Macbeth Soliloquy

I consider Macbeth’s dagger soliloquy from Act Two, Scene One to be one of the most revealing speeches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is because it demonstrates the effect that a character’s actions have on the way they think about moral issues. The speech takes place while Macbeth is on his way to kill King Duncan. At the beginning of the speech, Macbeth is feeling guilty about what he is about to do. This is shown by the fact that he is seeing a dagger that is not there. His use of rhetoric in the statement “Is this a dagger I see before me, / the handle towards my hand?” shows the reader that Macbeth is uncertain about the substantiality of the dagger. Macbeth has clearly been thinking about the effects of the murder so much his conscience has presented him with an image of that which he is dreading. His statement “heat-oppressed brain” also tells the reader he has been so wrought up about the murder, he is hallucinating

“Macbeth” and “Macbeth retold” by Mark Brozel, share many comparisons yet have many vital differences.

“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer,” is a universal truism throughout our society, that has been said an infinity amount of times. Every single person in your life is there for a certain reason. If they aren’t getting want they want from you then they have no reason for sticking around. They’re always around when they need something from you, but when you need them, “BAM!” they are gone!

The scene in the play is called the sleepwalking scene. This scene is where Lady Macbeth was sleeping but started walking around and talking about all of Macbeth’s secrets. The doctor and the gentlewoman heard Lady Macbeth spill Macbeth’s secrets. This was one of the two weakest moments in the Lady Macbeth’s character. The secrets she told were Duncan’s murder, Banquo’s murder, and the Macduff massacre. The doctor who was there to observe Lady Macbeth knew what she was saying as she was telling all of Macbeth’s secrets. The doctor told the gentle woman “This disease is beyond my practice” (5.1.57). When the doctor said this, he meant that Lady Macbeth is so out of control and so depressed that she needed to see a priest because of the evil work that was done. This was not a medical issue it was a mental one and there was nothing he could do about it. At this point in the play, Lady Macbeth was very depressed. She was not close with Macbeth anymore and she could not bear to face the fact that she had turned her husband into a murdering

“Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.” – Buddha. Buddha was a wise man and knew that someone who is ambitious can get very impatient when it comes to delaying their plan and having rivals that share the same goals. Ambition is often the result of one good thing happening which leads to one pursuing their dreams more and more. Although ambition can be a good thing, it can also be bad. Twisting people 's judgment on reality and making them perform actions they wouldn 't normally do. Such is the case in Macbeth where ambition causes Macbeth to go through with a murderous plot to become king that involves his wife plotting the murder and going insane. In the play Macbeth, Shakespeare expresses the theme of ambition by

In lines 17-23 the message conveyed is everyday is just another day closer to your death that is inevitable. This is shown by the repetition of tomorrow when Macbeth says “ tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow.”(19) This shows the dread of going onto the next day because it will not lead to anything different. Macbeth also uses a cold tone that is conveyed when he says “ She should have died hereafter.”(17) This allows the audience to see how disconnected Macbeth is because Macbeth feels that everyone is similar and it doesn’t matter what happens. Finally, Shakespeare uses depressing diction to such as “petty”(20), “fools”(22) and “dusty.”(23) This shows how low Macbeth views life and people as a

Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’ is about the leading male protagonist succumbing to his ambition and need for power. Though Macbeth is liable for his own actions, he is not solely responsible for the events that eventually result in his downfall. Macbeth is corrupted by his wife, Lady Macbeth, as well as the three weird sisters. Macbeth’s contribution towards his downfall is his strong ambitious nature. Lady Macbeth is the person who induces Macbeth to assassinate King Duncan. The three weird sisters (witches) play with Macbeth’s ambitious nature and sense of security. Macbeth’s downfall is due to himself and two external factors.

Lady Macbeth's ambitious nature was a large part of the play. Lady Macbeth often brought Macbeth's manhood into question whenever he was weary of going through with something, even something as atrocious as murder. For example, “Yet do I fear thy nature; / It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness / To catch the nearest way”(1.5.14-16). In this quote she basically says that he is too much of a wuss to follow through with their plan to elevate their social status. Lady Macbeth was also the one who planted the daggers on the guards when Macbeth couldn't follow through with it. If she hadn't have done that there is a good chance that they could have been caught. She asks “Why did you bring these daggers from the place? / They must lie there:

I,Malcolm, let Macbeth do anything to be king. While I watch him ruin his legacy.Macbeth proves his loyalty to Duncan by serving him. Macbeth states, " the service and the loyalty I owe in doing it pays itself(I.iv.25) To avoid being taken advantage of, Macbeth must demonstrate that he is not weak. He fulfills this by taking the cowardly way out and murdering Duncan King of Scotland. He acts out because he is jealous and feels as if he deserves to be king. At this point once Macbeth displays that he is no longer loyal to his once King of Scotland, who said " for brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name"(I.ii.95). A disloyal Macbeth cannot accept the promotion to thane of Cawdor, so he get greedy and does the unthinkable. Macbeth says, "Let not light see my black and deep desires: the eye wink at the hand yet let that be which the eye fears, when it is done to see"(I.ii.50-53). These words reveal Macbeth's deep desire to be king, after King Duncan announces that his son Malcolm will be the one to take the throne after him.

In scene 4 of act 2 Macduff reveals to the Thane of Ross that king Duncan’s death, during the middle of a crazy storm. Before knowing about the king’s death an old man says that “[h]ours dreadful and thing strange” (2.4.3-4). This quote allows the audience to understand that the world is acting crazy, where it is dark during the day and that animals’ behaviors are changing. This is why I have a picture of a storm in my slide. In addition,

Less sleep and a lot of wicked thoughts and dreams. This shows lady Macbeth as being wicked, untrustable and dreadful because she was the one to fill Macbeth’s head with wrong actions and told him that it will be okay and that no one will find out. After lady Macbeth told Macbeth to kill the king and he did so, later in the play lady Macbeth started to feel the guilt and was seen walking in her sleep multiple times in which has been seen by the gentlewoman who said “Since his Majesty went into the field, I have seen her rise from her bed, throw her nightgown upon her, unlock her closet, take forth paper, fold it, write upon't, read it, afterwards seal it, and again return to bed; yet all this while in a most fast sleep”(5.1.4-9) and after a doctor observed her he said ”This disease is beyond my practice. Yet I have known those which have walked in their sleep, who have died holily in their beds”(5.2.62-64). In this quote “Since his Majesty went into the field, I have seen her rise from her bed, throw her nightgown upon her, unlock her closet, take forth paper, fold it, write upon't, read it, afterwards seal it, and again return to bed; yet all this while in a most fast sleep” lady Macbeth is being showed as being concerned about Macbeth and what might happen to him because of her. Additionally, the night when the doctor

This quote triggers the inquisition in my mind -are valiant acts ever committed alone? Has a person ever made a decision based off of their own opinion, or do others’ opinions happen to factor in. Over the course of House of Cards and Macbeth, the majority of key decisions formulated required two peoples’ contribution in order to come up with the most compelling vision. This idea is shown in both House of Cards and Macbeth, and manifested through the dynamic of husband and wife.

So he kills many more people who he believes suspect him of murder. He becomes suspicious and insecure. He is scared of what he has done and fearful of deeds to follow. One of the main pieces of evidence that portrays a breakdown within the person is Macbeth's inability to sleep. This comes forward in Act two Scene 2 "I heard a voice cry `Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep'" (lines 33-34). Sleep was seen as the natural end to the day and it was unnatural to not be able to sleep. Macbeth lost the ability to restore himself within his mind and his body, therefore becoming abnormal. The fact that Banquo's ghost appeared to him at the banquet shows his troubled conscience - his murderous deeds are playing on his mind. The vision of the ghost also represents the fact that after Macbeth killed Banquo, he entered into the world of the supernatural at a level that he had never stooped to before. All the evidence above portrays a steadily growing breakdown within the person - within Macbeth.

William Shakespeare’s play entitled Macbeth is a bloody tragedy about ambition, evil, guilt and moral corruption. The story emphasizes a lot on the consequences or aftermath of the bad deeds that Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth do and the growing impact it has on them in turn. Lady Macbeth a woman driven by her assertiveness, boldness, strength and ambition for her husband could not escape the guilt that eventually caught up to her and destroyed her. In Act 5 scene 1, Lady Macbeth is sleep walking and goes insane due to the guilt and remorse that finally catches up to her. This scene is the most important because it changes the reader’s view on Lady Macbeth and Macbeth as characters and it also

The play ‘Macbeth’ uses soliloquies with great effect to express the thoughts of individual characters, particularly in the case of the protagonist, Macbeth. In Act V Scene V, strong words from Macbeth convey to the reader two themes of the play.  This soliloquy demonstrates the play's use of irony and the use of the disparity between the great opposition of light and darkness as symbols for both life and death.  This soliloquy is quite significant to the play as a whole since it demonstrates two very important themes as well as leading to a better understanding of Macbeth.