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    many character developments. After winning the battle and defeating Macbeth, Malcom describes Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as cruel and ruthless people. However, this is not an accurate statement. Lady Macbeth does begin as an ambitious and callous fiend. Throughout the story, Lady Macbeth’s character changes dramatically into a shell of her former self. Lady Macbeth character evolves from an ambitious villain, to a neutral entity, and finally to a remorseful, unstable person. In the beginning of

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    “Living is easy with eyes closed”- John Lennon. This quote is very accurate when referring to some of the characters in Macbeth, a play written by William Shakespeare about the evil power of ambition. Lady Macbeth was Macbeth’s wife and in the beginning she is perceived as evil. She let the bad part of her conscience overpower her and in return , guilt got the best of her. Lady Macbeth was blinded, overpowering and disregarding her feelings. Usually when a person has bad thoughts about something/someone

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    gray. And then, in twilight, you cannot tell the ocean from the sky. Ripples and waves unceasingly flow toward you, eventually break into foam, creep up to your feet and slide back. The ocean makes a sound like water surging and retreating. There is a scent of the salt water in the air, a smell like no other. This is where mermaids, aquatic animals, water

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    Throughout the play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, there were several passages in which showed compelling language. The impressive language that was used helped develop atmosphere and characters of many scenes. Two important passages that demonstrated Shakespeare’s exquisite writing ability were shown in Act 1, Scene 7 and Act 5, Scene 7. These two significant passages drew in the audience and showed the true character of individuals in the play. Also, one can mentally place themselves

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    William Shakespeare uses his word craft and characters as outlets addressing social issues, race, class, and or gender. Through his plays, he emulates the real world and is able to manipulate his worlds to allow his audience to see everything from all sides. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream and discussed in “Jack shall have Jill;/Nought shall go ill” by Shirley Nelson Garner, in order for the world of men and patriarchal society and hierarchies to be secure and be well, the homoerotic relationships and

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    A long time ago in a world filled with magic, there was the kingdom of Adalae. Adalae was a splendid kingdom in the middle of a Golden Age. Although that soon would end. There lived the king and queen of Adalae, Lord Saber, and Lordress Mina. Their daughter, Marigold, was quite arrogant and often boasted of her wealth and golden castle. Marigold had her mother’s long, orange hair but her father’s sea-grey eyes. Most of all, although she did not know, she had her father’s strong-willed spirit sleeping

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    The guilt of the murders would always haunt her mind. In other words, guilt drove Lady Macbeth to insanity because she had nightmares about the murders. First, Lady Macbeth regretted killing so many people. “fiend-like queen, Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands Took off her life” (Shakespeare 5.7.99-101) Lady Macbeth couldn’t live with herself after she started feeling guilt and regret. She regretted the murder so much that she killed herself. In addition

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    Macbeth In the final Act of the play Macbeth and his wife are described by Malcolm as “This dead butcher and his fiend-like queen.” Consider how Shakespeare introduces us to the character of Macbeth in Act 1. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 and wrote 37 plays throughout his lifetime. He wrote Macbeth in 1606 and it is probably one of his best known plays. ‘Macbeth’ is one of Shakespeare’s great tragedies-the others being: King Lear, Othello and

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    Lady Macbeth's Guilt

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    of greater power, they make the ill-advised choice to murder the esteemed King Duncan. After witnessing the “sorry sight” (Macbeth 2. 2. 20), the couple is overcome with guilt, yet they put up an innocent facade to maintain their titles of king and queen of Scotland and to prevent their death sentence for treason. After Duncan’s tragic death, Macbeth almost immediately reveals his remorse for his immoral actions, but Lady Macbeth proves to be more stubborn and pretends as though the

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    calling home our exiled friends abroad that fled the snares of watchful tyranny, producing forth the cruel ministers of this dead butcher and his fiendlike queen" (V.VIII.66-69). His words that describe Macbeth completely contrasts with the initial descriptions of Macbeth: from ‘valiant cousin and worthy gentleman' to ‘dead butcher with a fiendlike queen'; the audience can clearly see how Macbeth tragically degrades throughout the play. Macbeth, before his is killed by Macduff, understands that the witches

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