... the reader that she is not very brave. She wants to be crowned just as much as Macbeth, if not more, but she lacks the heart to stab the King and turns to macbeth to carry out the murder. Once the King arrives at Macbeth's castle, Lady Macbeth tells her ... and Scotland is covered by a shadow of darkness. In Macbeth, the witches are a prime source of darkness. First of all, the place and time of the witch's meetings all take on the feeling of darkne! ss. The only times of their meetings are in the middle of the night, and often in terrible conditions of thunder and lightning. The witches...

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• Grade Level: High School

... !" right before executing Duncan. Furthermore, a seemingly distraught Macbeth says "Glamis hath murdered sleep," referring to his uneasy feelings after the murder of Duncan. These phrases show that Macbeth, at point, is human and that there is uncertainty in his heart. However, as his character becomes increasingly sinister, Macbeth takes actions to remove those in his way, like Banquo, and "the very firstlings ... of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand," not caring who he harms and how he harms them. This phrase is brutal in ... washing the blood away, his fate may have been se...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 3rd Witch: There to meet with Macbeth" This first scene makes the reader think about whether Macbeth is evil and if he has made alliances with darkness. In Shakespeare's time, when this play would be shown in the theatres, the audience would be confused at this first scene, because they knew ... evil and even though they bring wonderful things, they speak the devils words and can tempt people to darkness. " But "tis strange: And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truth, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence." Macbeth begins to ...

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... a weaker side to her personality when she prays to the dark powers to fill her heart with cruelty, and rid her of feminine kindness. If she were truly evil, then she would not need this extra infusion of darkness. This is an interesting point because it reveals a whole new side to her, which while ... is unmanly, and she herself would kill her own child rather then back down. This is a very powerful image, and further increases her mask of cold ambition, also suggesting more links in Lady Macbeth's mind between femininity and kindness, which she seems to think is the truth. Her manipulat...

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... after it has happened. By saying this, Macbeth implies that his wife, a woman, should not be concerned about such matters. The distorted view of manliness that Lady Macbeth instilled inside Macbeth has taken root and budded in his heart as he now believes that being a man is about being cold-hearted and willing to do anything to get what one want. Another ... characteristic of masculinity that Macbeth believes is that men do not have to involve their wives in matters of importance and, therefore, does not tell him wife his plan ... a brave and hopeful warrior. Macbeth started off as a ...

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... The witches greeting to Macbeth: "All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor All hail Macbeth, that shall be king hereafter" (Act 1 Scene 3 Page 6) went directly to his heart and his ambitious nature, inspiring Macbeth with the thought that he could become ... and inhuman characteristics, along with the fact that they vanish after the first meeting with Macbeth, add to their credibility. The prediction of these witches would of course focus Macbeth's mind on the fact that he must soon become king. Hence, leading us to believe that the...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School