... that they can't do anything to change their past. The repetition emphasizes the finality of the deed, and that they should forget about their past actions. Later, Macbeth delivers his list "nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing, Can touch him further"[,] and he also says his rhyme, "Good things of day begin to droop and ... those thoughts which should indeed have died/ With them they think on" (10-13)[,] "Come on; Gentle my lord" (29-30), "[y]ou must leave this" (39)[,] and when she asks "[w]hat's to be done" (49)[.] Lady Macbeth questions why Macbeth keeps to hi...

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... witch's prophecy, when Banquo's sons become kings. Macbeth knowing he will not have any kids, he fears the idea "the seeds of Banquo kings. Rather to come fate into the list, and champion me to the utterance "(3.1.70-73) Since he committed such acts to become king, he does not want anything to come in the way of his desire to ... , which lead into a bad ruling over the country as it stated, "our country sinks beneath the yoke, it weeps, it bleeds, and each day a gash is added to her wounds. "(4.3.39-41) all that ambition Macbeth had was his kryptonite because it gave him the big ego and ...

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... with a metaphor of light: "which honor must/ Not, unaccompanied, invest him only,/ But signs of nobleness, like starts, shall shine/ On all deservers" (I.iv.39-42). Malcolm, who is known to be of good nature, is thus related to the stars and light. On the other hand, there is Macbeth who wishes to ... their humanity: "What are these,/ So withered and so wild in their atire/ That look not like th" inhabitants o" this earth/ And yet are on "t? (I.iii.39-42). His description of them is important in seeing how unnatural they are: "you should be women,/ And yet your beards forbid me to inter...

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... would be a dream come true. "Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty..." (1, 5, 39-45). Lady Macbeth felt she had more manly power than her husband. She felt that she could do a better job of being king and murdering the present one. Lady Macbeth ... in thine own act and valor As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem- (1, 7, 39-45). Lady Macbeth had every finger wrapped around Macbeth, making him at her beckoning ...

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... ). This horrific image of blood symbolizes the guilt of which she will never rid herself. At first she was tough but now she is afraid ("a soldier and afeard" (5.1.39)). She is terrified of the guilt that she will forever have. Lady Macbeth becomes more and more resentful of the murders as she explains that, "All the perfumes of ... ...

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... to his wife after he returns from slaughtering King Duncan through his hallucinations "I could not say Amen when they did say 'God bless us'." (II.II.38-39) Lady Macbeth hides her guilt till her death, which demonstrates that the immense guilt is what killed her. From the sleepwalking scene, Lady Macbeth felt terrible because of her wrong ... ...

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... is appalled:"Is this a dagger which I before me,/ The handle toward my hand? ... A dagger of the mind, a false creation,/ Proceeding from the heat-oppressèd brain?" (II,i, 33-39) Although Macbeth acts horrified of the idea of killing Duncan and seeing the fake dagger, the false image Macbeth creates in his mind foreshadows his future hallucinations due to his ... ...

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... he expects himself to be named heir to the throne. When he finds out that Duncan has instead named his, "eldest, Malcolm... hereafter The Prince of Cumberland," (1.4.38-39) he is enraged. At this point Macbeth stops thinking about Duncan as a friend, and considers him simply yet another obstacle on his climb to power. Soon Macbeth realizes that in ... ...

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... who knows it, when none can call our power to/account?--Yet who have thought the old man/to have so much blood in him" (Act 5. Scene 1. lines 36. 39-44). When the doctor tells Macbeth about this, Macbeth commands he cure her, but he cannot because it is an illness of the mind. By the end of act 5, Lady ... ...

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... on his horse ride with Fleance, Macbeth makes little attempt to hide his true motive, as showed when he says, "Adieu, Till you return at night" (III.i.38-39). As the audience, we know that Banquo was murdered under the cover of night based on the lines "Who did strike out the light?" (III.iii.27). Not ... ...

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... Malcolm with the slight declaration saying "we will establish our estate upon/Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter/The Prince of Cumberland" (Act I, scene iv, li 37-39). If Malcolm is set to be the new king, then Macbeth sees he clearly cannot receive the throne without his own intervention. Macbeth quickly begins his planning afterwards because Malcolm ... ...

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... he expects himself to be named heir to the throne. When he finds out that Duncan has instead named his "eldest, Malcolm...hereafter the Prince of Cumberland" (1.4.38-39) he is enraged. At this point Macbeth stops thinking about Duncan as a friend, and considers him simply yet another obstacle on his climb to power. Soon Macbeth realizes that in ... ...

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... his intention to continue his bloody course of action, and says,  "Strange things I have in head, that will to hand; which must be acted ere they may be scann'd" (3.4.138-39). Through these evil deeds, it is evident that Shakespeare wanted to emphasize the fact that darkness easily overtakes light. When one puts a bowl over a lit candle, its light is no ... ...

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... after an illegal deed is done. Macbeth is overwhelmed with emotions and creates an illusion of " A dagger of the mind, a false creation/ Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? "( II.i.38-39).The dagger shows that his mind conjures up hallucinations because he is so paranoid of what happens if he is caught and even before he commits the murder, he is ... ...

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... ] thought, whose murder is fantastical " (1.3.142) turns him into a completely different individual. His ambition of getting the throne and power causes him to ask himself if "a dagger of the mind " (2.1.39) is just the mind's way of giving him signs to do the evil deeds or just a hallucination of his that is done by his confused mind. Macbeth's ego influences him ... ...

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... thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting I dare not" wait upon I would, " Like the poor cat i' the adage? (1.7.39-45) In this quote she is accusing Macbeth of being a coward and not being a man. She is calling Macbeth feminine, while she acts masculine. Janet Adelman says it perfectly in ... ...

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... by his brain. He then thinks that something might be wrong with him to see such a thing "A dagger of the mind, a false creation, proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?"" (l.38-39). In other words, he is starting to doubt himself and wonders if he is becoming crazy and if it could only be his mind tricking him and making him see ... ...

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... supernatural elements were at work. The Elizabethans had always been susceptible to belief in the supernatural. As May notes, these people more that other people questioned matters beyond their vision (39). Shakespeare was clearly influenced by his race. He had an inquiring mind that refused bondage by the limitations of matter (Mish 28). Listing the numberless superstitions that Shakespeare gathered from ... ...

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... supernatural elements were at work. The Elizabethans had always been susceptible to belief in the supernatural. As May notes, these people more that other people questioned matters beyond their vision (39). Shakespeare was clearly influenced by his race. He had an inquiring mind that refused bondage by the limitations of matter (Mish 28). Listing the numberless superstitions that Shakespeare gathered from ... ...

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... husband could (1.5.36-40). Then she tells Macbeth that she would rather bash the brains of her first born child than break a promise that could dramatically change the future (1.7.35-39). Again, this is one of lady Macbeth's insane manipulative tactics that she uses to get power and control of her husband. Last, at the end of the play she knew ... ...

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... her own evilness. This is seen when she says "out dammed spot! Out I say!... Who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him (5.13.39-45). Within every tragic hero, Shakespeare instills a tragic flaw. Macbeth's weakness in character is often considered to be the ambition which he seemingly shows. The quest for security and the ... ...

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... own. She takes matters into her own hands ! and decides to convince him. Macbeth opens scene seven by giving a long list of reasons not to kill King Duncan. He is his ruler and kinsman, his guest, and a virtuous king. With this list of reasons Macbeth slowly convinces himself not to commit the murder. He then informs Lady Macbeth of his decision to ... ...

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... Lady MacBeth come to absolute ruin, distinguishing both as tragic figures in a tragic play which ends as Macbeth cries out, "And damned be him that first cries "Hold! Enough!""(5.8, line 39) as he falls for the final time....

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... own. She takes matters into her own hands and decides to convince him. Macbeth opens scene seven by giving a long list of reasons not to kill King Duncan. He is his ruler and kinsman, his guest, and a virtuous king. With this list of reasons Macbeth slowly convinces himself not to commit the murder. He then informs Lady Macbeth of his decision to ... ...

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... believe in everything that they tell him. However their prophecy is what sets the play's tragic aspect in motion by luring Macbeth away from the normal cycle of generation (Brooks 39). "As long as Macbeth plans to let natural events gain him the throne, he thinks in terms of letting time run its diurnal course" (Watson 140). His desire to become ... ...

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