Macbeth is a mighty and ambitious warrior who, except in his ambition, is noble by nature. ... The audience see him as indecisive and intimidated by his wife, another contradiction in his personality, as he is also supposedly a fearless warrior. ... The spirits that know, all mortal consequences have pronounced me thus: fear not Macbeth; No man that's born of woman shall e?...
In The Tragedy of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is a tragic hero. A tragic hero is someone who is high ranked, has a tragic flaw, meets a tragic end, and is extraordinary. Through out the play Macbeth meets all of these different characteristics. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth i...
Macbeth is one of the leaders in King Duncan's army, and is known as a fierce warrior with a lot of ambition. ... Laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth. " The Apparition is reassuring Macbeth, telling him that no man born of a woman will harm him, which influences Macbeth's decisions throughout the rest of the play. ...
Amidst all this, Macbeth, a ruthless warrior, had aspirations to be more than the thane of a small area of land; he desired power and greatness, and it seemed that nothing but Duncan's throne could satisfy his unending thirst. ... It was never Macbeth's place to become a king, he was a great warrior and Duncan was a great king and there was no reason to upset that balance. ... We see this more towards the end of the play when the witches convince Macbeth to "laugh at scorn, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth." ...
Amidst all this, Macbeth, a ruthless warrior, had aspirations to be more than the thane of a small area of land; he desired power and greatness, and it seemed that nothing but Duncan's throne could satisfy his unending thirst. ... It was never Macbeth's place to become a king, he was a great warrior and Duncan was a great king and there was no reason to upset that balance. ... We see this more towards the end of the play when the witches convince Macbeth to, "laugh at scorn, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth....
Macbeth was a great warrior and a high classed member of the army - "who like a good hardy soldier fought "gainst my captivity: hail brave friend;" When Duncan announces his son Malcolm as heir to the thrown. ... When Macbeth learns of this, he isn't threatened, as the witches told him no man or woman could kill him - "Be bloody, bold and resolute: Laugh to scorn, The power of man: for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth" Again, the witches are influencing his every move. ... Macbeth was a warrior, and the presence of evil around him - Lady Macbeth and the witches, eventually made ...
(p 256)" She knows that Macbeth is a loyal warrior and it would be difficult, and she does it by questioning his manhood, "But screw your courage to the sticking-place And we"ll not fail. ... The most important one is the second one, "The pow"r of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth. (p 297)" Macbeth knew that every man had to be born of a woman, so he thought he was invincible. ... After Macbeth had left the witches he was very confident that he would not be hurt because everyman was born of a woman and the woods cannot march. ... Macbeth then tells Macduff while fighting that he m...
Lady Macbeth is not a typical woman of Shakespearean time in this play. In that time a woman would just be at home cooking, cleaning and looking after the children. ... A woman might have been badly beaten for saying something like it but Shakespeare has made Macbeth tolerate that and it has great effects on him. ... Also at the end he is shown as a warrior who has died in battle. ... Macbeth was killed at the end of a play by " a man not born of woman" (Macduff) just as the witches" prophesised. ...
They tell the two warriors three predictions concerning their future before they leave them alone. ... They tell him again three things: 1st he should fear Macduff, 2nd Macbeth will never be harmed by any man born of a woman and 3rd he will never be defeated until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane Hill (where his castle is). ... Before Macbeth warns Macduff that no man born of a woman can harm him and thinks he cannot lose the fight. ...
He is seen as a noble warrior who fights bravely for his country. ... She calls up the spirits of darkness and asks them to "unsex" her to take away all that makes her a woman. ... They predict that none of woman born should hurt Macbeth, that Macbeth should beware of Macduff, and that Macbeth shouldn't fall until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Hill. ... Being not afraid because of the es prophecy that none of woman born should harm him, Macbeth begins to cut down the army of Macduff. ... Because Macduff was born from a C-section, he is not of woman born and is able to kill Macbeth. ...
"A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.... This makes her the radical, polar opposite of the stereotypical tender, loving, and fragile woman. ... While Antigone is not portrayed as the radical, polar opposite of a stereotypical tender, loving woman, she still possesses the stable heroic qualities that differentiate her from the fragility of a tender, loving woman. Both Shakespeare and Sophocles portray Lady Macbeth and Antigone as direct counterexamples against this stereotype-Lady Macbeth being a sinister, evil villain and Antigone being a fearless, heroic warrior. ... ...
Act one scene five starts with Lady Macbeth reading the letter that is soon going to change her from a loving wife into a cruel deceitful woman who will stop at nothing to gain power. ... His success as a warrior motivated him to strive to become more powerful. ... She was a determined and persuasive woman who used many strategies to convince Macbeth to carry out the witches" prophecy. ...
Fate is a supposed power beyond human control that determines the outcome of events in ones life. If one's fate is told to him or her, as in a prophecy, does one have the power to change the outcome? Or is fate a power in itself that does not allow for any change? Can a person of great will an...
The Captain tells of Macbeth being a fierce warrior and being un-afraid to kill in war describing Macbeth killing Macdonwald as, 'he unseamed him from the nave to th" chops'. ... One of them prophesises to him ' none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.' As a result Macbeth now believes he is indestructible as everyone is born of a woman. ...
The fact that such a great warrior, and killer of men, is so lost in terrifying guilt indicates the full extent of the evil he has committed. ... The chief particularity of these characters is their ambiguous sex as they resemble neither man nor woman. ... Come to my woman's breasts,/ And take my m...
