... . But it really asks many questions such as, was it really worth it for Lady Macbeth to convince and challenge Macbeth into the murder? He contrasted his life to the short-lived fragile candle, easily turned into ashes of dust and blown away. Appearing real but retaining no substance, life is just a stage full of players who goes through their respectively assigned part ... . When one actor finishes, one goes off the stage and they are then heard no more. It is just another play told by a fool ... Press, 1992. "Personal Works and Writings." 1999. 09 April 2002. http://icow.com/anata/macb...

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... little water cleans us of this deed/How easy it is, then!" Before slipping into madness' grip she believes that a little water will cleanse the couple of their sin. As Lady Macbeth begins to spiral, she suffers from terrifying hallucinations and bouts of sleep walking. In fact, at one point she ... matter how many times she washes them. Furthermore, the darkness within her is brought forth by her inner desire for power leading to her suicide. As a mere shadow of the man he once was, Macbeth reacts apathetically to the news of his wife's death. "Out, out brief candle!/ Life's but a walking...

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... on a killing spree that doesn't end until both partners" demise. However, Macbeth could not have committed the first few crimes without the help and insistence of his wife. She acts as the fate the witches spoke of to make him king and yet ironically is mainly responsible for aggravating Macbeth's struggle between morality ... herself into a murderous state of mind, crying out, "Come you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty!" Lady Macbeth wants to lose her femininity so she can be cold-blooded and commit murd...

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... gripe, Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding. For Banquo's issue have I files my mind; For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered. (p 280)" and decides that Banquo and his son need to be killed. He will have a dinner and Banquo ... he was invincible. The last apparition had said that the woods would march and defeat him. Meanwhile at the castle, Lady Macbeth was caught sleepwalking by the gentlewoman and she also noticed that Lady Macbeth could not be in a dark room without a candle lit. The gentlewoman had called the doctor to investigate what ... w...

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... or more unusual scenes in Macbeth, for example the murders, Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking scene, and the appearances of the witches, all occur when it is dark outside. Lady Macbeth's sleep walking scene is the perfect example of the light and dark symbol. She once wanted darkness to hide herself, but she carried a candle so she contradicted herself. The line, "She has light by her continually; "tis her ... command.", symbolizes Lady Macbeth's fear of darkness and or evil. The image of blood also plays an important role in the play. From the first appearance of the bloody Sargent in the se...

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• Grade Level: High School