... 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 ...

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... me here" (1.5 48) so she can have the courage to kill Duncan. With Duncan dead, Macbeth can sit a-top the throne and be king, fulfilling both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's dreams. Along with many other darkness images, Ross talks how the "dark night strangles the traveling lamp" (2.4 9). This symbolizes that darkness is taking over. Therefore, the reader assumes that since darkness represents death, death and ... states that "Duncan's horses . . ./Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out/ Contending "gainst obedience, as the would/ Make war with mankind" (2.4 17-22) This shows al...

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