... /On which I must fall down or else o'erleap...Let not light see my black and deep desires." (Act I. Scene iv). Although he already holds two high titles, Macbeth still lusts for more. His newly appointed position of "Thane of Cawdor" is afterthought to his possible future kingship. Macbeth's ambition ends up controlling him, as symbolized in the "Dagger Soliloquy," where he perceives a dagger leading ... the power he covets, he strategically ignores all evidence that his doings are wrong or will bear negative consequences. Instead Macbeth focuses on the information which justifies or all...

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... and he immediately begins to plan on killing him and this is an unsubtle clue to the audience that Macbeth is becoming more sinister and Malcolm will be killed soon in the future. Lady Macbeth is seen for the first time in scene five. She is found reading a letter from her husband telling her of the ... look innocent in the play is not necessarily so and the caring sincere sides of Lady Macbeth and her husband are simply false fronts in the scenes to follow. The last scene of Act 1 is of Lady Macbeth trying to persuade Macbeth to commit the murder. She uses three different techniques to ...

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• Grade Level: High School