... shall come within a mile of my court" (Act 1, Scene 1, 119-120), issuing a penalty of having their tongue cut out for any woman who disobeys the order. This displays an unrivalled amount of control not only over the free actions of women but in the arena of law where impractical rules concerning female subjects are indisputable and can be drawn up on a whim. This sense ... his family, but rather to "[d] ispute it like a man" (221) with his sword and "[l] et grief convert to anger: blunt not the heart, enrage it" (230-231). Not only does MacDuff successfully defeat Macbeth following this...

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... water, and wash this filthy 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 to why the Chamberlains are dead. In many ways, then, Lady Macbeth is 'fiend-like'; that much is certain. However, she is also a woman in a male-dominated society who ... by a tragic figure who has succumbed to her own fiendish desires. The same can be said for her husband. He begins the play as a noble, loyal general and through his own fault succumbs to the witches' promises and his ...

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... character but instead makes the reader wary of her. This draws the reader's interest and creates a feeling of the oncoming evil that seems inevitable. Hence, the reader can indicate the instrumental role that Lady Macbeth is going to play in the build up of darkness later on. But the primary example of her ambitious behaviour is evident in the plot for her husband to become king ... , she is in a state of near unconsciousness revealing the reality of her thoughts). These regretful feelings inherently lead to her downfall through her suicide. By dying by her own hand she is paying the gre...

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... remains unimpaired; environment has conspired with his nature to make him upright in all his dealings with those about him. His moral goodness, however, is undeveloped and indeed still rudimentary, for his voluntary acts are scarcely brought into harmony with his ultimate end. As he returns victorious battle, puffed up with self-love which demands ever-increasing recognition of his greatness ... should accompany old age, as honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but, in their stead, curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, which the poor heart would ...

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... inhabiting them. Those few who can defend themselves, either physically or emotionally, are seen as treacherous temptresses spawned from the womb of the Devil itself. These women are condemned, shunned, and insulted, seen as unholy models for corruption and greed. However, these women, as hated and immoral as they are, do exist within Shakespeare's plays. They are shown as powerful, evil and ultimately ... expected of her as a woman warrants her not only my respect, but my admiration as well. It is extremely rare to see women with the courage to stand up for their desires and individual...

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... unimpaired; environment has conspired with his nature to make him upright in all his dealings with those about him. But moral goodness in him is undeveloped and indeed still rudimentary, for his voluntary acts are scarcely brought into harmony with ultimate end. As he returns from victorious battle, puffed up with self-love which demands ever-increasing recognition of his greatness ... age, As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not. But th...

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