... "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the 2 crown to the toe top full of direst cruelty." (Act 1 Scene 5 Line 39-41) Her speech to the demons is both powerful and sinful. "She isn't sure there's enough manhood to go around between ... Shakespeare's Macbeth Page 12) Although she was not the one to actually commit the murder of King Duncan, she held the string that controlled the puppet that did. "Look like th' innocent flower, but be the serpent under't." (Act 1 Scent 5 Line 63-4) Her words were the reason the homicide took place and that act cre...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... time it was believed that the king was selected by God, and that the wrongful killing of the king would separate heaven from earth, thus nature would go into chaos. It would be easy to blame the entire disruption of the balance of good and evil on the supernatural powers of the three witches, but the true cause of the evil comes from the moral decisions of men. Macbeth was not born ... thick my blood. (1.5.39-42) At this moment it appears that Lady Macbeth also succumbs to evil. During Macbeth's hesitation before the murder of Duncan, Lady Macbeth attacks his pride and therefore further ...

• Word Count: 1772
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: High School