In the early 1900’s clothes were a status symbol. Fashion was more important than comfort. Fashionable ladies enjoyed the grand occasions surrounding the federation of Australian colonies‚ and later the openings of new federal parliament‚ in Melbourne where royalty was going to be in attendance. Society matrons were lucky that the extravagant magnificent dresses of the Edwardian era coincided with Australians own premier events. Women liked to have a pinched waist‚ a big bust with no cleavage showing
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of man.” Macbeth‚ throughout the play‚ is presented as one much above the ordinary beings‚ and‚ as such‚ he fulfils the basic -requirements of being a tragic hero. Shakespeare‚ introduces him as a brave general‚ a bold‚ resolute man of action who through as also referred to “Valor’s minion”‚ “Bellona’s bridegroom’’‚ the king’s ‘’valiant cousin’’‚ a very “eagle’’ among ‘’sparrows’’‚ a ‘’lion’’ among ‘’hares’’. It is a play‚ which is depicting a complete destruction
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Ambition is described as eager for success‚ power or fame. For Macbeth. Ambition was what drove him to become great‚ it forced him to change his nature towards evil. At the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth was portrayed as a courageous soldier who fought for his King without mercy. But once the witches planted the seeds of greater things and Lady Macbeth fuelled his ambition‚ which lead him to become greedy and power hungry. Macbeth was led down to an unescapable road of doom by an outside force
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of Duncan‚ Macbeth should be held accountable for his deeds. A reason to support this claim would be‚ Macbeth’s heart had already been filled with malicious intent before he even had a conversation with his wife about killing King Duncan. Readers can say that his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ acted as a sort of trigger that pushed him to the edge. Even though that she is just as guilty as he is‚ Macbeth should’ve trusted what he was doing was wrong. On the night that Duncan visited the Macbeth household‚ his
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* * * * What is a family? This seems like such a simple question‚ obviously a family is those who you are related to by biological definitions‚ but what about step parents‚ adoptive families and much more. The text of Beth LePoire defines families‚ “through their relatedness and their functions of nurturing and control” (27). To clarify the term relatedness LePoire includes biological‚ legal‚ and marriage like commitments. Nurturing LePoire defines as encouraging physical‚ social
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what is not Macbeth is faced with the burden of choosing between acting on good or evil because of the witch’s prophecy to him. They claim it is in the prophecy for Macbeth to be king; this leaves Macbeth with the difficult decision of killing the current king‚ because for the prophecy to become true‚ Duncan must die. He thinks to himself that this supernatural soliciting cannot be good nor can it be evil. If what the witch’s said is evil‚ then how is he Thane of Cawdor? Macbeth comes to the conclusion
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elements‚ the Witches introduce an element of supernatural mystery and fear into Macbeth. As Coleridge says‚ “as true a creation of Shakespeare’s as his Ariel and Caliban” and “wholly different from the representation of witches in the contemporary writers‚ and yet presented a sufficient external resemblance to the creatures of vulgar prejudice‚ to act immediately on the audience.” It is significant that the play begins with a brief meeting of the three witches. A very short prologue is long enough
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most lethal and sinister plays‚ Macbeth is a drama so praiseworthy that is able to perfectly absorb and embody the greatest fears of its time period‚ and then instill them back into its audience‚ frightening them even greater than they were before. Above all‚ Shakespeare valued a good story‚ and the witches‚ traitors‚ and deceit that was prevalent throughout the play all served to captivate the audience and touch on topics that everyone would be aware of. By opening his play so such a wide audience
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According to Wayne Booth‚ in Macbeth‚ Shakespeare takes a “noble” man full of “conscience” and “milk of human kindness”‚ and makes of him a “dead butcher”‚ yet maintains in him a tragic hero with full stature‚ commanding our sympathy to the end. Is the above statement valid? Or invalid? Is Macbeth solely to blame for his actions? If so‚ then why sympathize with him? Or do we need to sympathize with him because he was manipulated by the Witches and/ or Lady Macbeth? Do Lady Macbeth and the Witches absenteeism
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In Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’‚ the image of darkness is used and developed throughout for many dramatic purposes. The tragic play is set in Scotland in the 11th Century and highlights the key idea of darkness. In Elizabethan England‚ night air was said to be impure and it was the air in which evils were most free since it was not purged by the sunshine. Shakespeare uses the dark imagery to create a mysterious and gloomy atmosphere. It also manipulates the audience’s emotions by evoking an emotional
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