Macbeths excessive desire to obtain more than he could bear or/and deserve, takes him initially to kill the King, which later brings a sentiment of fear, because if the king died he would be king of Scotland. ... On the other side Lady Macbeth is who encourages him to act this way, killing the king and Duncan. ... When Macbeth kills the king he is giving his soul, his life, to evil. ... Besides all the encouragements he had to kill the King, there is his fear, which is yet greater than the others and controls Macbeth's actions easier. ... Lady Macbeth has an important role on all the murd...

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The metaphor of a king caring for his nation as a father would his children is discussed in Macbeth's address to the king whereby he states that, "Your highness" part Is to receive our duties; and our duties Are to your throne and state children and servants" (1.4.23-25) This was a common theme in medieval time whereby the people served their king and paid him the respects of a father. ... By murdering the king Macbeth not only disturbs the natural order but also but also breaks the chain of being. The text refers to the aberrant usurping of the king by Macbeth in a conversation bet...

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Macbeth the most ambitious character in the play, is a ruthless king who has people killed so he can stay in power, this ambition represents violence in all ways. ... Thought through all this maybe the extent of having a lot of ambition to get what you want is good, but once you've gone through whatever means necessary to reach your achievement, then what? ... The power of becoming king and having all that power got to his head, which lead into a bad ruling over the country as it stated, "our country sinks beneath the yoke, it weeps, it bleeds, and each day a gash is added to her wounds. ...

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Macbeth is firstly influenced by the witches, who install the prophecy into his mind saying "all hail king that shalt be hereafter!" ... Without the intervention of the witches, Macbeth's ambition would never have been thrust toward the idea of being king and he would've never considered murdering the man he called king; however he still manages to question his motivations and is only pushed over the edge by his equally power hungry wife. ... She knows she has the ability to control Macbeth, and him being king would give her power over the entire kingdom. ... Macbeth was the archite...

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Macbeth writes a letter to his wife, Lady Macbeth, telling her of their claims that "he shalt be king hereafter.... Lady Macbeth uses her sexuality to manipulate Macbeth into killing King Duncan, which makes her somewhat responsible for Macbeth's downfall. ... Although Macbeth wanted to become king, he respected King Duncan, and did not have the willpower and strength of mind to break his own moral code. ... With her mental strength and ambition, she plays on Macbeth's sense of devotion and warrior-like moral code to convince him to murder King Duncan, to become King. ... Macbe...

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However, he is very ambitious to be king. At the beginning of the play, he was loyal to the king. ... He wanted to protect his ambition, by killing the king, and now he killed Banquo, due to the prediction of what the witches said about Banquo's son becoming the king. ... She died because of all this pressure and her guilt about the murder. ... Realizing that he wishes the kingdom, they prophesy that he shall be king. ...

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This is evident through the plot and ultimately the death of King Duncan. ... Lady Macbeth has the ability to override all her husband's hesitation and manipulate him into undertaking these murderous acts. ... But the primary example of her ambitious behaviour is evident in the plot for her husband to become king. ... (I, V, 67-68) referring to the murdering of King Duncan providing evidence of her great ambition. ... This passage refers to the lack of fulfillment the role of queen posses, and hints that all her actions were meaningless thereby implying remorseful feelings. ...

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He magnanimously invites all present to join him at Scone, the customary venue for coronations in mediaeval Scotland, after insulting Macbeth and his wife as 'this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen'. ... But this is not all that the play is concerned with. ... But when we hear he has 'unseamed him from the nave to the chops', we perceive his bloodthirsty behaviour – albeit for the glory of serving his king. ... His behaviour as general, then king, is so deplorable that the natural order is inverted: an old man is astonished that Duncan's horses 'ate ea...

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This is most prevalent in the scene right when she hears of the three witches' prophecies of Macbeth becoming king. ... She sways Macbeth out of feeling sympathy for Duncan, mitigates his regret in killing such a great king, and entices him to take further action to maintain his power as king. ... Her soul is now so blackened that in her eyes, Macbeth is not "evil" enough to murder King Duncan. ... All of a sudden, we see a challenge of authority between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. ... It is as if she can't wait to be killed so that she can have all these privileges-to be wit...

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When it is decided that they are going to have to murder the King in order for MacBeth to take the thrown it seems to us that they have common goals. ... In this scene we also see "my dearest partner in greatness " and "my love " exchanged for "partner " Once MacBeth had been made King we would've expected the problems to be minimal but of course they were not. We are shown once again that their relationship is deteriorating when Lady MacBeth needs to make an appointment to see her own husband "Say to the King, I would attend his leisure for a few words " When the two are finally togethe...

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In Macbeth, she invokes the aid of spirits (who are assumed to be the three witches), asking for strength in order to continue her defiance against the expectations of her gender, and in turn to have the resolve to execute her plans to murder King Duncan. ... It is this very quality that makes Lady Macbeth an admirable person; it is her courage, individuality, independence and determination that grant her forgiveness for her role in the murder of her king. ... Above and beyond all other characters in classical English literature, I would wish to be Lady Macbeth. ... It is in this hope that ...

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However, we must not conclude that all his volitions and actions are predictable. ... But while he destroys the king's enemies, such motives work dimly at best and are obscured in his consciousness by more vigorous urges. ... Realizing that he desires the kingdom, they prophesy that he shall be king. ... Without denying him still a complexity of motives, as kinsman and subject he may possibly experience some slight shade of unmixed loyalty to the King under his roof. We may even say that the consequences which he fears are not at all inward and spiritual. ...

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Lady Macbeth calls upon evil to serve her with murderous thoughts and thus take away her femininity and all weakness. ... Many lines suggest that Lady Macbeth believed she would kill the king herself "Come, thick night, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes- but in the end it is Lady Macbeth who has some sort of finer feelings about Duncan saying "Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done't- and this touch of humanity may allow the audience to feel a certain amount of sympathy for her. ... Ironically, towards the end of the play, Lady Macbeth becomes obsessed with ...

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