... in traditional tragedy, Shakespeare's dark tale Macbeth, concludes with a righteous character, Malcolm, the heir to the Throne of Scotland, commenting on what has passed. 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'. Macbeth has killed his father, Duncan ... witness from your hand'. Her ability to dissemble is palpable when she feigns fainting while Macbeth babbles incessantly to MacDuff after being asked for an explanation as...

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... 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 ... own hands and working independently but when he gets news that Banquo has been killed his guilt breaks him down as Banquo's ghost takes the only remaining seat in the hall. Lady MacBeth appears and helps to cover up his episode of insanity telling them "My lord is often thus And hath been ... ...

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... will stop at nothing. "I will bury him myself. And even if I die in the act, that death will be a glory an outrage sacred to the gods! I have longer to please the dead than to please the living here" (Antigone, 85-89). While Lady Macbeth possessed the darkest traits of the most wicked villain, Antigone stands out with her noble, courageous, confident attitude-traits that define ... rationalize Antigone out of burying Polynices, Antigone remains staunch in her position. She still retains her courage against Creon's death penalty and her confidence that serving the dead was more important...

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... Macbeth imagines a dagger in front of him right before he kills the king. He sees blood spots on the dagger as it points towards Macbeth's hand. He hallucinates and says, "Mine eyes are made the fools o' th' other senses, It is the bloody business which informs/ Thus to mine eyes/ Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse"(II, i, 44-50). This example shows ... sympathy towards Macbeth because it shows the beginning of his delusional and insane being. The audience is easily able to feel pity for Macbeth because ... not only did his wife encourage the murder, but it was also a very diff...

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... to manipulate him into committing murder. Another thing that encourages Macbeth to act this way is the prophecy of the witches; this prediction makes Macbeth's "hunger- for power greater, which at the hand of the other motivations lead to the murders. Once Macbeth has Murder his first victim, King Duncan, each and every murder afterwards is ... virtually "easier- to commit. When Macbeth kills the king he is giving his soul, his life, to evil. This bad dead "sold him- and will make him unable to get rid of his conscience's voice; he knows that what he ... did is in opposition to nature ...

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