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    In Shakespeare’s Macbeth Lady Macbeth and Macbeth become queen and king of Scotland after the witches explain to Macbeth what lies ahead. Macduff is The hero that kills Macbeth and saves Scotland. Lady Macbeth, Macduff, and Macbeth Through the characters Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, and Macduff Shakespeare shows ambitions can ruin you or can help you. Lady Macbeth demonstrates selfless ambition when she tries to help her husband, Macbeth become the next king of Scotland. After Macbeth comes back from fighting

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    greed, and ultimately cause his/her downfall. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth talks about an ambitious man, Macbeth, who murders the King of Scotland, Duncan, in order to obtain power for himself. Once Macbeth becomes king, however, he finds his newfound power being constantly threatened. To rid himself of this feeling of insecurity, Macbeth kills many people, including Banquo, his close friend and ally. Once a much admired hero of Scotland, Macbeth’s repeated acts of violence — he murders his king, his

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    Over the course of the play, Macbeth, the motif of paradoxes changes its format and its significance from fate of a person or nounthe story. At start, paradoxes were profoundly evident and used in varying literary devices such as foreshadowing. The witches foreshadow the atrocities that Macbeth would commit when singing “fair is foul, and foul is fair.” (Shakespeare, 1.1.12). If foul is fair, then killing someone, which is completely foul, is considered fair. This is not existent in any normal society

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    In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare Lady Macbeth uses effective communication to become the Queen of Scotland by planning to kill King Duncan, wanting to become more manly, and by placing blame on others after she killed the king. For instance, Lady Macbeth herself makes a plan to kill King Duncan “That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark to cry ‘Hold, hold!’” (1.5.42-45). Lady Macbeth desires to be queen, but the only way to take this

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    where Macbeth and Banquo have just returned from war. The three witches appear and inform them that Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and soon enough King of Scotland. They also inform Banquo that he will beget a long line of kings. After that Macbeth is crowned Thane of Cawdor by King Duncan. He tells Lady Macbeth what the witches told him and she takes control of the situation by forcing him to murder King Duncan in his own castle. Lord Macduff, Thane of Fife happened to be staying at Macbeths castle

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    Macbeth’s Self-fulfilling Prophecy Macbeth is a remarkable tragic play that was written by one of the greatest English play writer, William Shakespeare. The story begins with The Weird Sisters who were later encountered with Macbeth and Banquo, the main character of the play. Macbeth and Banquo are the generals of Scotland, and when they finished the battle on their way back, the three witches gives out the prophecy that leads Macbeth’s inevitable tragedy. It was strongly believed that the Prophecies

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    Tragedy of Macbeth: Summary During the middle of the war, Macbeth and Banquo stumble upon three weird sisters who claim to know the future of both Macbeth and Banquo. They all say that Macbeth will be Thane of Cowdor, and that he will eventually become King of Scotland. They also claim that Banquo’s sons will also be Kings of Scotland. Overwhelmed with this prophecies. Macbeth writes his wife [Lady Macbeth] a letter telling her about the prophecies. Being the ambitious women she is, Lady Macbeth convinces

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    Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1606. The play is about a man named Macbeth that allows his desire get the best of him. Another character of the play is a man named Macduff. Macduff and Macbeth have many similarities in the beginning of the play, but as the play progresses the two characters grow apart in more ways than one. Macbeth and Macduff have many similarities. In the beginning of the play, both characters are loyal to Duncan, the king of Scotland. Macbeth and Macduff

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    The Tragedy of Macbeth takes place the middle of the war; Macbeth and Banquo stumble upon three weird sisters who claim to know the future of both Macbeth and Banquo. They all say that Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor, and that he will eventually become King of Scotland. They also state that Banquo’s sons will also be Kings of Scotland. Which is true, Macbeth does win the war, and he is made Thane of Cawdor. Overwhelmed with these prophecies. Macbeth writes his wife [Lady Macbeth] a letter regarding

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    me king, why, chance may crown me,” (Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, Scene III). William Shakespeare’s prominent play, precisely does not lineup with the historical life of Macbeth MacFindlaech. The alters he made in Macbeth were many, especially to the profound charter of Macbeth. William Shakespeare’s inaccurate interpretations of Macbeth transformed his character, revised his murder, and modified his death. King Macbeth MacFindlaech of Scotland grew up learning under monks at a Christian monastery

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