In 1971, Polonskis in a form of a movie released one of William Shakespeare's well-known play "Macbeth". ... Shakespeare described the battle between Macbeth and Young Siward in Act 5 scene 7, but the reader had to create their own images, Polonskis on the other hand, left nothing to the imagination and presented the brutal sword fight in his movie. ... Back in the days when the play was written, witches, ghosts and anything that was paranormal fascinated audiences; therefore Shakespeare included these obsessions in his play. For example Act 1 scene 1 in the book, Shakespeare starts hi...

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William Shakespeare's, Macbeth, is a play full of betrayal and deception. ... Just like a woman would do, she begins to put her own interests before the well-being of her husband. ... Throughout Shakespeare's play, we see that Macbeth is the victim of evil seduction by women. ... In the beginning of the play Macbeth calls his wife, "...my dearest partner of greatness..." (1.5.11-12). ... Shakespeare opened his play with the scene of the witches to portray evil in the mind of the audience. ...

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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 witches had provided the temptation for Macbeth at the beginning and later on in the play when they meet again, this time with Hectate, they feed his thirst for more prophecies, using apparitions. ... Lady Macbeth doesn...

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In Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth, a great Scottish general and thane of Glamis, has just won an important battle, when he is told by three witches that he will become thane of Cawdor and then king of Scotland. ... Often people read the play and automatically conclude that Macbeth's tragic flaw is his ambition; that he is compelled to commit so many acts of violence by his lust for power. ... At the beginning of the play Macbeth has no designs on the throne, and he does not start plotting until his wife comes up with a plan. ... His gullibility is his true tragic flaw as it is t...

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