In the play Macbeth, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have both shared and .
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both share a similar trait, the trait .
of evil intentions. A conniving trait festered by the three weird sisters. When Macbeth .
utters, " the greatest is behind . (309)," he is shown to be scheming about how close .
He is to becoming king or how he can take the crown from Duncan. The same trait is .
produced by Lady Macbeth's comment, " Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be what .
thou art promised (312)." This quote from Lady Macbeth is made after she reads .
Macbeth's account of the strange encounter with the witches. It shows, as did her .
Husbands comment, how she has a sinister plan to help her husband's future prediction .
come true. Although Macbeth and his wife have similar traits, they also have many .
contrasting qualities. Macbeth is very humble when he tells the king, " The service and .
loyalty I owe [you] (316)." Macbeth truly admires the king, and though he wants to be .
king, he has a hard time coming up with the determination to murder Duncan, because of .
his fealty and loyalty to him. Lady Macbeth on the other hand is very arrogant and .
controlling. She persuades Macbeth to commit murder by saying, " Only look up leave .
the rest to me. (314)" This shows that she lacks respect for her husbands position, and .
has no loyalty or humility when it comes to her king. Though Macbeth and his wife .
portray comparable evil characteristics, it is shown that while Lady Macbeth's heart is .
only black and evil, Macbeth is still fighting a supernatural battle in his soul against the .
evil that is attempting to consume him. .
Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are two interesting and contrasting characters. They have several of the same characteristics and some contrasting. My collage contrasts and compares Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. ... On the bottom I displayed Macbeth. ... I put Macbeth's name next to a baby because Macbeth can't make decisions by himself. ...
Shakespeare's Macbeth explores the values, attitudes and beliefs present during medieval times through the construction of characters such as: Duncan, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. ... In contrast upon the death of the king, his best horses; acting completely out of character: broke free from their stalls and turned on each other displaying traits of one who has turned on their master as Macbeth had on the king, displaying a disturbance of the natural order. ... "A falcon, towering in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawk"d at and kill"d" (2.4.11-13) By comparing Macbeth to the...
Were Macbeth's decisions right or wrong? ... We could compare fate to freewill by the actions a character chooses to achieve in the play. ... We could compare this argument to one of the stories in the bible when Satan (Serpent) told Eve to tempt Adam to eat the forbidden fruit and that was her own freewill to tempt Adam, not fate. That is what Macbeth did in the play. ... This also could be contrasted to Eve, how she influenced Adam to eat the forbidden fruit when he did not have to. ...
Shakspeare's use of detail helps to show the changes in Macbeth through a gradual process. ... Shakespeare's diction through other characters in the play also help to portray Macbeth's break down. In the beginning, when Macbeth still depicts his sensitivity and morality, Lady's Macbeth almost forces Macbeth to do the deed calling him a "coward in thine own esteem", mocking him saying, "you durst do it then you were a man," and comparing him to "a baby that milks me." Lady Macbeth serves as on of Macbeth's contrasting characters. It is with her biting tougne ...
The symbols of light and darkness in Macbeth are used to illustrate the contrasts between good and evil, to explain the actions of the protagonists, and are associated with sight and blindness to emphasize drama. Being two contrasting elements, the characteristics associated with light and darkness are also opposite; light is related to innocence, truth and purity, while darkness is associated with corruption, cruelty and guilt. ... In the first scenes of Act I, the imagery of light is used when King Duncan names Malcolm as his successor and commends Macbeth for his bravery in battle by comp...
This exemplifies Lady Macbeth's doubts of Macbeth. ... Lady Macbeth demanded the actions of Macbeth. ... Macbeth was uncertain of the successfulness of the killers sent to vanquish Banquo and Fleance, and Lady Macbeth doubted Macbeth's capabilities to be a ruthless ruler (Iv, Ln 15-30). ... Lady Macbeth can be assigned the title of the manipulator in this play, which leaves Macbeth to be the manipulated. ... This is what befalls Macbeth and his Lady in the play Macbeth....
In the play, "Macbeth," animal imagery is an important device used to bring light to change. ... These two quotes are contrasting, emphasizing the change that will occur due to Macbeth breaking the chain. ... She compares him to cat that wants fish, but dislikes getting his paws wet. This tactic works on Macbeth, and he kills Duncan. ... These are two very contrasting descriptions, which helps accentuate the tension and darkness that is leading up to the climax, as well as the development of the atmosphere encircling the play. ...
In this essay I will compare and contrast two of Shakespeare greatest characters from two of his greatest works, they are Macbeth and Claudius. For starters Claudius and Macbeth are both incredibly ambitious characters. ... Lady Macbeth, the wife of Macbeth whose ambition and lust for power are the reason for all her problems. ... Lady Macbeth played Macbeth like if he was a puppet, she was the one that planned the murder of King Duncan and was the one that pushed Macbeth into doing it. ... Both Lady Macbeth and Ophelia take their madness in different ways. ...
The play Macbeth is written with much inlaid imagery of light and darkness. Each act of the play has contrasting images in the battle of the light vs. darkness. ... Shakespeare uses the light vs. darkness to show the contrast of power in the play and to show where evil is hidden in different acts. ... Malcolm compares Macbeth to the devil when he says, "Angels are bright still, but though the brightest star fell." ... The woman watching Lady Macbeth says of her, "Why, it stood by her. ...
