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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In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the themes of good and evil are prevalent. The evil that Macbeth and many other characters face is temptation and greed. Witchcraft is another evil thrown into the play‚ but is an evil in itself; it is not transformed or given to any characters‚ it is only used by the three witches. Nevertheless‚ witchcraft adds to the evil theme. Shakespeare develops the evil further by creating not one witch‚ but three. The evil that envelops many‚ which is temptation and then greed are
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Good and evil Good Evil Loyalty Lack of Morality Courage Dishonesty Honourable Gullible Generosity Manipulative Nobility Coward “Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it” “let not light see my deep and dark desires” “to alter favour ever is to fear” “The service and the loyalty I owe” “Point against point‚ rebellious arm ‘gainst arm” 1. How are they corrupted by the evil in them? After reaching the highest level success Macbeth still desires
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Lady Macbeth is the penultimate person in the play‚ especially at the beginning‚ next to Macbeth himself. And though she does not survive to the end‚ her influence on Macbeth lasts throughout. She is most influential person in Macbeth´s downfall‚ next to the witches. However‚ her relationship with him goes far deeper then that of the witches. It is my belief that the witches act only as a trigger to start the events in the play‚ and that Lady Macbeth herself was the driving force behind
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Evil‚ depraved‚ corrupt and malicious are all words that describe something that is morally wrong or bad. "Macbeth" by Shakespeare and "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding both display how man’s sinful nature can be revealed through thoughts and actions. The underlying evil within man is the most prominent theme of both play and novel. The authors show their belief that if everybody revealed their true natures‚ the world would tear itself apart. At first‚ Macbeth was an innocent person who gradually
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women. In the tragic play Macbeth by William Shakespeare the woman behind Macbeth is the Evil Lady Macbeth. She is very greedy and ambitious. She will do everything in her power it takes to become the queen of Scotland. Some people may say that Macbeth is more evil because she was the one to commit the murder‚ but Lady Macbeth had a big influence on Macbeth to commit the murder. Lady Macbeth is very Evil and Mischievous. Lady Macbeth is greedy and ambitious. When Macbeth is considering not to go
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In Shakespeare’s "Macbeth"‚ we see a lot of evil; we see evil people and we see evil acts. We can see that - almost - everyone has an evil desire within them. However‚ only a really evil person acts on that impulse and commits something morally wrong. An evil deed doesn’t necessarily mean an evil soul; Lady Macbeth was not naturally evil. Before her and her husband came to the conclusion of killing‚ they had their doubts. How can someone be pure evil‚ if they doubt the evil that they want to commit
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describes the character Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth. As a loving wife‚ she appears to support her husband’s dream to become king‚ however‚ her wish to be filled with cruelty and her ruthless influence of her husband‚ shows her true evil nature. Lady Macbeth is a vile catalyst in all the evil actions throughout the play‚ due to her heartless cruelty and control over Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is an evil character because she wants her body filled with evil‚ so she can kill the King
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In the tragedy Macbeth‚ William Shakespeare explores the timeless theme of the battle between good and evil. Through the techniques of soliloquies and asides‚ contrast between the characters and imagery in the dialogue‚ Shakespeare shows how uncontrolled ambition corrupts the noble protagonist‚ Macbeth‚ into an evil tyrant. Shakespeare uses soliloquies and asides to reveal the inner conflict within Macbeth as he chooses between good and evil. After the witches prophesy that Macbeth will become king
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Evil seems to be the dominant but good always prevails. The author William Shakespeare wrote a drama titled Macbeth taking place in Scotland. The main character Macbeth wanted to be king and murdered his way to the throne. His murderous actions would soon come back to haunt him. The theme of the story is Good vs. Evil which is portrayed through the Three Witches‚ Macbeth and Macduff. The Three Witches are the first evil presence you meet in the drama Macbeth. (Act1‚ scni‚ lns10)” All: fair is foul
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