... as a critical element in defining both works in the gothic genre. Macbeth's obsession is based upon his thirst for power, whereas Heathcliff and Cathy's is centered on their ceaseless desire for one another. However although both novels have been constructed with the characters' fixations playing a significant role, it is arguable that their obsessions aren't innate, and are rather the ... Shakespeare's era, so therefore Macbeth's statement indicates how his thirst for power has overpowered his entire rationale, and therefore progressed into an obsession. The growing nature of Macbeth's...

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... acts of the play Lady Macbeth is portrayed as an evil character, one that pushes and manipulates Macbeth through out the play. Mr. Linder states "It is Lady Macbeth's desire for Duncan to be king, that prompts her to seize the witches prophesies and interpret them as a future she must order and control"(11). Convincing Macbeth that the fastest ... to kill Duncan, Lady Macbeth starts inducing his actions, Macbeth agrees to kill Duncan at first, but then he wavers in his decision, but Lady Macbeth, convinced that Macbeth's truly desire was to be king, finds a way to manipulate him into ki...

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