This was a big mistake by Macbeth because then MacDuff, Malcom and the English come up to kill Macbeth for his corruptness as a king, the Scottish lords turn on Macbeth so he really has no chance, but he decides to fight since the witches tell him "no man of woman-born" can harm him but as he is fighting MacDuff, he tells Macbeth that he was taken untimely from his mother, that is he was not born of a woman so he is the exception to the rule. ... Banquo in many ways is like Macbeth but he chooses not to force his fate to come true. He is told by the witches that his children will become king...

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In William Shakespeare's renowned play Macbeth, the theme that power corrupts is strongly depicted through several characters, each of whom follow the "power corrupting" path of lusting for power, doing nearly anything to achieve that power, and ultimately meeting his/her end because of that power. ... Clearly, at this point in the play, Lady Macbeth is the callous, as well as devilish, force driving the hesitant Macbeth to carry out his immoral actions. ... The idea that Lady Macbeth's decline follows the theme that power corrupts is plainly shown because Lady Macbeth yearns for pow...

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In the play "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is driven into a murderous rampage so that he may become king. In doing so, he must first off kill the King Duncan himself and everyone that is heir to the throne. Lady Macbeth, his wife, is suggested to be the mastermind behind the whole ordeal....

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Macbeth's greed and need for power disrupted the natural balance in his society, forcing nature to eliminate Macbeth and restore balance. ... Macbeth has to make the active choice to commit each and every one of the terrible crimes he commits, and nature itself is unable to drive him to commit these murders so it enlists the help of a multitude of supernatural beings in order to make him decide to force himself into madness. ... Here, in convincing Macbeth that he is unstoppable by any natural being, the witches, without lying, force Macbeth into courageously taking on Macduff and his arm...

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Macbeth's greed and need for power disrupted the natural balance in his society, forcing nature to eliminate Macbeth and restore balance. ... Macbeth has to make the active choice to commit each and every one of the terrible crimes he commits, and nature itself is unable to drive him to commit these murders so it enlists the help of a multitude of supernatural beings in order to make him decide to force himself into madness. ... " Here, in convincing Macbeth that he is unstoppable by any natural being, the witches, without lying, force Macbeth into courageously taking on Macduff and ...

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He plummeted endlessly into a chasm of evil until his corrupt life was ended on the edge of Macduff's blade. ... Without the Witches prophecy that his plans would succeed, MacBeth may never have the nerve to murder the King Duncan and force his way to the throne. ...

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It is here once more that we have the presentation of evil from an external force and Shakespeare uses the dramatic tool of pathetic fallacy, where the mood reflects that of the character on stage.Further King James had a fascination with the occult and he wrote a text on the supernatural called demonology. ... It leads a once noble man to become completely corrupt....

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