The Letter in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

William Shakespeare's play Macbeth written in 1605-1606, is a brilliant and dramatic piece of art about how the Scots and Macbeth butchered the whole Danish army. People set high goals or purposes with significant meaning in Shakespeare's time. People back then set their goals by working very hard to get better or getting done what they set out to achieve. People did anything and everything to get a better job or get wealthier back then. Many people told lies to their employer to advance in their jobs. Also, others purposely did things to their fellow workers to get them in trouble so they could get higher on the latter at work. The characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the play did

Macbeth is the main character in this Play, he is at the beginning a guy who seems emotionless and cold. He wants to be king and to have the ultimate power, he wants his wife to be happy and proud of him.To achieve all his goals he tries everything to become a friend of the king, duncan, and is really nice to him even thought he just has the ultimate power in his mind. After a while Macbeth is getting tired of always being nice and faking everything so his wife is trying to persuade him to keep doing everything to be king. Macbeth is getting help from three witches who set them all the thoughts about being king in his mind, with his wife many people want to convince him to kill duncan, so Macbeth is under a lot of pressure. At the end of the play when macbeth killed duncan and reached his goal to be king,he is really confident and full of himself what makes him think he can get anything and win everything, but when he fights against Mcduff his head got cut off and he dies.

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Originally, she was more ambitious than Macbeth, the driving force behind King Duncan’s death. For a time, this ambition made her fearless. She treats the matter as if it was a casual, every-day occurrence, scolding the worried Macbeth for “using those thoughts of which should indeed have died with them they think on [and encouraging him to think that] things without all remedy should be without regard. What’s done is done” (3:2:12-14). However, it is not long after Macbeth kills everyone in Macduff’s castle that her guilty conscience takes over her mind. Lady Macbeth begins sleepwalking while reliving every moment from the night of King Duncan’s death. She scrubs the nonexistent blood off of her hands, yelling “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!—One, two. Why, then, ’tis time to do ’t. Hell is murky!—Fie, my lord, fie! A soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?—Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him (5:1:25-28). Unconsciously, Lady Macbeth has become paranoid about being discovered. The longer she sleepwalks, the more paranoid she becomes. Her speech takes on a more rapid pace when she “hears” knocking, urging Macbeth “to bed, to bed. There’s knocking at the gate. Come, come, come, come. . . What’s done cannot be undone.—To bed, to bed, to bed! (5:1:45-47). Lady Macbeth’s guilty conscience and paranoia,

“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

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.

I forsake you and your cruel intentions as a traitor to the crown. Your actions correlate with treason and must be held accountable in a court of law. Moreover, You must reveal your wrongdoing and take responsibility for your bloodthirsty ambition. As vile as your heart’s aspiration is, betraying your own people is an unacceptable method to achieve success. How could you slaughter the very man who dines in your castle and promotes you? Wisdom often tends to distinguish men with hopeful determination from fools with fallacious ambition. Shall I declare you a fool? Nevertheless, Macbeth, admit your exploits to the people and accept your punishment. Destiny is never guaranteed, and fate cannot justify senseless actions.

In the play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, an important character is Macbeth. The writer develops the personality of said character throughout the play using contrast, dialogue, actions, thoughts, and commentary. Through this the audience is able to observe the personality transformation Macbeth undergoes throughout the course of the play.

When Macbeth first learns of his prophecy of becoming King of Scotland, he sends a letter to Lady Macbeth, who immediately thinks of the quickest way to get Macbeth onto the throne. She calls on the dark spirits to help her plan the murder of King Duncan and hopes that the darkness can be in her. She wishes so that she may be able to commit the murder with her husband and be free of the guilt afterwards. Lady Macbeth never doubts these murderous thoughts, showing that she is ambitious and power-hungry. She is also characterized as clever when she persuades Macbeth into committing the murder when he is unsure of doing the deed. Her strong-willed mind is also shown when she takes the daggers from Macbeth, who is too shaken up by what he had done, and she puts them back in Duncan’s chambers. After the murder, Lady Macbeth seems the least guilty of the two, and she can feel as if nothing has happened. Her character starts to change, however, when she feels unhappy in her position as queen. She starts to feel the regrets of killing King Duncan, and she begins to doubt herself. Lady Macbeth soon feels so guilty that she sleepwalks, talking in her sleep about her and her husband’s horrible deeds. This takes away from her powerful characterization in the beginning. Lady Macbeth goes from being a ruthless, dark woman to a guilt-burdened sleepwalker with little

Lady Macbeth encourages the murder of Duncan. When Macbeth starts to go crazy over the thought of being caught, she acts in a calm manor. Lady Macbeth states, “The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures” (II.ii.52-3). She tells him dead and sleeping people cannot hurt him. Although in this event, Lady Macbeth seems like she doesn’t have and mental deterioration yet, she hides it better than Macbeth. Her guilt starts to show in her sleep. She utters, “Come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What’s done cannot be undone” (V.i.46). Lady Macbeth relives the murderous scenes while sleepwalking. She mumbles on and on about washing the blood from her hands and covering up the crime. Lady Macbeth is reenacting when she hurries up Macbeth so they wouldn’t be caught. All of her guilt is being involuntarily shown in her

Firstly, in the beginning, Macbeth appears as a valiant soldier with a good and clear conscience. His ability to sleep at night symbolizes his clear conscience. However, as the play progresses, his conscience is severely disturbed, and he experiences sleeplessness. The imagery in this quote shows after murdering Duncan, Macbeth is unable to sleep because he is hearing an unnatural voice stating that the guilty do not sleep. In addition, the voice is referring to the titles of Macbeth to say that he is not going to sleep anymore. His insomnia is a result of his fear and guilt. His guilt forces him to think further of the act that he has committed rather than the rest he needs. Further in the play, Macbeth realizes that the only way to make his fear and guilt vanish is by killing anyone who threatens his kingship. This makes Macbeth's inner conscience believe that killing people is right. Therefore, it proves that Macbeth forgets the taste of fear and guilt as the play continues. This is because by murdering so many innocent people he has killed his true conscience that was able to sense guilt. Consequently, when he did have a clear conscience, he felt that by murdering Duncan, he has murdered his sleep. Secondly, Lady Macbeth is the complete opposite of her husband. She experiences no guilt after the murder of Duncan. However, as the play continues, Lady Macbeth's conscience begins to develop. Close to the end of the play, it is seen that her inner conscience has become guilty as she sleepwalks at

     Shakespeare used clothing both symbolically and as a vehicle of character definition. Clothes were often used in Macbeth's case to symbolize his titles.  Symbolic clothing is identified when Ross tells Macbeth of his new title Thane of Cawdor when Macbeth does not know of the Thane's treason,

Laurence Sterne once wrote, “No body, but he who has felt it, can conceive what a plaguing thing it is to have a man’s mind torn asunder by two projects of equal strength, both obstinately pulling in a contrary direction at the same time.” This passage embodies one of the over arching themes of Macbeth. The character Macbeth, in Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, could easily identify with this passage due to the fact that he is pulled in opposite directions by both his desire to do what is right and his desire for power.

The next stop on the path to Macbeth’s downfall is sending the letter of the witches’ prophecies to Lady Macbeth. Consumed by the thought that she could be queen, Lady Macbeth begins to plot murdering Duncan. She knows that her husband is “too full of the milk of human kindness” (I, v) to actually go through with it on his own. She also recognizes that if she plans it, she can get him to do it for her. Adamant that he will not kill

Lady Macbeth is the most interesting and complex character in Shakespeare's play, Macbeth. She is, in fact, the point on which the action pivots: without her there is no play.