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    In my view‚ Lady Macbeth is far worse than Macbeth. Although they both think of murdering King Duncan as soon as they hear the witches’ prophecies‚ Macbeth thinks more about what he may or may not do‚ whereas Lady Macbeth immediately appeals to evil spirits to give her the strength to kill Duncan. When Macbeth first hears the prophecies‚ and when the first 2/3 of it comes true‚ he does think of killing the king‚ but also‚ towards the end of Act 1‚ Scene 3‚ he thinks that perhaps he doesn’t need

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    Macbeth’ was written around about 1603-1607 and no one really knows when the exact date ’Hamlet’ was written‚ but it was approximately in 1599-1601. The plays written were both tragedies written by William Shakespeare. ’Macbeth’ was about a man who was told a prophecy by three witches that he will be lord of Cawdor and he will become King. So he killed the former King of Scotland for himself and his wife Lady Macbeth to become king and queen‚ he was not alone in the murder his wife manipulated

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    Brutus vs. Macbeth through Power‚ Ambition‚ and Honor “Absolute power corrupts absolutely‚” unless one knows how to use it‚ it shall not corrupt. Everyone has ambitions‚ a strong desire of achieving great things‚ and some will do whatever it takes to achieve their goal. Honor is a title one receives through their noble acts; but some honorable and strongly ambitious people may go as far as to give up their noble title to accomplish their purpose. William Shakespeare is a well-known English poet

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    Macbeth and Banquo were on there way back from a battle when 3 witch’s show up they thought they were seeing things because what person would be in a battle field with blood and body’s on the ground. Macbeth and Banquo walked up to them and one of the itch’s started to say “All hail Macbeth Thane of Cawdor”‚ Macbeth thought they were just saying stuff cause they were crazy.So Banquo wanted to ask what they seen in his future and they just told him “All hail Macbeth and Banquo”. Macbeth will kill

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    both start of different Macbeth starts of a short manifestation of the witches and then move to a armed site‚ where the Scottish King Duncan hears the information that is generals‚ Macbeth and Banquo‚ have overcome two divide invading armies. Macbeth is also brained washed by his wife. Lady Macbeth makes him go insane. She makes him do things that he didn’t want to she got into his head so bad. She wants him to murder King Duncan in order to obtain thecrown. Lady Macbeth already has everything planned

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    for one will never cease to strive for it. After receiving the letter Macbeth sent to me about all that has happened‚ I realized this is a perfect opportunity to take charge in what needs to be done. Even though Macbeth desires power equally as much as I do‚ I feel that I am the more ruthless and conniving one. Macbeth seems to be too kind-hearted in nature and has a bit more of a solid conscience. I made sure however‚ that Macbeth understood that power is a difficult thing to achieve and everything

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    Compare the presentation of Lady Macbeth and Miss Havisham. Explore how Shakespeare and Dickens present them as disturbed women. Disturbed is a definition of someone who has emotional or mental problems; both Lady Macbeth and Miss Havisham are presented as disturbed characters in one way or another. These two leading women both have characteristics that were not stereotypical of woman at the time periods that the play and the novel were set in; making them immediately appear strange to the audience

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    Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare is one of Shakespeare’s most powerful and emotionally intense plays. Shakespeare created several interesting characters‚ and Macbeth and Macduff are two of those characters. Though Macbeth and Macduff seem very different‚ they actually have several things in common. Macbeth is very power hungry to where Macduff is as well‚ but isn’t a heathen about it and puts the people of his sovereign first. Macbeth and Macduff are more similar than expected. For example

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    Lady Macbeth is responsible for Macbeth’s downfall Lady Macbeth is shown early as an ambitious woman who can manipulate Macbeth easily.  It is shown in the line "That I may pour my spirits in thine ear" Act 1 Scene 5. She manipulates his self-esteem by playing with his manliness and his bravery.  (Act 1 scene 5 lines 16-18)  “yet do I fear thy nature‚ It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way”  You are too full of the milk of human kindness

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    Sheakspeare’s "Macbeth‚" Lady Macbeth has proven that her imagination is stronger than her will. During the beginning of the play‚ Lady M had been the iron fist and authority icon for Macbeth. She was the voice of determination and hardness‚ yet deep down‚ she never carried such traits to begin with. She started this ordeal with a negative‚ bombastic rhetoric‚ preying on Macbeth’s weaknesses in order to egg him on. In no way did she make a positive contribution to Macbeth or to herself. However‚ Macbeth soon

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