... that Macbeth is not completely incompetent and that he himself, is questioning the validity of the phantom dagger. The second half of the speech has Macbeth break into, "reality," and begin to muster up the strength and courage to perform the murder by talking himself into getting it over with. Shakespeare uses the allusion of, "Pale Hecate's offerings," (II, 2, 52), to ... will always be another day, but that each is short and insignificant, building up to the fact that life is indeed worthless. Shakespeare also draws attention to physical movement, "walking shadow," (V, 5, 28). We as ...

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... with her own mental heath, and eventually with her life. Her restrained emotions inevitably build up, and by the fifth act she has become completely psychotic, washing her hands compulsively, walking and talking in her sleep, and demanding to be surrounded by light at all times. In the very end her ultimate downfall comes when she must commit suicide to rid ... herself of the guilt that plagues her. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth begin in high places and decline due to flaws in their character. In Macbeth's case, his ambition and moral weakness bring about the means for him to be easily ...

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... able to sleep without a light burning. When Macbeth hears of her death he is full of depression rather than sorrow. He seems weary of life and decides that " Life's but a walking shadow .Signifying nothing." With his wife gone he seems indifferent to what will become of him and realises that the witches have deceived him by telling him truths all along ... himself and chose to carry on in spite of it, by being a man of action. Lady Macbeth on the other hand suppresses her emotions with too much mental strength to begin with. This leads to her breakdown when her conscience finally comes ...

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... occurrences are also exponents of the disrespect of moral and political orders, such as betrayal, murder, violence, and so on. Every time the three witches appear, thunders, darkness and storms begin, as if their prophecies were explicitly connected to evilness. Besides, by the time King Duncan was stabbed, rain covered the castle as an attempt to desperately wash the murderers hands ... pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That stru...

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... or more unusual scenes in Macbeth, for example the murders, Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking scene, and the appearances of the witches, all occur when it is dark outside. Lady Macbeth's sleep walking scene is the perfect example of the light and dark symbol. She once wanted darkness to hide herself, but she carried a candle so she contradicted herself. The line, "She has ... clear to the audience the mental consequences taking their toll on Macbeth and his wife. Through the clothing imagery, one can see how Macbeth's title was really never his to begin with and how his "borrow"d robes" do no...

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