Shakespeare's Understanding of Deadly Flaws Why did Macbeth go sour? This is a question that is still being asked by many Macbeth enthusiasts. Many readers try to answer the question by saying that ... grasp the ability to answer the question correctly a person must first understand why Shakespeare is who he is. It is not about his famous story lines and characters. It is more about what he does to tie together the story lines with the characters. Each character that exists is Shakespeare vivid imagination has their ... story at a different degree, thus creating a mood which makes readers com...

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... finally commits the sinister crime of the murder of King Duncan. After his death, Macbeth became king. This event accurately proves that his fates will come true. As stated before, the witches made no mention of how things would turn out for Macbeth after the fates came true. After Macbeth did ... heirs wont inherit the throne but Banquos sons will, he acts hastily in trying to change that fate. He finds and orders three murderers to go out, find Banquo and his son, Fleance, and kill them. Macbeths tragic flaw of being over ambitious is also being clearly portrayed in this scene. He is ...

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... protagonist in this play is Macbeth. In the beginning of this play Macbeth meets three witches. The three witches give Macbeth three prophesies. Two of which come true and one doesn't . The on that didn't come true was to become king of Scotland. So Macbeth makes this happen for himself by killing the king of Scotland who is King Duncan. Lady Macbeth was ... doing it, he wasn't going to do it at first but she convinced him to. After he has killed Duncan he is in total shock and comes back to her with the bloody daggers still in his hands and covered in blood himself. She tells him "a li...

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... more careful. When she tells Macbeth to go put on his nightgown, she wants it to look as if they just got out of bed, to avoid any suspicion of prior activities. She states, "at the south entry, retire we to our chamber. Hark! More knocking. Get on your nightgown, let occasion call us and show us to be watchers."" This could ... possibly haunt her because of how close she was to being caught. Just moments after she calmed Macbeth down and rid of the evidence, Duncan's kinsmen come knocking at the door. Act 3, Scene 4 1. No more of that my lord, no more of that; you mar all this with thi...

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... also uses seduction to get her husband to kill his king. Although Macbeth loves his king and serves him well. It is the seduction by Lady Macbeth that pushes Macbeth over the edge and makes him decide to go forth with the killing. This excerpt shows some of Lady Macbeth's tactics. "O, never Shall ... the innocent flower, But be the serpent under't. He that's coming Must be provided for: and you shall put This night's great business into my dispatch; Which shall to all our nights and days to come Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom." (Act 1, Scene 3, Lines: 60-70) The seductions by...

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... of uneasiness in the audience, with her being portrayed as something different to the "typical" woman. This is evident through the quote "Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe topful Of direst cruelty!" This is Lady Macbeth's way of asking to be stripped of all ... around, developing a sense of independence. Even when he is facing his final battle which he knows he will lose, he yells "At least we'll die with harness on our back", implying that he plans on fighting to the death and taking a few people down with him. In this ...

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... than Lady Macbeth. When Lady Macbeth plants the idea in his head to murder Duncan he is torn between his ambition and his conscience. After listening to his wife's persuasion he decides to go and kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth is able to make him feel unmanly if he can't commit the murder. After killing ... Duncan he gets used to killing .It is like he can't turn back now. Once his is made king he begins to remember ... the second prophesy that Banquo's sons will one day become kings. He feels his throne threatened. He knows that he must have Banquo killed. After Banquo is killed, his guilt ...

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... king but at the cost of killing to get what he wanted. He killed Duncan, who was the king at the time and he also hired murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance. Banquo and Fleance were two men that Macbeth feared because he believed they were suspicious of him killing Duncan. Though Fleance escaped. Now ... of the witches says "As by the strength of their illusion Shall draw him on to his confusion. He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes "bove wisdom, grace, and fear; And you all know security Is mortals" chiefest enemy". I interpret this to mean the witches are going to confu...

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... that he is now the thane of Cawdor. Then, the messenger tells Lady Macbeth that king Duncan is coming to her castle. At that point, Lady Macbeth invites "darkness" and evil to come live in her. She wants Macbeth to kill Duncan, so he can become the kind of Scotland. Macbeth tells her no, that he can't kill Duncan, because he has ... witches is important to the play. I think Lady Macbeth has more "darkness" in her than anyone else in the play. She wanted to be evil. She asked the "darkness" to come live in her. She used the "darkness" in her to influence Macbeth, in that he has to kill D...

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Macbeth- - God or a Power-hungry Mortal? " I go and it is done. The bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell That summons thee to heaven, or to hell." (II, i, 71-73) " It is concluded. Banquo, thy soul's flight, If it find heaven, must find it out tonight." (III, i, 157-158) " Only for them, and mine eternal jewel Given to the common ... , for it was an omen for his death. Even worse, Duncan lead an innocent life, yet Macbeth still wondered whether Duncan would go to heaven or hell. In the second passage, he once again wondered whether his innocent friend would go to heaven or h...

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... where he wants it, it seems as if he has a drawback. In Act II, Scene 1, lines 33-34: "Is this a dagger which I see before me,/The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee."" These lines are Macbeth's admittance to knowing what he is going to do. As Macbeth's speech to himself continues, a bell rings "resembling a death bell that ... is rung at funerals. This is a great example of how a tragedy will take place. In Act II, Scene 2, lines 62-64: "I go, and it is done: the bell invites me./Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell/That summons thee to heaven, or to hell."" After commit...

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... wife beside you, she will lead you to your death. The humanness of Macbeth was cruel but he still had some conscience which made him go crazy. On the one hand, he was an absolutely cruel person. First, in order to ascend the throne as soon as possible, he killed ... guilt made him unable to sleep anymore, (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 41-43). After he indirectly killed Duncan, the fear and guilty made him have hallucinations. Finally, huge pressures made Macbeth go crazy in front of all his lords, (Act 3, Scene 4, Lines 75-83). After Macbeth went crazy, gradually, the lords thought "Things ......

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... husband, Macbeth, is full of the milk of human kindness (I.V) therefor she must persuade him into killing Duncan for her. This lady is so insane and set on being queen that she prays that all womanliness will be taken out of her so she will not feel any regret for the murder. Lady ... Macbeth convinces Macbeth that if he does not go through with this murder that he will lose his manliness and no man wants to hear that so after enough convincing, Macbeth enters Duncans room and stabs him. There was a certain point when Macbeth himself was going to back out of the murder, but since lady M...

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"The Tragedy of Macbeth" In Shakespeare's "Macbeth", many things go wrong that lead up to such a great tragedy. Macbeth was persuaded to make many wrong decisions and was said to be seduced by the devil. Because of his change of character from good to evil, Macbeth's attitude towards other characters is significantly affected. The character in a perfect ... happen just happen how it was supposed to. He would have lived a much happier life and not a life filled with regret and guilt. All of Macbeth's actions of getting to the throne backfired on him and led to his downfall. Macbeth would have...

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"The Tragedy of Macbeth" In Shakespeare's "Macbeth", many things go wrong that lead up to such a great tragedy. Macbeth was persuaded to make many wrong decisions and was said to be seduced by the devil. Because of his change of character from good to evil, Macbeth's attitude towards other characters is significantly affected. The character in a perfect ... happen just happen how it was supposed to. He would have lived a much happier life and not a life filled with regret and guilt. All of Macbeth's actions of getting to the throne backfired on him and led to his downfall. Macbeth would have...

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... people have to make decisions. Some they have to make on their own, and some are made through the help of others, or should we say influence of others. These influences can come from anywhere. For instance, they can come from something a person read, saw or heard. But sometimes, they come from the trickery of other people. Some people think they can benefit off ... hearing her plan, Macbeth is astonished by her brilliance, and figures nothing can go wrong. After the deed is done, Macbeth is very shooken up. Lady Macbeth tries to calm him down, but then realizes that he is still holding ...

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... . A bloody dagger appears pointing at Duncan's chamber door, with the handle pointing towards Macbeth. Macbeth felt as though the dagger was beckoning him to continue into Duncan's room and finish what Macbeth had come for. This could have been some evil magic from the Sisters directed at Macbeth to ensure his murder of the King. Or it could have just been stress ... of final stimulus to turn him from "cowardly conspirator" to "treasonous murderer"? This could have been his final chance to turn back, but the blood on the knife pointing to Duncan's door seemed to symbolize the inevitabili...

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... Macbeth because he can't stop himself from killing; he wants to make the prophecies true and feels that to become king he has to kill. Macbeth returns to the witches in Act IV, Scene I, wanting to know more of his future. He felt he needed to go back to make sure his kingship was secure. This shows that the witches have control over ... him because he went back to them. Macbeth keeps asking to know more, "But one word more."(84) The witches tell him what to look out for in four apparitions, this tells Macbeth that everything he has done will come back to him. The ... apparitions show f...

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... literature that can also be applied to reality. A theme that falls within this category is " Unchecked Ambition". Unchecked Ambition can be defined as Machiavellian and covetous, behavior. Through these actions, a person or party will attain some form of personal gain through devious manners. These actions can be cited ... "club" Nancy in the knee after a training session, and therefore leave her unable to compete, improving Tonya's chances of medaling. Jeff and his accomplices did go through with the plan, but weeks before the actual Olympic games. This gave Nancy time to recover and co...

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... all of the guilt he feels. Macbeth is making a fool out of himself and ruins everyone's night. Secondly, Macbeth fears the ghost and wants it to go hide itself in the depths of hell so that he does not lose his mental state. Macbeth commands the ghost to, "Avaunt and quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy ... .63-65). Lady Macbeth knows that Macbeth had wanted Banquo dead but she did not know that it would come back to haunt him. When Macbeth becomes hysterical, Lady Macbeth tries to console him by telling him that it is only in his head and none of it is t...

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... first time the witches speak to Macbeth, they foreshadow that he will become Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland. Hearing this, Macbeth becomes anxious for the prophecies to come true and takes matters into his own hands. While Duncan is staying in Macbeth's household, the host and his wife confirm the decision to murder the King. Macbeth says to his wife, "I have done ... actions as he tries to put it off on someone else. His lack of responsibility is first seen in the scene of Duncan's murder. Lady Macbeth is the first to go into the King's chambers, but realizes that she is unable t...

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... to make the third prophecy, of Macbeth becoming king, true. She also believes that Macbeth is not capable of the murder of the King and therefore takes charge and manages the situation. Macbeth could not have murdered Duncan without the help of Lady Macbeth. In Act 1, Scene 5, Lady Macbeth devises a plan ... She explains to her husband of how she will manage everything, except for the killing. The plan is that she will get Duncan's servants drunk, and then Macbeth will stab the King with his servant's daggers. Lady Macbeth also reminds Macbeth of how to act upon the coming of Duncan to ...

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... people in the in-crowd; this caused me to go in to a state of isolation, where for awhile I never talked to anyone or even acknowledged that any one else even existed. That was such a horrible thing that finally, one day I just got over it, and now I live my life day-by-day without looking back, and without any regrets. Isolation is more that just ... friend for his benefit. Murdering the King was not enough to make him happy. Macbeth's murderous ways will soon come to a stop, caused by his own death, but before that he himself killed a total of three people all because of his overzealo...

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... Duncan has been good to him, Lady Macbeth starts to show her ambition for the title of queen and shows her masculine side. In a soliloquy, Lady Macbeth says, "Come, you spirits/That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,/And fill me, from the crown to the toe, topfull/Of direst cruelty!"" (1.5.35-8). Lady Macbeth ... Lady Macbeth's argument is, in effect, that any signs of the "milk of human kindness" (1.5.17) mark him as more womanly as she"" (305). Macbeth then fires back at Lady Macbeth calling him a coward by saying, "I dare do all that may become a man/Who dares do more is none" (1...

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... of the first prophecies until he realizes that the second prophecy has come true. King Duncan has pronounced Macbeth Thane of Cawdor. He says, "No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive/Our bosom interest. Go pronounce his present death/And with his former title greet Macbeth"(1.2.64-66) This one action ... the witches. Now Macbeth sees it as a direct threat to his throne. He decides to kill his best friend in hopes of cheating fate and eliminating any threat against him. After the murder, Macbeth is still not satisfied with the elimination of the threat. He still worries about the out...

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