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    Compare and Contrast: Macbeth & Lady Macbeth In the play Macbeth‚ ambition‚ strength‚ and insanity play major roles in how the characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth behave and react. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth present all 3 of these behaviors at one time or another during the play. However‚ there behaviors progress in very different ways. While Macbeth gets stronger and more ambitious‚ Lady Macbeth does the opposite. She starts out strong and ambitious‚ but becomes weaker and more reserved. In

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    Macbeth Almost every relationship has those critical arguments or confrontations and requires communication as well as collaboration to overcome its challenges. This is the case between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth where two different personalities and characteristics begin to clash against one another and push each other to their limits. As the play progresses‚ Lady Macbeth’s motives and desires are revealed and as a result‚ her aspirations get the best of her and starts to influence her husband Macbeth

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    Macbeth Themes

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    Macbeth SE. Themes Man’s conscious descention into evil in the name of personal ambition can lead to massive disorder. (and the corruptive influence personal ambition has). Chain of Being being constantly disrupted. -The king is killed. He is the highest in the hierarchy in the chain of being of man. When the king is killed‚ the weather and animals go crazy. indication that its bad. - Lady Macbeth wants to be a man. This is completely against the Chain of Being. The woman has

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    Lady Macbeth

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    scene where Lady Macbeth shows that she needs to find the manpower inside her to able to betray the King. This quote shows that Lady Macbeth is truly evil as she is asking spirits to grant her the strength to hide her guilt and go through with her plan without any hesitation. One the other hand though‚ it also means that deep inside her‚ she isn’t how she’s acting because she asking spirits for this privilege. This quote proves that Lady Macbeth is the person who started Macbeth off and that she

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    Lady Macbeth

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    LADY MACBETH HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A FOURTH WITCH. DO YOU CONSIDER THIS TO BE FAIR JUDGEMENT? I disagree with the statement that Lady Macbeth is a fourth witch.  This is because she displays many different characteristics to that of the witches. She is not naturally evil because she shows signs of guilt‚ unlike the witches. Murder is something that the witches enjoy. The witches do not show any sign of guilt or regret. To show the extreme of her guilt‚ during her sleep walking she is absolutely

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    Ambition In Macbeth

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    overly or unambitious. In the story of Macbeth‚ you can see all of the types of ambition whether it be good‚ or bad. In Macbeth‚ the most notably over ambitious character is Macbeth. From the beginning we are able to see that he has more ambition than the average person‚ and his over ambition causes his tragic downfall. There are two main factors that drive Macbeth’s ambition over board. First we see the prophecy with the three witches. First Witch‚ "All hail‚ Macbeth! hail to thee‚ thane of Glamis!"

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    William Shakespeare: Macbeth Explore the ways in which Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are presented… You should consider: - the thoughts and feelings Macbeth and Lady Macbeth express - the way other characters react to them - what makes the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth so important Act 2‚ Scene 2 - In the opening two lines of the scene‚ Lady Macbeth describes how she has been overwhelmed by passion. She is drunk with the power she has given herself and

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    Macbeth as a tragedy

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    Macbeth as a Tragedy According to Aristotle ’s Definition Literature provides us the various sensation; for examples; love‚ hate‚ sorrow‚ melancholy‚ pity‚ fear and joyfulness. Melancholy is the origination of many great literature works; for instances; the works written by the greatest writer in English literature‚ William Shakespeare. He wrote many precious works and his masterpiece namely tragedy of Hamlet‚ Othello‚ King Lear and Macbeth. The Tragedy of Macbeth seems to fit to an idea mold

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    Guilt In Macbeth

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    Macbeth analytical essay Through out the entirety of the play‚ Macbeth goes through numerous changes. In the end he seems very distant to how a normal human would act. But one trait he expresses early on is a trait that we all can relate to‚ guilt. Guilt is a trait that is experienced at all ages of life‚ its a trait that everone has no matter who you are. First its best to look at the guilt Macbeth had experienced. The largest example is the topic of killing the king. Before Macbeth had

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    Banquo and Macbeth

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    Banquo ’s Ghost appearing at the banquet is a graphic manifestation of the guilt that Macbeth feels. Since‚ Lady Macbeth needs to make excuses for Macbeth’s interaction with the ghost of Banquo means that the ghost is only visible in Macbeth’s eyes. During Macbeth’s coronation banquet‚ Lady Macbeth pulls Macbeth asides and asks him the reason behind his inappropriate behavior. Macbeth becomes angry because Lady Macbeth robustly accuses him of lying. When Lady Macbeth calls Macbeth a liar he replies

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