... is physically strong and mentally weak, and it is this weakness that instigates the downfall and change of Macbeth, whereas Lady Macbeth seems to be quite the opposite of her husband. Being that Lady Macbeth's determination is far superior than that of her husband's, she is able to convince him into murdering Duncan while assuring him that he will succeed. At this part ... in the play she exerts ample power over Macbeth calling him a coward and demonstrating just how determined she is for her husband. It is this self-confidence plus the persuasiveness of her words that makes Macbeth act...

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William Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in the 17th century. The king at the time was King James and he believed witches had very special powers, they could make people ill or even kill them, they were also believed to make the weather change and make the nights longer with their curses of evil. So obviously if they thought someone was a witch they would test them to see if their prediction was true. But more often than not if people thought you were a witch you were more or less already dead because they used to tie the suspect in the middle of a rope and then pull them into the middle of a river ...

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... , "Dragon and his wrath" "mongrel" and "serpents" as if his mind subconsciously lingers on nature, and it seeps into his speech. It is possibly for this reason that King Lear is such a natural play, as apposed to Macbeth or Hamlet which would be more super-natural. The vast majority of the play is set outside, which give Shakespeare the opportunity to draw ... of mankind is often regarded as essentially a defacing of "nature" or human nature, as human nature is moral". However, many of the "evil" characters are the ones who act, most often, like "beasts". Edmund, for example, is selfish,...

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