... King's valiant cousin. However when we look further we may also see that the language used to describe Macbeth is that of a violent nature. He is said to have "carv'd his own passage " and also reference to his sword that "smok'd with bloody execution" due to the fact heat has been creating after murdering so many people. Once the witches show him his future ... , he becomes obsessed with speeding up the anticipated coming into power. He is told he will be King of Scotland", so Macbeth makes it happen by ... the throne. This would have greatly shocked a Jacobean audience as they felt s...

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... begins plotting how to gain her husbands desire to be king. "Lady Macbeth's immediate reaction to the prophecy is to try to occupy, immediately, the promised future, as if the consequential moment of tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow could somehow be finessed: " They letters have transported me beyond/ This ignorant present, and I feel now/ The Future in the instant."(I. V. 55-7)" (Danson, pg. 123) At this point ... portrayed as a manly, heartless dominatrix, her female instincts show through in the next scenes and also because her character is beginning to change. These next few scene...

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... honoured his country. Excellent warriorship is shown in the character of MacBeth. He is a loyal fighter, defending his country from enemies and traitors. MacBeth has been rewarded for his fighting by the king with titles of royalty and plenty of compliments. A fellow soldier once announced, "For brave MacBeth-well he deserves that name-/ Disdaining fortune, with his brandish"d steel." Though all this praise doesn ... her husband, MacBeth, into sinful acts like murder. Lady MacBeth and MacBeth are both evil but on different levels, as she is more ruthless. As Lady Macbeth asks the spirit...

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... of the evil or more unusual scenes in Macbeth, for example the murders, Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking scene, and the appearances of the witches, all occur when it is dark outside. Lady Macbeth's sleep walking scene is the perfect example of the light and dark symbol. She once wanted darkness to hide herself, but she carried a candle so she contradicted herself. The line, "She ... in the play. It is most evident in the scene where Macbeth visits the witches to seek their insight and his fortune for the future. He is shown three apparitions, one of which is a bloody child that commands him ...

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... , it was believed that witches could see into the future, kill their enemies and make themselves invisible. Everyone believed that the witches could see the future, and this led Macbeth to the idea of killing Duncan once he had listened to the prophecy that he would become King of Scotland. Macbeth thought, "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me without my stir." An ... interpretation of this quote according to Macbeth could be, if fate wanted him to be king, perhaps fate would just ... make it happen and he wouldn't have to do ... ...

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... the atrocities created by greed, on of the plays many themes. His tragic decision stems from the influence of a tragic flaw. Once he has made the decision, it is irreversible and produces his downfall. Aristotle defined the tragic hero as the following: " The tragic hero must be neither villain nor a virtuous ... confront Macbeth. They tell him he will become Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and last but not least king of Scotland. These prophecies arouse Macbeth's curiosity to rise to power. Once the witches give him the prophecy of becoming king, he immediately thinks about how he can...

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... Macbeth's fall. Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, is content with his position, until the three witches inform him of his future: "Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor, thou shalt be King hereafter." After hearing this, Macbeth and Banquo, his loyal friend, find out that King Duncan has named Macbeth "Thane of Cawdor." They contemplate whether the rest of the prophecy will come true. The witches ... . As a result, she is able to become Queen. When Macbeth finally obtains the position of King, Macduff, Macbeth's once friend refuses to attend Macbeth's coronation to be King of Scotland. Macduff feels une...

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... turns to dark much faster that day as the Scottish people lose someone dear to their hearts. Macduff is the one who discovers the king, and "When the dead king is discovered in the morning in Macbeth's castle where he had been a guest, the loyal thanes, ultimately suspecting the murder, unite in horror ... miles a minute while his wife, Lady Macbeth, feeds plans of what she believes will make them prosperous as a whole. Not only did Lady Macbeth convince Macbeth to kill King Duncan, but the lady vocalizes her doubts " Yet I do fear thy nature,? I is too full o'th' milk of human kindness/ ...

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... appear on what Macbeth describes as an unusually, "foul and fair" day. The three witches predict that Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor and ultimately king of Scotland, and that his cohort Banquo will never rule. Macbeth pleads with them for more information about his future, but they vanish. Two of the king's men (Rosse and Angus) tell Macbeth about his elevation to the position of Thane ... of Cawdor. Macbeth and Banquo are taken aback by the accuracy of the ... realize this ambition. When a messenger enters with news that Duncan is on his way, Lady Macbeth rejoices in the opportun...

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... Shakespeare's time, when this play would be shown in the theatres, the audience would be confused at this first scene, because they knew Macbeth as a heroic fighter and king from the 11th Century. Hearing his name from the witches would have stirred up some bewilderment. In the next scene, he is talked of in a very way ... my ribs," He decides within himself that he will leave the future take it's course and agrees with Banquo to talk of the occurrence at another time. The next scene, scene 4, features Duncan, the King. He is talking to his son, Malcolm, while Lennox and his other son Don...

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... . The witches lead Macbeth to kill Duncan. They told Macbeth, "Hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!" (I.iii.51) They did not tell Macbeth how exactly he was going to be king, just that in the future he would become king of Scotland. After Macbeth had heard about his future, Banquo wanted the same. Banquo's prophecies told him that he will never be ... king but his descendants will. Macbeth does not see this as a threat until after the murder of Duncan ... had been controlling her husband's evil acts since the beginning of the play, it starts to take a toll on her and she eventual...

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... heard his fate from the witches he immediately started thinking about how he was going to get rid of King Duncan. And once Macbeth became Thane of Cawdor, he decided that he was going to need to kill Duncan and he decided to start coming up with a plan. When Macbeth sends Lady Macbeth the letter telling her what ... he comes out of the room where Duncans dead body lays he states, I have done the deed. (II.II) Lady Macbeth might be the most scary and selfish person in this whole play. From the very beginning when she finds out that she could be queen if Duncan was gotten rid of Lady Macbet...

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... . In Macbeth the activating circumstance is the witches, for it is the witches that assist in the leading of Macbeth to his down fall. By offering him predictions of the future to Macbeth is given the key to open the door to his own demise. The witches however, do not make Macbeth's choices for him, they simple feed this ambition with ... -47). However, after accusing her husband of not being a true man he gives into his wife. On his path to achieve the crown Macbeth successfully murders his king, the wife and children of Macduff, and hires murders to kill Banquo, the next in line for the...

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... to make his life as miserable as they possibly can. He encounters the witches in Act1, scene1, and from this point he is now a step closer to realising what his future holds... so he thinks. The witches first address Macbeth as king, and Banguo as one "Lesser than Macbeth."(1.2.65) Infact, Macbeth isn't king, never the less, the witches insist in prophecising that he is ... and will be. The witches are already planting seeds of persuation into his head which are made to bloom ... pleased to hear of Macbeth's victory and she is very supportive once he's successfully considered thane of ...

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... with the title of Thane of Cawdor as well a visit to his castle. On their way home, Macbeth and his friend Banquo meet 3 witches. The witches prophecy that Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and future king of Scotland. They they also tell Banquo that he will be the father of a long line of kings. ... possesses two different personalities that fight among themselves. Macbeth displays duality in human nature by being loyal and cruel, kind and evil, and brave and cowardly. In act one scene two, Macbeth is a loyal servant to the king Duncan and his country. He put his life on the line to go ...

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... determined by each individual choice the person makes. Some people take the in-between route and believe that lives are sketched out, but can be slightly altered with each choice. William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" is a tragic play that details the rise and fall of King Macbeth of a once placid Scotland, and the momentum for the play's dark progression, along with the source of Macbeth's status ... as a tragic figure, is an encounter between Macbeth and three witches which leads to his rise to the throne, his intrinsic descent into tyranny ... clearly shows his own predilection taking prec...

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... which determined his future. William Shakespeare's Macbeth details the rise and gradual fall of a Scottish General, Macbeth. In the opening scenes, Macbeth is approached by three witches who propehcise that he"d become King of Scotland. Knowing the burden of ascension, Macbeth decides to kill the king. One of the ... him as "Thane of Cawdor." When Macbeth learns of the previous thane's execution, he's influenced into believing that the other prophecies of him becoming king, will also come true. In Act I Scene IV, when Duncan names his son, Malcolm as heir to the throne, Macbeth is spurre...

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... a guest at Macbeth's castle, the Iverness. Macbeth on the other hand, is not so much a king but more of a tyrant. Lady Macbeth makes Macbeth believe that the solution to his happiness is to kill off the king, Duncan, and then he will be king and everything will be alright. Once he finally kills Duncan, after much debating, he feels he has to keep killing to cover ... all his lies and to cure his happiness. This makes him become greedy and takes things way too far. He then loses all respect ... , who plays a part in order to advance his own evil. Towards the end of the play, Malcolm beco...

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... hunger for power. Macbeth wishes for the prophecies of the witches to come true and begins to help move it along and bring it to life. This greed blinds him from reality and any future consequences and forces him to murder King Duncan and the guards. Macbeth's conscience is heavily laid upon with guilt and he realizes he has sealed his fate. "Had I but died an hour before ... will not die from an enemy but just of old age as a sad old man. It has been said that once a person commits a murder, it is hard not to commit others. Macbeth proves this quite true through all his murders and his...

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... which determined his future. William Shakespeare's Macbeth details the rise and gradual fall of a Scottish General, Macbeth. In the opening scenes, Macbeth is approached by three witches who propehcise that he"d become King of Scotland. Knowing the burden of ascension, Macbeth decides to kill the king. One of the ... him as "Thane of Cawdor." When Macbeth learns of the previous thane's execution, he's influenced into believing that the other prophecies of him becoming king, will also come true. In Act I Scene IV, when Duncan names his son, Malcolm as heir to the throne, Macbeth is spurre...

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... Macbeth is of great influence to Macbeth. She reveals her secret evil nature, which pushes her and Macbeth towards evil doings. This all began once Macbeth was told his prophecy of being king by the witches; he soon writes a letter to his wife explaining his newly found future, hoping to find some advice in return. Instead, Lady Macbeth quickly begins to think how life ... could be greater if he were king now. So Lady Macbeth comes up with a plan and then persuades Macbeth into killing King Duncan. "And to ... convinces Macbeth into doing something which he is normally incapable of doi...

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... towards the inevitable. Each step that he takes, each murder that he commits to be King, and stay King, makes him more and more mad due to the fact that nothing is stopping him and so he believes he is invulnerable and untouchable. By the end of the play, Macbeth is so mad in his power ... clear them of their deed. However, Macbeth goes through many more situations to deepen his insanity. Macbeth feels Banquo and his son must now be killed in order to assure him as staying King of Scotland. This is again showing how Macbeth is in his pursuit of power. Macbeth now has again changed in .....

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... play would have had more of an effect on audiences then than modern day viewers whose beliefs are different. The second reason is that James 1 was king at this time and just one year before an attempt on his life had been made in the form of the well known Gunpowder Plot. The play helped dissuade anyone from ... at Duncan's castle. Here he finds out that Malcolm is heir to the throne and he immediately begins to plan on killing him and this is an unsubtle clue to the audience that Macbeth is becoming more sinister and Malcolm will be killed soon in the future. Lady Macbeth is seen for the...

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... Macbeth, that he is weaker than a woman if he does not murder King Duncan. Once he murders Duncan loses control over himself and his ambition takes over him, which then results in the murder or Banquo. Macbeth considers Banquo and his son Fleance as threat to him because of the prophecy, "thou shalt ... good nature and forces him into evil and violence. Until he met the three witches, he was loyal to his king, to his wife, and to his friends. Even after becoming king, his endless ambitions lead him into misery and tragic ending. Being obsessed by the witches" prophecy, he even tries to ...

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... original state, his tragic flaw, then his pre-death stage. These three stages help us understand how un-controlling Macbeth is of his own life, and how he was in a way bullied into his action. At the beginning when Macbeth is in his original state he is an anti-hero who ... . The play starts with three witches, of whom foretell the future of Macbeth, saying he would become "Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and king of Scotland" (1.3.47-49) Macbeth is speechless, and he considers the witches words. Lady Macbeth persuades him to kill King Duncan as well "We fail? but screw your courage to ...

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