However in reality this is just an act, and in fact her true self possesses no such traits. ... She makes the example that it is unmanly to go back on promises which she claims Macbeth has made to kill King Duncan. She says if she were the mother of a baby, she would have the "nipple pluck"d from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out" had she made a promise to do so. ... "Laying the daggers ready" is all she can manage, even though she claims "had he not looked like my father as he slept, I had done't." ... The witch's prophesised that Banquo's son would be the next ruler,...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In the beginning of the play, Hamlet returns to Denmark after hearing of his father's death only to find his mother already remarried to Hamlet's uncle, Claudius. ... In this play, Claudius not only kills Hamlet's father, but also guilts Hamlet's girlfriend Ophelia into trying to drive Hamlet even deeper into madness. ... The one thing that each of these plays written by Shakespeare possess is a villain motivated by greed to do unspeakable evil acts. ...

• Word Count: 1501
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School