Throughout Shakespeare's play, "Macbeth," Macbeth makes several bad decisions. By the end of Act V the consequences of these decisions start to affect Macbeth, and result in his mental deterioration and downfall. Macbeth's character traits are a major contributor to ... orders both Banquo and Fleance to be killed. In Act 3, Macbeth says that, "and mine eternal jewel/ Given to the common enemy of man/ To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings!" (III, i, Ln.72). Macbeth's ambition is to remain king for as long as possible and he will kill anybody who stops this from happening. Macbeth's bli...

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... also addressed as cousin by the trusting king "O valiant cousin!"(Act I Sc.ii. 24). Scene iii introduces the complexity's of Macbeth's character. At this point Macbeth is not at all bad even though murder does enter his mind; he dismisses it as a necessary action. Scene iv serves to reinforce Duncan's goodwill and trust of Macbeth. During this scene Macbeth also realizes ... next couple of acts. In Act II.i Banquo comes to Macbeth because he is unable to sleep and he is having bad dreams. Macbeth ignores this but he does not forget about it. This scene should be regarded as the seed of ...

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... 's the ornament of life. And live a coward in thine own esteem, letting I dare not Wait, wait upon I would, like the poor cat I the adage."(I, VII, l.42-48) Making Macbeth feel bad and not strong enough she changed his mind. He was now ready to kill Duncan. When she became the queen of Scotland something that she never thought would happen happened ... the cause of the protagonists evil and treacherous actions. Initially, conflict is seen as a minor theme in the play, yet quite quickly this changes when three witches implant an evil seed in his mind. Thus we see how MACBETH turns from go...

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... that these prophecies will impact MacBeth the most. In my personal opinion of the witches and their prophecies I feel that from the beginning, they had the intention of planting the seed in MacBeth's head about killing Duncan to become King himself. MacBeth sees that some of which the witches told him has already come true, so he is starting to believe ... great influence on MacBeth because of this. I also feel that MacBeth will do more than just kill the King, I think that this event will only be the first of many bad things to happen at the hands of MacBeth. This may involve doing wha...

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