... King Duncan. No one controlled Macbeth's fate, not even the witches, the witches only gave Macbeth ideas and Macbeth reacted to them according to his own plans and mind. Later on when Macbeth becomes king after killing King Duncan, he still believes that someone is in his way of remaining the ... had controlled his deeds, he wouldn't have felt a sense of remorse and such depression that he had started to hallucinate. Macbeth, indeed, makes his own choices, however there is someone and something else, other than the witches that motivates him. Lady Macbeth and ambition, are both the othe...

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... Lady Macbeth is shown as an ambitious woman who can manipulate Macbeth very easily. In Act 1, Lady Macbeth states, "That I may pour my spirits in thine ear" (1.5.25), meaning that she wants to use her evil influence to convince Macbeth to act against Duncan. Even though she is not the only causing ... At one point when Macbeth is disagreeing with her plan of killing Duncan, she puts into doubt his manliness, "Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, and letting "I dare not" wait ......

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... to carry out with the plan. After Macbeth explains how he has won respect, Lady Macbeth calls him a coward and questions his courage by saying, "Art thou afeard to be thine own act and valour as thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, and live a coward in ... thine own esteem, letting "I dare not " wait upon "I would, " like the poor cat i' th' adage?" This scene haunts her because she basically caused Duncan's murder. If she hadn't pushed Macbeth, Duncan could ... ...

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... it because she is a woman. When she finds out that Macbeth does not want to do it either, she calls him a coward: Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valor As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life And live a coward in ... thine own esteem, Letting I dare not" wait upon I would, " Like the poor cat i' the adage? (1.7.39-45) In this quote she is accusing Macbeth of being a coward and not being a man. She ... ...

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... Macbeth to commit more murders following his first one. Lady Macbeth encourages Macbeth to carry out the murder of Duncan. She says, "Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire? Wouldst thou has that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, and live a coward in ... thine own esteem?" (Act 1, Scene 7, 39-41). Thus, she pressures him to commit the act for murder for her own sake and is aware of his ambition to claim the throne. Even though Macbeth knows what is morally right, his ... own greed and ambition take control over his conscience. By decid...

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... here is one example of a quote from lady Macbeth to Macbeth; "art thou afeared to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou desire? Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life. and live a coward in thine own esteem, letting I dare not wait upon I would , like the poor cat I' the adage." In this quote Lady Macbeth is ... trying to convince Macbeth to kill king Duncan so that he may get the throne, Macbeth isn't as keen on the idea as his wife is, however he eventually agrees to go through with it. Macbeth chose to kill his own ... ...

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... and valor as thou art in desire? Woudst thou have that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life and live a coward in thine own esteem, letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would", like the poor cat I" th" adage? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more than you were, you ... ...

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... waiting for his turn; however, Lady Macbeth attacks Macbeth's manhood, which causes Macbeth to want to prove his manhood. She scolds Macbeth, "Art thou afeard// To be the same in thine own act and valor// As thou art in desire?" (1.7.43-45). In other words, she is questioning his courage to follow through with what it takes to become king. Being very ... , but also his son. The prophecy also claims that Banquo's seeds would become king, another troublesome obstacle that Macbeth attempts to overcome but is unable to achieve. Macbeth kills his own best friend merely to save himself from th...

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... to gain power and stops at nothing, not even murder, to get what she wants. At one point of the play, Lady Macbeth goes as far as to reject her own gender. As Duncan enters the house of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth wants to be less of a woman,"unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top ... allows her to chastise him. When Macbeth is afraid to,"proceed no further in this business (I, VII, 32)," Lady Macbeth does not hesitate to call him a,"coward in thine own esteem (I, VI, 43)." Lady Macbeth knows that calling him a coward is very insulting, but Macbeth is weak willed and will no...

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... reaches home. His wife mocks his manhood and persuades him that it can be done safely. She says, " Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life,/And live a coward in thine own esteem,/ Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," /Like the poor cat i" th" adage(1.7.42-45). The killing of Duncan caused the chain reaction between Macbeth and his conscious. Once he ... " trap and ends up killing Macduff's family. This causes the personal vendetta between Macduff and Macbeth, which leads to the death of Macbeth. In conclusion, Macbeth is responsible for his own destiny. The witch's influenced him ...

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... between good and evil is eventually settled when Lady Macbeth accuses him of cowardice and lack of manliness with questions like "art thou feared?" and belittlements like "live a coward in thine own esteem"(33). Her final diatribe into Macbeth's anxiousness, "screw your courage to the sticking-place" (35), convinced Macbeth that "[he is] settled and bend up each corporal agent to this ... your thoughts" (47), to "consider it not so deeply" (45), to "retrieve we to our chamber" (47). Lady Macbeth has been the one doing all the ordering, which reveals her own selfish desires to kill Dunca...

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... Macbeth, The news of thy success; and when he reads Thy personal venture in the rebel's fight, His wonders and his praises do contend Which should be thine or his. Silenced with that, In viewing o"er the rest o'th" selfsame day, He finds thee in the stout Norwegian ranks, Nothing afeard of what thyself ... out to evil and satan for that is the only "hope" he had. Macbeth saw how the only way he could become king, was alternatively taking his own path away from that of God [betraying God, who wrote that his destiny was not to become a king], with the help of Satanic or evil forces ... M...

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... Macbeth, The news of thy success; and when he reads Thy personal venture in the rebel's fight, His wonders and his praises do contend Which should be thine or his. Silenced with that, In viewing o"er the rest o'th" selfsame day, He finds thee in the stout Norwegian ranks, Nothing afeard of what thyself ... out to evil and satan for that is the only "hope" he had. Macbeth saw how the only way he could become king, was alternatively taking his own path away from that of God [betraying God, who wrote that his destiny was not to become a king], with the help of Satanic or evil forces ... M...

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... kill duncan and her using very pesuasive language on him. Macbeth "We will proceed no further in this business."(1.7.31) Lady Macbeth "Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour, as thou art in desire?"(1.7.39-41). This is a great example of Macbeth having doubts about the deed and wanting to stop, and then Lady Macbeth practically ... . But she seems to be the boss of the relationship instead of the typical man, and she plans the murder of a King and is saying that she would kill her own child if she had promised her husband. To a Jacobean audience, she must of seemed wi...

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... , he received the title of king. The last person that influenced Macbeth was his wife, Lady Macbeth. She weakened Macbeth challenging his masculinity. She said, "And live a coward in thine own esteem, letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would", like the poor cat i" th"adage?" Lady Macbeth is calling Macbeth a coward. She is saying that she would do it ... the knife myself." In the end Lady Macbeth's influence did lead to the murder of King Duncan. Her challenging of Macbeth pushed him over the edge. MacBeth's own ambition also lead to his downfall. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth show the long-ter...

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... Macbeth himself. We learn that she thinks he is "too full o'th"milk of human kindness" (Line 15). In line 24 Lady Macbeth says, "That I may pour my spirits in thine ear." The word "spirits" can be defined as her murderous thoughts. In the final three lines of the soliloquy, Lady Macbeth tries to remind him that it is his fate ... . This can relate to the witches, because like them, Lady Macbeth can no longer fit into the natural world. Her insights into Macbeth's nature seem to be supported by his own asides because his asides show him to be very indecisive and confused. This is because ...

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... done't: their hands and faces were all badged with blood; so were their daggers- (Macbeth II, 3, 359)] Lennox tries to explain how he believes the king was killed by his own men. This shows the evil of someone close could plot a murder on a person that supposedly would be a friend. Macbeth also shows his evil side when he states, ["Fleance his son ... kills a king and a dear friend. Another person that shows her ambition throughout the play is Lady Macbeth. She dictates to Macbeth saying, ["Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor is thou art in desire?" (Macbeth I, 7, ...

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... it, but, with the knowledge that he could be king, he could not help himself from considering it. In Act 1, Scene 7, Lady Macbeth says to Macbeth, "And live a coward in thine own esteem" which will make him want to change his mind into killing Duncan so he prove he is a man instead of a coward. After the constant incite with Lady Macbeth, she ... becomes so obsessed with the witches prophesies to his friend, Banquo, that he decides to hire two men to kill him and his son. It is not long before Macbeth's own ruthlessness begins to disturb him, greatly. He suffers from troubled sleep, nig...

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... a king to Macbeth but a cousin to). Lady Macbeth does this by calling him a coward and says that he is not the man she thought he was "And live a coward in thine own esteem, letting I dare mot wait upon I would". Shakespeare does not make Lady Macbeth seem like anything but a bad person although he shows she is not evil. This is shown in ... had proceeded. In conclusion to this essay I feel that Lady Macbeth is a person who is kind, thoughtful and has natural feelings to unnatural things even if it is at her own expense. ...

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... killing Duncan bounces back and forth in his mind, but then is finally reinforced negatively by the influential words of Lady Macbeth. "Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art in desire like the poor cat i" the adage?" Act 1 scene 7, line 39-44. What drives him over the top is when she attacks his ... evil stirring caused him to stray from his self-foundation on which his strengths of loyalty, and bravery were built. He let the external influences of the witches and his own wife drive him away from what he knew was right. Because of this he changed from a c...

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Macbeth, in Macbeth by Shakespeare, is influenced in many ways. Lady Macbeth influenced Macbeth in his decision to kill Duncan, the witches influenced him to become king, and his own conscience influenced himself 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 ... encounter with Lady Macbeth and her calling him a coward, he went through with it. "Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," like...

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... the destruction and disorder they have created on land and sea. "The Weird Sisters, hand in hand/ Posters of the sea and land/Thus do go, about, about/ Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, and thrice again to make up nine." They do not feel anything for the suffering of others except content and satisfaction. It is evident that their ... show the glory of our art?/ And, which is worse, all you have done/ Hath been but for a wayward son/ Spiteful and wrathful, who as others do/ Loves for his own ends, not for you." It is not the witches who take control over Macbeth's actions, alternativ...

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... old man had in him. Macbeth says to Macduff, "My hands are already charged with too much blood of thine", alluding to the murder of Macduff's family and servants. It is appropriate that the monster's head should adorn the battlements of his own castle. In conclusion, Macbeth's blood imagery almost tells the whole story in itself, moving from the righteous bloodletting by ... the honourable general on behalf of his kingdom to the spilling of his own blood also in order to save the kingdom, but in a tragic way. This great ... ...

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... one of element which leads to his downfall: « (...)I have no spur To prick the sides if my intent, but only Vaulting ambition » (I, vii). But his ambition on its own isn't strong enough to make him commit his first murder: the murder of King Duncan. His lack of ambition is apparent when he says: « We will proceed no further ... in this business » (I, vii). Macbeth is weak and almost vulnerable towards Lady Macbeth. She simply criticizes his manhood with comments such as « a coward in thine own esteem » (I, vii) and persuades him by talking about his manhood: « Whe...

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... desire" of his to kill Duncan. Macbeth at this point must have been swinging either side of if he should kill Duncan. When Lady Macbeth ask him "live a coward in thine own esteem" I think he gets very annoyed this is shown by his reaction "I dare do all that may become a man" and after Lady Macbeth's has said that she has "given suck ... him realise his true potential. Even the witches didn"t do that they just said he would be king and not how he was going to become king. He decided his own course of action. ...

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