... he believed witches had very special powers, they could make people ill or even kill them, they were also believed to make the weather change and make the nights longer with their curses of evil. So obviously if they thought someone was a witch they would test them to see ... But more often than not if people thought you were a witch you were more or less already dead because they used to tie the suspect in the middle of a rope and then pull them into the middle of a river or pond and if they untied themselves and flew away they were a witch ... and they"d kill them, and if they didn't...

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... it won't be able to ruin Macbeth's reign of being king. Macbeth is fearful of the ghost, but the worst part is that the mere presence of the ghost affects Macbeth is such a way that Macbeth ruins his own reputation. On the other hand, although Lady Macbeth cannot see Banquo's ghost, she sees Macbeth acting cowardly and ... Impostors to true fear, would well become A woman's story at a winters fire" (III.iv.63-65). Lady Macbeth knows that Macbeth had wanted Banquo dead but she did not know that it would come back to haunt him. When Macbeth becomes hysterical, Lady Macbeth tries to console ...

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... blood stained daggers to look as if they had murdered Duncan, so Macbeth has killed them. Macbeth tells lies to hide the truth. He claimed that the reason he killed the guards was because he was so overcome with anger that he resorted to violence and did not think about what he was ... sustained by killing Duncan. Macbeth is now King but he now feels he has to eliminate Banquo to remain king because Banquo was present when the witches spoke the prophecies and the witches also said Banquo's children will become kings. Macbeth says "to be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus. Our ... q...

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... that he fells insecure because he hires murderers to go and kill any one who might be a challenge to him. When Macbeth goes off to fight in the "war" Lady Macbeth becomes ill. She begins to sleepwalk which begins to show effects similar to insomnia she becomes weak and frail and her body basically gives ... out and she dies. When Macbeth learns of this he does not seem to be as fazed as he should be; he is more worried about the battle that is going on. Macbeth's hubris comes back in to play; because" he thinks that no man can hurt him and this leads to him ... every thing right in Scot...

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... begins to help move it along and bring it to life. This greed blinds him from reality and any future consequences and forces him to murder King Duncan and the guards. Macbeth's conscience is heavily laid upon with guilt and he realizes he has sealed his fate. "Had I but died an hour before this chance, I ... this instant There's nothing serious in mortality: All is but toys: renown and grace is dead; The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of." (Act II, scene III, pg. 69) When Macbeth makes the choice to kill Macduff's family, its not to make him angry it...

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... sceptically, until some of King Duncan's men come and inform MacBeth that he has been made Thane of Cawdor. The tension rises when MacBeth is intrigued by the possibility that the prophecy of the witches that he will become King- might be true when he says, "If chance will have me king, chance ... then her husband. MacBeth then learns that Lady MacBeth has killed herself, causing him to sink into a deep despair. He still goes to battle and the English forces gradually overwhelm his army and castle. MacBeth encounters MacDuff, who declares that he was not "of woman born" but was "untimel...

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... also see "my dearest partner in greatness " and "my love " exchanged for "partner " Once MacBeth had been made King we would've expected the problems to be minimal but of course they were not. We are shown once again that their relationship is deteriorating when Lady MacBeth needs to make an ... own hands and working independently but when he gets news that Banquo has been killed his guilt breaks him down as Banquo's ghost takes the only remaining seat in the hall. Lady MacBeth appears and helps to cover up his episode of insanity telling them "My lord is often thus And hath been ... ...

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... an order figure. He is a soldier and defends the king. His dark ambition and his greed for power, being his worst enemies, made him turn into a disorder figure. The struggle takes place in his mind. Even before committing the murder, he has troubles sleeping: "Now o'er the one halfworld nature seems dead and wicked dreams abuse the curtain'd sleep."" Darkness is already mentioned, it echoes ... to the natural disorder Duncan's murder will cause. His sleep is haunted by nightmares. His ... guilty mind is trying to make him foresee the consequences his acts will have on him. The importan...

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... is a "dead butcher" and Lady Macbeth is his is "fiendlike queen", is right on the mark. Macbeth has shown himself to be a butcher throughout the play. Lady Macbeth is fiendlike because not only does she pray to be un-sexed, but she also prays to be filled "from the crown to the toe top full ... unsexed. This would make her crueler, so she could kill King Duncan herself. Also in that speech she is heard as saying "fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood." Lady Macbeth wishes she were more ruthless like a man because she wouldn't hesitate to ... ki...

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... But when she saw mecbeth killed a lot people, she was begun to regret and she felt her hand full with the blood. When lady macbeth knew that her husband will be the king, she called on the power of evil to helper to do what must be done, she also tell macbeth to remind him that he must appear ... to be a good and loyal host. Finally, Macbeth became the king, and she became a queen too. Their dream came true, but they didn't realized that when they made one lie, they have to use a lot of ... to cover it, Just like what macbeth did, he was afraid somebody else might kill him and become a ...

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... is completely unaware of Macbeth's murderous plan and expresses her wish to cheer her husband's pensive mood. She, unlike him, finds the act of murder less treacherous than her husband due to her seemingly more unwavering peace of mind. She can control her conflicting righteousness ... the feast. In her mind, all his thoughts of depression and guilt should have died along with Duncan: " Using those thoughts which should indeed have died; With them they think on?". Macbeth however disagrees with her. He calls his righteousness a "scorched snake" and not a dead one ... ; his conscience f...

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... It is his conscious and it seems as if he is too tensed by the idea of killing the King. He imagines all the blood dripping from the dagger. He also sees the dagger directing him to King Duncan's chamber. While he is imagining the dagger, he also imagines the nature which seems dead and how the nightmares must be torturing King Duncan as he is asleep, "Now o"er ... the one half world, nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse the curtain"d sleep". Although Macbeth visualizes the entire horrifying thoughts ... (relating to killing Duncan) gush through his mind, he gets the deed done. Af...

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... terrible deed. Methought I heard a voice cry Sleep no more!/ Macbeth does murder sleep (Act II, scene ii, 47-48). Even after Macbeth was anointed as the king of Scotland, he was unhappy. A scene in Act III portrays his feelings of unhappiness. Better be with the dead/ whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace (Act III, scene ii, 22-23). In ... the quote, he is saying that hed rather be dead because at least there, he could finally be at peace. Evidently, his actions of trying to ensure his ... fate worked, but came with the price of guilt and unhappiness. Another instance in which...

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... know who to blame, this happened because Macbeth accepted Lady Macbeth's advices. He later started killing everybody, he started by killing his companion in the army. Later on Macbeth was so accostumed in assasinating that he had no trouble in killing Macduff's family.By this time Macbeth only cared about ... himself that when they told him that his wife was dead he didn't care much about her. At the end Macbeth became so isolated that he couln't trust in anyone anymore, he became an isolated and cruel man. Well ... can change a person and turn him into something different. In this play...

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... capable of eating or sleeping without feeling the chase of fear behind him. Moreover, it is ironic the fact that, even though Macbeth killed Duncan in order to get power, authority and peace, he states that "(it) would be better (to) be with the dead than on the torture of the mind to lie in restless ecstasy - ... (III, ii, 19-22). In other words, Macbeth prefers to be dead rather than being constantly tortured by fearful thoughts. Still, another time in which Macbeth feels ... afraid is when he attends a banquet with the lords. It is a fact that Macbeth feels so terrified that he even ...

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... ends up being driven mad by the guilt and soon can no longer take, and ends up taking her own life hoping that her torment will end now that she is dead. "The Queen, my Lord is dead" [Act V, S 5, L 18], Lady Macbeth takes her life right before the battle against the english is about to begin. ... This taking of her own life demonstrates her fear and in the end what that fear can do to a person. Now ... we come to the witches prophecies, these are a main source of ... fear for Macbeth, after all where has he learned everything from. With each new vision, Macbeth falls deeper and deeper ...

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... cut off by Macduff) confirming his fears of Macduff. The second apparition tells Macbeth that he can not be harmed by no one born of woman. This knowledge gives Macbeth a false sense of security because he believes that he cannot be harmed, yet Macduff was not of woman born, his mother was dead and a corpse when Macduff was born. This leads to ... Macbethdownfall. A child with a crown on his head, the third apparition, represents Malcolm, Duncanson. This apparition also gives Macbeth a false sense of security because of ... the Birnam Wood prophesy. The appearance of Banquoghost provid...

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... provides insight into Macbethcharacter. It shows the level that Macbethmind has recessed to. When he sees the ghost he reacts with horror and upsets the guests. Macbeth wonders why murder had taken place many times in the past before it was prevented by law -statute purged the gentle weal- and yet the dead are coming back. The final form of the supernatural is the air-drawn dagger which leads Macbeth ... to his victim. When the dagger appears to him, Macbeth finally becomes victim to the delusions of his fevered brain. The dagger points to Duncanroom and appears to ... be covered in bl...

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... provides insight into Macbethcharacter. It shows the level that Macbethmind has recessed to. When he sees the ghost he reacts with horror and upsets the guests. Macbeth wonders why murder had taken place many times in the past before it was prevented by law -statute purged the gentle weal- and yet the dead are coming back. The final form of the supernatural is the air-drawn dagger which leads Macbeth ... to his victim. When the dagger appears to him, Macbeth finally becomes victim to the delusions of his fevered brain. The dagger points to Duncanroom and appears to ... be covered in bl...

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... provides insight into Macbethcharacter. It shows the level that Macbethmind has recessed to. When he sees the ghost he reacts with horror and upsets the guests. Macbeth wonders why murder had taken place many times in the past before it was prevented by law -statute purged the gentle weal- and yet the dead are coming back. The final form of the supernatural is the air-drawn dagger which leads Macbeth ... to his victim. When the dagger appears to him, Macbeth finally becomes victim to the delusions of his fevered brain. The dagger points to Duncanroom and appears to ... be covered in bl...

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... to go through with killing others that had suspicions of him or his plans. Macbeth's decision to kill Duncan, the king, was not made just on his judgment alone, but also on the judgment of Lady Macbeth, his wife. Macbeth was unsure of whether or not to go through with his plan, but ... king hereafter."" (1.3.48-50) Macbeth had always dreamed of becoming king and his encounter with the witches had made him believe it more. It showed him that he"d do anything to become the king he's always wanted to be. The witches told him that he"d become Thane of Cawdor and then to become king. "First ...

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... think, he is a very trusting person, and he is very emotional. In Macbeth's report to the king that the Thane of Cawdor was dead, the king shows how oblivious he is by saying, "There's no art/To find the mind's construction in the face."(I. i, 11-12) By suggesting that he cannot read a persons face he shows that he ... is very oblivious to how they may really be feeling because the face is an easy part of the body to ... find out if someone is really loyal or honest to you or not. This character trait is linked very closely to the fact the he is a very trusting person, which is revealed...

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... MACBETH AP English An eating scene is common in drama and fiction, it may be a simple meal or a banquet, a holiday party or an ordinary family dinner, but the work would not be quite the same without it. Macbeth contains such a scene of eating in Act III Scene IV. In this scene, a Banquet is being held to honor Macbeth's new position as king ... of his reign, it also marks the beginning of his downfall. (Sparknotes) At the Banquet, Macbeth learns that the murderers have not been entirely successful. They killed Banquo but Fleance was able to escape. Macbeth starts to feel a false sense ...

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... crimes are never forgiven or rectified. Macbeth clearly shows how a character can change as a result of what he does. His downfall from the beginning up to his final demise marks an epic story of greed, envy, and ultimately guilt. Macbeth's wife pushes for death. This is a main key in ... he wants it, it seems as if he has a drawback. In Act II, Scene 1, lines 33-34: "Is this a dagger which I see before me,/The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee."" These lines are Macbeth's admittance to knowing what he is going to do. As Macbeth's speech to himself continues ... the news. ...

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... Macbeth imagines a dagger in front of him right before he kills the king. He sees blood spots on the dagger as it points towards Macbeth's hand. He hallucinates and says, "Mine eyes are made the fools o' th' other senses, It is the bloody business which informs/ Thus to mine eyes/ Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse"(II, i, 44-50). This example shows ... sympathy towards Macbeth because it shows the beginning of his delusional and insane being. The audience is easily able to feel pity for Macbeth because ... not only did his wife encourage the murder, but it was also a very diff...

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