... his son. He shows a desire to do so, saying to himself, "That is a step/On which I must fall down or else o'erleap...Let not light see my black and deep desires." (Act I. Scene iv). Although he already holds two high titles, Macbeth still lusts for more. His newly appointed position of "Thane of Cawdor" is afterthought to his possible future kingship ... . The witches perform a spell bringing about several apparitions that all speak to Macbeth, only telling him portions of the truth concerning the future. The elusiveness of the witches uses Macbeth's subconscious intentions to come to hi...

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... are not cursing or actually wishing bad luck towards Macbeth but greet him with pleasant news. However, is it possible that the witches are in fact a figment of Macbeth's imagination, a subconscious message revealing his inner ambitions and telling him what he would like to hear? It could be possible but Banquo does refer to them, therefore making them real characters. Macbeth ... . In Macbeth there are many soliloquies that are mostly Macbeth's conflicting thoughts. In Act 1, Scene 4 Macbeth says this: Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires; As the play cont...

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... how to become king, he is scared to voice them out loud or for anyone to find out about his ambitious thoughts: ?Let not light see my black and deep desires?? His mind is still thinking of the murder, but he is still honest with himself, knowing they are bad and evil thoughts to be having. Here again his honest, noble ... of you have done this??Thou canst not say I did it: never shake thy gory locks at me!? This scene is a turning point, the ghost being the personification of Macbeth's subconscious. Originally illusions and magic worked for him, but now they are working against him. Mac...

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... fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition." Although aspirations and dreams are a healthy standard among society as a whole, what happens when these desires gain an "any means necessary" approach? In Macbeth, William Shakespeare show that blind ambition and greed can overcome any sense of decency remaining in individuals, turning them into soulless representatives ... goes completely mad. She begins to see things in blood: "Yet here's a spot. Out, damned spot out, I say. The Thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now?" In her subconscious, she rea...

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