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    Macbeth In the book “Macbeth” written by William Shakespeare the character Macbeth faced many changes in his character development. Such as when Lady Macbeth calls out his manhood, when Macbeth becomes king and kills Banquo, or when he kills Macduff’s family. Macbeth has changed throughout the play in multiple ways. Shakespeare has shown that Macbeth started out as nice gentlemen and turned an evil self-centered king which ended up getting him killed. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth was

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    The character of Macbeth is like a crazy girlfriend, they change so fast. Its starts out great, at one moment she's happy loving and flawless, then out of nowhere she becomes a psychotic crazy lunatic who tries to murder and kill everything that is in her path. Just like Macbeth, the people view him as a kind, courageous noble warrior. But we soon see that Macbeth becomes something that was unforeseeable, as the play unfolded these true traits are displayed. Unlike a crazy girlfriend, she only

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    Theater of the Mind In the play “Macbeth” written by William Shakespeare, the main person is called Macbeth. Macbeth’s character changes throughout the play a lot. His ambition for power and manipulation by other people made him become ruthless and brutal. In the beginning, he is described as brave or worthy gentleman. “But all’s too weak, For brave Macbeth—well he deserves that name—Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel, Which smoked with bloody execution, Like valor’s minion carved out

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    Macbeth is a famous play created by William Shakespeare, where the protagonist is a character named Macbeth, which, during the play has different transformations in his personality making him a very interesting character. In the following paragraphs we will be analyzing the changes he went through and how it affected his way of acting, how he goes from good to bad, and from bad to worse. In the first part of the play, we can see that Macbeth is fighting in the war, meaning that he is brave ,and

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    Throughout the play of The Tragedy of Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, the character of Macbeth makes a significant transition. From before the murder of Duncan, to after the murder, he has morphed into a completely different individual. Specifically, his motivations, behaviors, and qualities as a person changed drastically. First and foremost, before Duncan's murder, Macbeth is seen as an overall good person. The play even opens not with Macbeth himself, but the other characters praising

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    Macbeth not only from the way he thinks and speaks but from his actions too . he actually becomes paranoid . at the beginning he is a respected thane who has shown loyalty to the king , but soon after Macbeth fails to resist ambition and the encouragements of the prophecy and his wife , he murders the king to take his throne . this betrayal leads Macbeth into a state of guilt and fear , somehow persuading him o kill again and again to satisfy his paranoia .  well , we can see lady Macbeth change

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    After reading the first act of Macbeth, I can truly say that it was quite a thrill. I experienced a variety of emotions as we followed Macbeth gain the respect of King Duncan and Scotland to finally agreeing to kill the King. At the beginning of the play, I pictured the grotesque witches in a shrill voice plotting the demise of Macbeth. At this point, I wondered what their agenda was. Why did they want to meet Macbeth? To ruin him? Later as we were introduced to King Duncan, we were also presented

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    Macbeth is a strong character who, before the events of Macbeth, was a honorable and good guy because of his previous deeds of being great in battle and honorable outside of the battlefield. Up until he heard the prophecy from the witches he change his ways. Macbeth started to do anything necessary to get what he wants or thinks he needs. His wife during this time was able to manipulate him into becoming someone he normally is not. He has changed into a dishonorable, traitorous, deceiving, shell

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    After the murder, Macbeth returns with the daggers and Lady Macbeth insists he take back the daggers to make it look like the grooms committed the murder. Macbeth does not want to return because he is fearful to see what he had done so Lady Macbeth is forced to return the daggers herself. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth meet in the courtyard to wash off the blood and he complains that the blood won’t come off his hands. Lady Macbeth says, “My hands are of your colour, but I shame / To wear a heart so white”

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    blindness. Macbeth experiences three major changes, which at times caused him to question himself about whether the lengths he will go to achieve his goals are worth the consequences he knows he’ll encounter. Similarly, the character traits he exhibits, which are internal conflict, guilt, and hopelessness throughout the course of the play, will eventually lead to his demise mentally, emotionally, and physically. In addition to this, Shakespeare is conveying that ambition can cause negative change and insanity

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