... women, Macbeth begins to entertain the idea of such power. Macbeth later informs his wife of his encounter with the witches and their predictions. Because Lady Macbeth likes the idea of becoming queen, she encourages Macbeth to kill Duncan. Just like a woman would do, she begins to put her own interests before the well-being of her husband. She tells him that he must ... kill Duncan, which he eventually does with great hesitance. Even after he commits the deed, she maintains that what he did was rational, and thus begins Macbeth's path of annihilation. It is important to note that ... ,...

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... to its audience." The play was written to please the king and included many of his interests; especially his interest of witches and witchcraft and consequently the witches are key characters in the play. Due to the purported relationship between King James I and Banquo, Shakespeare has included Banquo in the play to be a good character, as to flatter the king. Shakespeare also wrote the play because there was actually a Macbeth, ... dramatic scene, different from previous scenes in the play. Shakespeare increased the dramatic tension in this scene not only from what the characters say b...

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... two by the captain. The first impression we get from this is that Macbeth is "Brave" and later "Noble". This makes the audience believe that he is loyal to his country and Duncan which we find out is ironic and also foreshadowing. Imagery plays a big part in the opening sequence as well. The imagery of clothing is used. The first sense of this clothing imagery is ... when Macbeth says "Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?" This imagery is used because it shows the ... speech. The quote "fair is foul and foul is fair" interests the audience because they do not know what that mean s an...

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... for the craving of power and dominance. It is one of Shakespeare's more popular plays as its themes and story line of power hungry villains have been used countless times in television and theatre. The downfall of Macbeth himself can be seen in two different lights, the first being that his rise to power and eventually his fall is the sole responsibility of the witches and his wife Lady Macbeth. The second ... cannot see. This lulls him into a false sense of security and confuses him further. As time passes the audience sees that Lady Macbeth shouldn't be portrayed as the instigator of ...

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