... and not give any indication of their plans. It is important how Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth, she uses veiled talk, and double meanings to attempt to sweeten the idea, she never mentions the word murder, rather, and just notes that Duncan will not see the sun rise tomorrow. It is a form of ... seduction almost, she hides the foul ideas behind pretty words, making it seem as if it is all right. When Macbeth tries to interject, she simply speaks over him, ... is extremely two-faced of her; she greets him with smiles, while practically holding a dagger. Neither of these scenes give many...

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• Grade Level: High School

... killing innocent victims to get his way, especially King Duncan, his best friend, and lastly his fellow thane's family. In The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, he uses darkness to represent unnatural and evil found all over the play.William Shakespeare also includes the hideously evil witches into ... the play purposely to entertain King James I's fascination with witches. Macbeth in real life was actually a great king, but Shakespeare knew that a play about a thane killing his king to get into Scottish royalty would ... not sit well with the recently crowned King James. Macb...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... be king, they did not specify how their prophecies would be realized. The weird sisters' evil forces and power affected Macbeth's moral downfall by giving him reason to kill, which eventually killed him. The sisters knew about the three apparitions, and that they were about ... absolutely nothing to do with the witches. The witches did possess some sort of power, otherwise, how could they have known that MacBeth had been appointed Thane of Cawdor? Of course, once MacBeth, who, living in such a society, was superstitious, is presented with Cawdor's title, he believes that the other predic...

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• Grade Level: High School