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    Macbeth corrupts the power of rule and becomes self centered and greedy. The corruption of power creates self centeredness and revenge. Early in the play, Macbeth emerges as the definition of what it means to be a man, Macbeth takes his time so everything will be one right and no one will question him when he takes throne. Fortunately, Macbeth’s decision to rethink the plan of Duncan's murder enables him to change his plan so he can kill Duncan and will have it be “done quickly”. After Macbeth

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    Free Will In Macbeth

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    In the play, ‘Macbeth’ the playwright, William Shakespeare depicts many examples of free will which cause Macbeth to suffer under the decisions that he made. Macbeth uses his free will to make multiple decisions to gain full control by becoming king of Scotland. Macbeth’s decisions that he makes in the play cause him to suffer in numerous ways. His decisions of listening to the witches’ prophecies, his wife Lady Macbeth and his will to kill many to fulfill the prophecies make Macbeth suffer physically

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    Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of most popular and highly regarded plays. The play is a tragedy and follows the rise and fall of Macbeth. One of the more interesting themes in the play is that of the role of the supernatural. The supernatural is woven into the natural world and has multiple interactions with Macbeth. The meddling of supernatural forces in the natural realm is dangerous as these forces disrupt the natural order, turn Macbeth from an innocent and loyal Thane to a ruthless tyrant, and

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    about is Macbeth by William Shakespeare. During the start of the play, Macbeth was a loyal person with his wife “Lady Macbeth”. Until something happens to him and his family. Macbeth and Banquo went to go see the witches, but he didn’t want to accept the witches prophecies, but Lady Macbeth finds out about the witches. She has a strong desire for ambitious and her cold nature leads Macbeth away from the straight and narrow. During the scene where Lady Macbeth brain washes her husband “Macbeth” to kill

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    ever regretted a moment so much that you wish you could change it? This resonates with the protagonists of Macbeth as they grapple with restless thoughts of guilt from their aspirations, Lady Macbeth suffers the worst as she struggles within herself on what's wrong and right until eventually it eats her up and ends her. Ambition is the catalyst that spirals Macbeth and his wife into unending guilt. Ambition is the main cause for all of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s wrongdoings and eventually their downfall

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    Lady Macbeth's Guilt

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    Although she appears in a relatively small portion of Macbeth compared to her husband, the titular character, Lady Macbeth is one of the most captivating and influential characters within the play. In the play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare in the early 17th Century, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plot to murder the King of Scotland in order to take power for themselves. Lady Macbeth plays a key role as the instigator of this plot and intervenes in Macbeth’s actions several times in order to maintain

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    Macbeth refers to Lady Macbeth as his “partner” so he recognises her as an equal which during the Jacobean era would cause shock to ripple across the crowd as in that time period women where considered underlings when compared to men and would do what men specified as womanly duties. However, in Macbeth, Lady Macbeth used manipulation to achieve her thirst for superiority over others a supposedly male ambition. In the play I believe that Shakespeare is trying to tell the audience that women can

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    The Start of Evil Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare in the 1600 century. It is one of Shakespeare’s most well known tragedies, and continues to be studied to this day. It is a dark and gloomy play, as the main character, Macbeth, gets a taste for evil and kills the king of Scotland, King Duncan, in order to become king himself. After this moment there is a rapid increase of evil in him, as he starts to kill more and more people who upset him or are a threat to the throne. One of

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    observed in Shakespeare’s tragedy play Macbeth. Where Shakespeare uses symbolism to illustrate Macbeth's descent into madness. The three main symbols used by Shakespeare to symbolize Macbeth’s and Lady Macbeth’s descent into madness are, weather, blood, and sleep. These three symbols were used by Shakespeare to illustrate the downfall of the Macbeths. In Macbeth, weather is used as a symbol to foreshadow the future, and this is visible when at the start of Macbeth we see the three witches discussing

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    Throughout the past eras and generations, mankind has to choose between becoming good or evil. People can change into an evil or good person depending on their surroundings. One character who takes a dark path into evil is Lady Macbeth. In the tragedy Macbeth, by the famous William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth leads a path of darkness after assisting her husband, Macbeth, in murdering King Duncan. Lady Macbeth plays as an important character throughout the story in that she is different from stereotypical female

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