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    Macbeth is a play that is well-known for its variety of supernatural elements, including the witches, the ghost of Banquo, the goddess Hecate, hallucinations, madness, magic and of course the prophecies. Macbeth has the supernatural tied in to it in many ways. This play is saturated with the supernatural, all the plot within this play was either initiated by a supernatural creature or the product of supernatural influence, and the play has even become a supernatural entity itself. In fact, the play’s

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    Macbeth as a Play About the Conflict Between Good and Evil Macbeth is a tragedy, which addresses the inner conflict of people's morality. Furthermore, it appears Shakespeare's intention was to portray the modern day attitudes towards religion and the supernatural of his time. Indeed, the Elizabethan audience the play was written for would have been devout Christians, and would have had strict beliefs towards good and evil. The audience was genuinely afraid of evil,

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    Macbeth the Pupit Macbeth headstrong or a spineless man? Three witches told Macbeth he would be king one day and Banquo's children would be king too. Macbeth gets talked into killing Duncan by Lady Macbeth. This starts his infatuation with becoming king and he has everyone in his way killed and goes back to the witches to learn his fate. He laughs at what they tell him because its very outlandish and because of his arrogance is ultimately killed. The three witches cause Macbeth’s downfall because

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    In Macbeth, which is written by Shakespeare, fate plays a very important part in the play. Macbeth’s fate is fulfilled when he fulfills the prophecy and apparitions that Shakespeare wrote for him. In other words, Shakespeare wrote Macbeth’s fate. Fate is something that unavoidably happens; fate is very similar, if not the same thing, as destiny. In the play, there is a question of whether or not Shakespeare believes that fate has the power to rule people’s lives. There are many examples of fate

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    Defining Macbeth in William Shakespeare's Play The character of Macbeth is a classic example of a Shakespearean tragic hero. There are many factors, which contribute to the degeneration of Macbeth of which three will be discussed. The three points, which contribute greatly to Macbeth's degeneration, are the prophecies, which were told to him by the witches, Lady Macbeth's influence and manipulation of Macbeth's judgment, and finally Macbeth's long time ambition which

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    vents his feelings of his past grief in Macbeth, and he expresses his deep grief over the loss of his younger brother, his father and his mother in 1607, resulting in the creation of his sinister characters. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, he uses symbols, irony, imagery, and characters to show how greed can consume people and turn them into monsters. Macbeth contains many objects that symbolize power. Macbeth hallucinates a dagger, for example, after witches he encounters share a prophecy with

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    word, ambition, is Macbeth from the Shakespearean play Macbeth by non other than William Shakespeare. Macbeth follows the story of a former general named Macbeth who goes crazy with greed and power and does anything to remain king, even murder. Although Macbeth's journey to becoming king may seem simple, it was full of not only emotional but physical triumphs. Throughout the book, Macbeth’s ambition is driven by numerous factors including: the prophecy of the witches, Lady Macbeth, and wanting to stay

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    Why Is Macbeth Relatable

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    “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare is hailed to be one of the greatest tragedies ever written. First performed in 1606, the story of Macbeth is filled with death, guilt, and relatable characters making it a long-lasting favorite among scholars. One of the biggest reasons why the characters in Macbeth are relatable is because they have personalities many readers can relate to. The characters in “Macbeth” have personalities filled with ambition, wit, revenge, and guilt which are feelings all readers

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    Then Macbeth was given a decision, does he execute the king in his own home? Or does he respect his authority as it is, and remain in his position as the Thane of Glamis? Well, in the story of Macbeth, Macbeth is the Thane of Glamis, and he is also a war hero. He conquers many pieces of land, and even gets dubbed the Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth is known for his nobility, bravery, and honor, and he is given to opportunity of either throw all of that away, or to be a good Thane, and obey his king. Macbeth

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    William Shakespeare's Macbeth      In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth was a well-respected man of noble birth, but his fortune was reversed after he turned to darkness. He plummeted endlessly into a chasm of evil until his corrupt life was ended on the edge of Macduff's blade. Whose actions opened up the path of darkness to Macbeth? Whose actions led to Macbeth's demise? The answer is threefold. The weird sisters set Macbeth's fate into motion. Lady Macbeth goaded her husband towards

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