Scene 5 Summary -This scene is set at Macbeth’s castle where Lady Macbeth reads a letter received from her husband concerning his meeting with the witches. Macbeth is now the Thane of Cawdor and she is instantly aware that Macbeth could become King. She thinks of killing Duncan‚ however she also thinks about Macbeth and how he is too kind to kill the king. Quotes- “Yet I do fear thy nature;/ It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness” “To beguile the time‚ look like the time” “Look like the
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Lady Macbeth is mentally unstable and insane. She longs for power and supreme authority over others‚ and she will injure and even kill anybody who gets in her way. For example‚ when she found out that the witches told Macbeth he was going to be king she egged him on‚ and urged him to become king. Or when she realizes Macbeth is scared to kill Duncan‚ she then calls him a coward and convinces him to carry on with the murder. These are some reasons why Lady Macbeth is insane wants power‚ and maybe
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As the end drew near‚ Lady Macbeth was no longer able to drive off the guilt‚ while Macbeth became unreined and free‚ relying completely on himself. As time goes on‚ Lady Macbeth’s guilt grows stronger while she is given less to do: “She had no way of escaping from her own thoughts‚ no way of plunging into such a course of action as might help to keep away the remembrance of the past or to relieve the present” (Munro 33). As her guilt has caught up with her‚ Lady Macbeth has been driven completely
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The Dark Side of Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is considered to be one of the most dominant female characters in literature. She is portrayed as an innocent‚ loving wife at the start of the story. She receives the letter from Macbeth that explains the witches’ prophecies. She then rapidly changes into a heartless and conniving human being‚ she decided to plot against Duncan for the sake of her opportunity to become queen‚ but does not want to do the deed herself. Lady Macbeth is deemed as the villain
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Journal of Lady Macbeth: After reading the letter Macbeth sent her. “Blue Jays play dumb and dumber‚ with and without Yunel Escobar: Perkins”. Toronto Star Thu Sep 20‚ 2012. Website. My dear Macbeth is now the thane of Cawdor and has been promised to be ‘the future king’ by the three witches‚ oh how wonderful this is! ‘Queen Lady Macbeth’ I can already
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Whether in novels‚ movies or plays‚ the villains usually leave some negative impressions on the audience so that the villains basically become the most unpopular roles in the works. Because the audiences easily produce subjective consciousness following the villains’ performances in the stories‚ they are used to ignoring the factor that the villains also could be the victims at the same time. In the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller‚ Abigail Williams is a controversial villain because she
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The play Arsenic and Old Lace fits perfectly in with the theme of Gothic Horror. The idea that people believe otherwise is absurd. Gothic Horror has basic components that start with the letter M‚ for example‚ Murder‚ Melancholy‚ and Macabre‚ all of these are displayed within this play. Then there are the two older women luring elderly gentlemen to their deaths because they’ve become a bit lonely‚ not realizing the seriousness of the acts they commit. Jonathan‚ the insane and estranged brother of
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Both Ms. Strangeworth from “The Possibility of Evil” and Captain Torres from “Lather and Nothing Else” represent the villain archetype; however‚ Miss Strangeworth better represents it because she enjoys the evil she causes‚ whereas Captain Torres does not. First of all‚ the roles of the characters are shown as villains throughout both of the stories. In the case of Miss Strangeworth‚ it is when she sends her malicious messages to the town without regard for their feelings (Jackson 5). Meanwhile‚
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Witches have appeared in many stories whether by becoming the antagonist in the stories‚ movies and TV or by being the either the heroes or the sidekicks in the stories. However‚ witches are more commonly seen as the villains in the stories. In the old days they would have pointed noses‚ witch hats‚ and would use a cauldron. They would be feared by the characters in the story until a brave hero steps in and defeats her‚ not that much different from the classic save-the-princess-from-the-big-scary-dragon
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Often we wonder if we are “good” or “evil‚” but we also question what makes us either or. Is it something we are born into or do our millions of different circumstances affect the way we behave? I believe that humans are inherently evil‚ and that society sets laws in order to keep our evils from seeping out. Lord of the Flies and the Holy Bible are excellent examples of how natural human instincts call us to sinful acts. When the word maleficent is mentioned you think of Sleeping Beauty’s evil sorceress
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