Later in the play, however, specifically in II, i, Macbeth begins to show some signs of concern for the fate of his soul after he commits the murder: " Hear not my steps, which (way they) walk, for fear/They very stones prate of my whereabouts/And take the present horror from the time,/Which now suits with it. ... Macbeth, a few lines later, is also aware of his forthcoming demise: "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player/That struts and frets his hour upon the stage/And then is heard no more. ... Perhaps Macbeth was correct when he said, "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor play...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As they stare into the fire, they chant an eerie, wordless mantra; the chant begins to echo around the theatre, the audience is filled with apprehension. ... This is her very guise, and upon my life fast asleep", the young women is walking, her eyes stare straight ahead, unblinking. ... These pictures very disturbing and un-nerve me, they start flashing from one to another, speeding up whilst a slow sheet of blood begins to drip down the screen. ...

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At the begining of the BBC version Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were placed at the table and Macbeth threw drink over a turkey and lit it, I thought that the idea was good, but the turkey was small and didn't look right in comparison to the huge table. ... I think at the begining of this scene Macbeth and Lady Macbeth overdid their welcomes, they were overly nice and maybe slightly over the top. ... They were shot on camera together and the scene ended with their shadows walking off stage together. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

At this juncture in the play, it is firmly established that Macbeth has reached his nadir: he has killed Duncan and Banquo, planted spies throughout, cannot sleep, begins to see ghosts, and does not communicate with his wife. ... 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. ... Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth begin in high places and decline due to flaws in their character. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Macbeth almost immediately begins to consider murdering Duncan. ... The witches only awaken Macbeth's desires of becoming king, it is she that begins to push Macbeth towards the real act of murdering Duncan. ... It was Macbeth who agreed with them, Macbeth who committed the murder, Macbeth who decided to continue walking along the bloody path to his own destruction. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Liam and his girlfriend Gabriella were off hiking and exploring in the woods and while resting, they got into a little fight and Gabriella started walking away as Liam followed her. ... At first, "you" dislike the idea of reading a poem, and then "you" begin to really like it. ... Then as he begins to lose trust in people and lose important relationships, he comes to the realization too late, that it is too much of an effort to protect himself. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the play of Macbeth, Shakespeare introduces the main character, through the eyes of the one who knows him best, his wife. Lady Macbeth displays to the audience all of Macbeth's weaknesses; her ambition to have power becomes her husband's and this will bring out Macbeth's ambition to be king. She ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Lady Macbeth's sleep walking scene is the perfect example of the light and dark symbol. ... 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 not fit. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Lady Macbeth begins to have nightmares and hallucinations and has sleepwalking episodes. ... This shame that lurks inside of her is so strong that it is coming out subconsciously in sleep walking episodes. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He seems weary of life and decides that " Life's but a walking shadow .Signifying nothing." ... Lady Macbeth on the other hand suppresses her emotions with too much mental strength to begin with. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The murder of King Duncan, the murder of Banquo, the vision of the dagger, and the sleep-walking of Lady Macbeth all take place during darkness, symbolizing evil. ... At this turning point where Macbeth begins to have murderous thoughts, Macbeth changes destiny by taking his own actions. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

" (Macbeth, I, v, 47-50) Immediately, Lady Macbeth begins to stand out of the "feminist norms". ... Even while walking down to the road, under guard, to her tomb where she would be imprisoned, she openly proclaims, "O tomb, my bridal-bed-my house, my prison cut in the hollow rock, my everlasting watch! ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

To begin with, fiction books serve as a reminder of the consequences that can occur for one's arrogant actions. ... All of his struggles and problems could have been easily avoided by him just swallowing his pride and walking away. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School