Macbeth murders King Duncan so he himself could become king. ... "If it were done, when "tis done, then "twere well it were done quickly: if th" assassination could trammel up the consequence, and catch, with his surcease, Success; that but this blow might be the be-all and the end-all here" (1.7.1-5). Before he has murdered Duncan he thinks that it would be all over, and there is no consequence after Macbeth murders Duncan. ... As the murderer replies he says that they all know that Banquo is their enemy. ... Macbeth should have not been king after all since he didn't earn the place to b...

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Macbeth is of one of the greatest tragedies of all time. William Shakespeare wrote it by request for King James I. The King strongly believed in witchcraft, and Shakespeare used this idea to appeal to him. ... His desire to be king is told by his wife, in the letter she reads "Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What thou art promis"d" (I,V,14-5) He has promised his wife that he will be king, this proves that he already the ambition to be king one day. ... His downfall is apparent from the murder of King Duncan. ...

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Betrayal, secrets and cold blooded murder are all things that can be found in Shakespeare's theatrical masterpiece, "Macbeth." ... Macbeth also tells her the King would be their guest that night. ... Lady Macbeth speaks of how the prophecy must be fulfilled at all costs. ... This also shows that this act of evil intent was all on Lady Macbeth's shoulders; that she is the cause of King Duncan's death. ... All of this evidence adds up to Lady Macbeth being the truly evil one and the person responsible for the death of the King....

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The subject of the play is the murder of a king by his brother who, in turn, marries the king's wife. ... So Macbeth makes this happen for himself by killing the king of Scotland who is King Duncan. ... Macbeth is now crowned king of Scotland. ... Macbeth was the main factor to his downfall because of all of the things that he did after Duncan's murder. Lady Macbeth wasn't as big of an influence on him as most people think because he made all of the decisions to kill Duncan and Banquo on his own. ...

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The three old women stir up an evil pensiveness by persuading Macbeth to become King. For Macbeth to become King, he must slay his cousin, Duncan. ... Furthermore, the witches boosted his aspirations, "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter" (I.3.50). ... His desire to become king proves the wickedness lurking inside him. ... He begins to feel secure after committing the horrible crimes he authorized and ended up losing all of his ambitions. ...

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Despite the witches" foretelling, Macbeth, in the end, makes the decision to kill King Duncan, due to his ambition. ... It is Macbeth's choice to murder King Duncan, as he is responsible for his own ambitions. ... Lady Macbeth is in complete control of the situation when she arranges King Duncan's murder. ... If it were done, when "tis done, then "twere / It were done quickly; if th" assassination / Could trammel up the consequence, and catch / With his surcrease, success; that but this blow / Might be the be-al and the end-all here, / But here upon this bank and shoal of time, / ...

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While one man, quite passively waited for the prophecy to be naturally fulfilled, the other, desperate for power, would attempt to become king at all expenses - whether that meant killing the king or even killing a friend. ... While Macbeth does eventually become the king, one must question his qualities. A king must be respectful, respectable, honorable, noble, loyal, courageous and ambitious. ... Banquo has a royalty of nature, and quite clearly, he would be a more fitting king. ... This is an obvious lie, as there is no doubt that the witches, their prophecies and prospects of becoming futu...

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King Duncan represents the light as he died an innocent man. ... The witches are ambiguous creatures but they influenced Macbeth a great deal because of the three predictions: "All hail, Macbeth! ... "All hail, Macbeth! ... "All hail Macbeth! ... The Elizabethan audience would have been very nervous when watching this play as the thought of killing a king, the Elizabethans believed that killing a king was like offending god so they would have disliked Macbeth and seen him as evil. ...

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Act 2 scene 2 is the most violent and intense part of Macbeth although we do no actually witness the murder of King Duncan. ... The fear of killing Duncan was so evident in Macbeth, but after he took the life of the king, killing was just another part getting crowned king and receiving what he wanted. Macbeth became a power hungry king who would do anything to get his way. ... After the incident, Macbeth started to see Banquo's ghost and the ideas of him killing his best friend played minded games on him, which caused him to lose him mind in front of all his companions. ... As a result ...

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In his attempt to gain more power, he killed his good friends King Duncan and Banquo, as well as MacDuff's family. ... Macbeth visited the three Weird Sisters, who prophesied that Macbeth would become the king of Scotland. They could have truly known the future and that Macbeth would become king. ... When Macbeth said, "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? ... He understood that all people had good and bad qualities, and he tried to emphasize appreciating the good qualities and trying to see things from the perspective of others. ...

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Macbeth, in Macbeth by Shakespeare, is influenced in many ways. Lady Macbeth influenced Macbeth in his decision to kill Duncan, the witches influenced him to become king, and his own conscience influenced himself to go through with killing others that had suspicions of him or his plans. Macbet...

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"All hail Macbeth! ... "All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!" ... He hath honoured me of late, and I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people" This being appropriate evidence that Macbeth had no intent or will to kill king Duncan. ... Macbeth's guilt is portrayed when he states, "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood from my hand? ... Come, go we to the king. ...

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"All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail Macbeth, hail that shalt be king hereafter!" ... He started to think would he become king. ... In his mind, he rather he could be the king. ...

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The need for the crown, Lady Macbeth, and the thought of complete control all lead Macbeth into a complete downfall, by the end of the play. ... Leave all the rest to me." ... (Pg. 143) At this time, Macbeth finally realizes what all has occurred, and can't believe himself. All of the power, money, wealth, and happiness, were no more and Macbeth's life was completely destroyed. ... The need for the crown, Lady Macbeth, and the thought, and possibility of complete control all lead Macbeth into a complete downfall, by the end of the play....

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"All hail, Macbeth! ... All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!" ... Given that Macbeth thinks so greatly of himself, "I dare do all that may become a man. ... The main theme is most definitely guilt and conscience, because Macbeth is aware that killing King Duncan and all that are at heir to the throne is wrong, however he goes and does it anyways, and as a result, suffers the consequences. ... All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. ...

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Some of the many comparisons of Oedipus and Macbeth are that both plays were written from two of the greatest play writers of all time, Sophocles and Shakespeare. ... Oedipus and Macbeth are very similar in character, both wanted to be king, and both killed the current king to get their title. ... After both of the king's murders, Oedipus and Macbeth were given the title of king. ... and "When will I become king?" ... What is controllable is moral and clearly Oedipus and Macbeth had very little if any good morals at all. ...

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He then begins to think of how he will be king, and that all the prophecies will be won. ... Macbeth had chopped the king of Norway's head off during battle. ... Macbeth hires three murderers to kill Banquo so he can become king. ... "The castle of Macduff I will surprise, seize upon Fife, give to th" edge o" th" sword his wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his line."... Macbeth, after the witches prophesize his future and becoming king, contrives to kill to get to the position of king. ...

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Macbeths excessive desire to obtain more than he could bear or/and deserve, takes him initially to kill the King, which later brings a sentiment of fear, because if the king died he would be king of Scotland. ... On the other side Lady Macbeth is who encourages him to act this way, killing the king and Duncan. ... When Macbeth kills the king he is giving his soul, his life, to evil. ... Besides all the encouragements he had to kill the King, there is his fear, which is yet greater than the others and controls Macbeth's actions easier. ... Lady Macbeth has an important role on all the murd...

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Scene 3 The 3 witches wait for the arrival of Macbeth at the top of the heath and Macbeth finally arrives to be greeted by each of the witches with a different title, the first witch greets him "All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis", the second which greets him "All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor", and the third witch greets him "All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter". ... These prophecy's create temptations in Macbeth, like all he wants to become more powerful, he is tempted suddenly he starts getting idea's, he thinks how it could be possible for h...

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The king even said "O valiant cousin! ... The witches turn to Macbeth and tell him he will be king: All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter (I iii 50). ... Macbeth replies to all this: to be king stands not within the prospect of belief (I iii 75). ... Macbeth starts to believe he can become king. ... Since Macbeth is heir to the throne of Scotland, all he has to do is get rid of King Duncan. ...

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- At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is described by the soldier as a brave and fearless man (1,2,17) - The king saw Macbeth's good qualities in him and decided to name him the new Thane of Cawdor (1,3,107) - Macbeth would have stayed true to the king if the witches did not tell him the prophecies - When he was name Thane of Cawdor, he started wondering if he would really become king (1,3,137) - If what the witches spoke was true, Macbeth would have eventually become king because of his noble personality. ... His ambition overcame all other factors that would have prevented him f...

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Immediately after hearing the witches prophecies that he will be king, Macbeth thinks that he must kill the current king to become king himself. If the witches had not met Macbeth, he would not have become king. ... When Lady Macbeth ask him "live a coward in thine own esteem" I think he gets very annoyed this is shown by his reaction "I dare do all that may become a man" and after Lady Macbeth's has said that she has "given suck" and it would make Macbeth "more than what he is" if he killed Duncan. ... All the witches and Lady Macbeth did was coach him and make him realise his true pote...

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Lady Mac Beth fails in her attempt to kill King Duncan herself. She could not murder the king because he reminded her of her father. ... This plan caused Mac Beth to assassinate King Duncan. After killing King Duncan, Mac Beth regrets on his wrongdoing. ... Just as the Bible states; "as it is appointed unto man once to die and then judgment- At the conclusion of the story Mac Beth dies and received justice for the life he lived, as we all will. ...

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This creates difficulty for Macbeth in his ambition to become king. ... She quickly joins in and persuades him even more so to murder the king. ... This is the first time we see a dark side to Macbeth; he sees himself killing the king. ... His perturbation is amplified by the intensity that his imagination remembers the accumulated details of all the previous stresses that he has suffered in earlier premeditations at those times when the act of murder seemed the only way to reach his goal. ... He recognizes the thoughts of killing the king are immoral. ...

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The three witches, names unknown, tell Macbeth he will be king of Scotland and Thane of Cawdor. ... As a valiant and loyal soldier of King Duncan's, Macbeth never feels the urge to take the throne from his king before the witches place the thought of power into his mind. ... One witch shouts, "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter" (Act I, Scene iii, li 50). ... Without the witches' involvement, Macbeth would not be obsessed with his future position as King of Scotland. ... He has high respect for the king and does not wish for the king to die, but he has his am...

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