appearances and lack of understanding people but it also has a much larger issue that lies beneath the story. Frankenstein not only tells a terrifying story but also brings some profound questions about the nature of life to light. This larger concept or issue that underlies the story is that we are afraid of scientific advancement in some areas. Frankenstein examines the fears of scientific developments and the danger of exploration.

Victor Frankenstein, a complex character created by Mary Shelley, experienced a complete change in attitude and perspective on the scientific world as he knew it. Between the deaths of his close family and friends, to the constant fight for survival as his own creation stalked him, Victor was under straining circumstances that allowed for his evolution as a character. Pre monster, Victor had strong morals and close relationships with his family. His family was his priority. Victor’s dedication to science was always a constant nagging in the back of his mind, but it did not mean more to him than his family dead. During the formation of his creation, he began to block off his family, especially his fiancee, Elizabeth. His dedication to science was his only priority, above food and hygiene. He was driven by the creation of his monster. After creation, his family members were killed off, eliminating any type of relationship he had with them, he rejected all science and moral values.

Arguably one of the most complex characters in Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein is a whole mess of things. Victor’s true reason for his downfall is his thirst for knowledge, simple. He was obsessed with reading the works of ancient and outdated alchemists. Specifically, the works of Agrippa, Magnus, and Paracelsus. This, coupled with Victor experiencing a thunderstorm at 15, sparks an interest in Natural Sciences. Even though he was told that alchemy was rubbish, he still continues to study it when he cannot get an answer why. Then, when he his mother dies of scarlet fever, Victor becomes obsessed with conquering death. When he arrives at university in Ingolstadt, his knowledge of alchemy and natural sciences is ridiculed. But when

Frankenstein is used as a warning to readers of the consequences of going against the normalities in society through the character of Victor Frankenstein and his ongoing desire of the unknown. At first, Victor’s craving for scientific discovery is exhibited romantically. When Victor first attends the University of Ingolstadt, he throws himself into his schoolwork, saying that “from this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my

The play Macbeth, written by Shakespeare, is about a courageous Scottish general, who strikes with the prophecies by trio witches and his wife spurs that makes him strive for ambition, which eventually leads to his death. Niccollo Machiavell says “Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.” An ambitious person chooses different ways to become successful, either good or sinister way, but depending on the situation. As life consists of challenges and perseverance, the more ambitious a person is, the more greedy it becomes resulting in significant changes to nature. Macbeth’s ambition to become a king leads him to murder Duncan and it renders changes in his character as revealed by his imagination, attitude towards the murder and by his relationship with his wife.

Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a play about the inner struggles of a man who is informed of his possible rise to power, and how those inner struggles ultimately lead to his downfall. The story begins with three weird sister, or witches, planning to meet Macbeth (1.1.1-7). When the weird sisters meet with Macbeth and Banquo, in Act 1, Scene 3, they tell them of three prophecies. The first prophecy, that comes true right away, is that Macbeth will be titled Thane of Cawdor, which the audience learned of in Act 1, Scene 2. The second prophecy is that Macbeth will be the future king of Scotland. The third prophecy is aimed at Banquo, stating that while he will not be king, he will “get kings” (1.3.67), referring to his future family. While Banquo

In the play Macbeth, the secondary characters such as Lady Macbeth, the witches, and Macduff influence the theme and plot.

In Macbeth, we see Lady Macbeth be ruthless in her endeavor to help Macbeth achieve the title of King; at times, she even has more villainous (masculine) tendencies than some of the male characters. Does her violent ‘sacrifice’ - the “murdering ministers” to drink milk from her breast - show her embrace of the cruel and renouncement of the good—a good that is tied into femininity? If her renouncement of the “milk of human kindness” equates to masculinity or villainous behavior, then the text may be saying that her femininity is required to be liked as a female character. This perception of masculinity - a skewed version of gender - do nothing but create and drive the force of the play, creating chaotic outcomes for herself and Macbeth. Lady Macbeth does not understand her own gender and the power it holds, but rather society 's idea of gender is at work. Underneath the lines of the play, the actions taken by Lady Macbeth and Macbeth, the real ‘villain’ of the play is society’s push and drive to render and label people.

This curiosity then leads them to their creations of going past common laws of science. However, this expansion of scientific knowledge begins a treacherous journey ahead of them. Victor Frankenstein’s curiosity all started when he was at the university of Ingolstadt, and during his studies, he became particularly interested in the anatomy of humans; “One of the phaenomena which had peculiarly attracted my attention was he structure of the human frame,” (Shelley 78). As the creation experienced unfriendly and violent interaction despite that his intentions were kind, he wished that Victor would create him a mate. As Victor raised the hopes of the monster as he agreed, then later did not obey his wishes, the monster became his creation’s enemy; “Man, you may hate; but beware!

Reading the play of ‘Macbeth’, Macbeth appears to have contradicted to this frequent image of women, in such tragedy; we can then interpret that lady Macbeth is planning to kill King Duncan.

In many of his plays, William Shakespeare portrays women as more virtuous than men. Lady Macbeth, strong ambitious women who’s confidence, faithful and capable of almost anything.