... child, and face each other as human being to human being in a condition of equality.13 Lear and Cordelia move beyond any kind of conventional moral accounting, as she rejects his seemingly justified assumption of guilt for their breach: Lear: I know you do not love me, for your sisters ... and on the basis of the lowest possible view of human beings as indistinguishable from beasts. In act 4, scene 7, Lear and Cordelia rise above conventional moral considerations just as they appear to rise above the level of their bodies. Shakespeare's juxtaposition of act 4, scene 6 and act 4, scene 7 c...

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... , MACBETH would have been altered and the plot would be non-existent. Macbeth Ambition If is Macbeth's ambition that defeated his good nature, and that pushed him to break all moral boundaries. Before his encounter with the three witches (Act I, Scene III), Macbeth was a loyal man. He was loyal to his King, to his wife, and to his friends. Despite his ... for the one thing she knows men have trouble proving: their manhood. When Macbeth does as little as question her plan, she attacks him again, telling him to "screw his courage to the sticking place..." (I, vii, 61) This method was succe...

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... be relentless. Apparently, her conscience would otherwise not allow her to act. Nonetheless, when Macbeth does as little as question her plan, she attacks him, telling him to "screw [his] courage to the sticking place..." [M] It is clear that Lady Macbeth is as, if not more ambitious than her husband. She wants to succeed through his triumphs. Quite simply, it would ... apparent, finally, that the "evil and sinister" couple are human after all. On all levels of life, people are left with options, possibilities. Often times these options leave one with a moral dilemma - should one sacrif...

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