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    reader’s Lady Macbeth lacking in strength by the actions she takes. Lady Macbeth is weak because she doesn’t have the strength to kill King Duncan‚ hiding behind the guilt of killing people and the thought of her sleeping father during the murder of King Duncan. During the beginning of the play‚ Lady Macbeth had a set idea to have her husband‚ Macbeth‚ kill King Duncan. This was one out of many weak actions Lady Macbeth had because she was questioning Macbeth’s manhood‚ when in reality‚ she could not

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    trustworthy & loyal warrior‚ and Thane of Glamis‚ whose fame in the battlefield wins him a great honour and respect from the king. The play’s tragedy begins when Macbeth allows his over ambition to ignite his downfall. The protagonist’s hamartia was overambition which leads to the murder of King Duncan. He commits regicide of Duncan and murder of his best friend just to be king. I think William Shakespeare took a very ambitious route to the story of ‘Macbeth’. This project required us to make a creative

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    ties in perfectly with Macbeth’s thirst for power. In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth‚ Macbeth murders King Duncan‚ knowing that he would become king when Duncan died instead of waiting to see if the prophecy would come true without forcing it. Greed holds the most power in influencing the actions of others. To begin with‚ Lady Macbeth urges her husband to kill king Duncan so she can share power with Macbeth. Lady Macbeth says‚ “Thou’d’st have‚ great Glamis‚ / That which cries “Thus

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    and persuade Macbeth to kill King Duncan. Lady Macbeth’s overt ambition to become Queen and her emotional manipulation of Macbeth ultimately causes her husband to commit regicide. When Lady Macbeth is first introduced into the play‚ her ambitious nature is quite evident. Her desire for power and disregard

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    (II.i.36) because it foreshadows his deadly intent to kill King Duncan. Macbeth is obviously under great mental torment‚ which is the cause of his hallucination of the imaginary dagger. He imagines the dagger‚ covered with gouts of blood (II.i.46)‚ leading him to Duncans room. This image shows Macbeths fatal ambition as he follows his desire (the dagger) to kill King Duncan with a dagger which will eventually be covered with King Duncans own blood. b)What does he mean by a dagger of the mind? What

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    was highly praised for it. Duncan-" Dismayed not this our captains Macbeth and/ Banquo? Captain- " Yet as sparrows eagles or hare the lion/ If I say sooth. I must report they were/ As cannons overcharged with double cracks/ so they doubly redoubled strikes upon the foe." (Act.I.ii.37-42) In which the captain is tells the king how amazingly Macbeth fought and the courage and power they showed was the key to winning. In addition to the high

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    a greedy and ambitious man that took the next step to become king. Macbeth murdered the king at the time named Duncan‚ to ensure his place as the next king. Throughout the play Macbeth starts to realize what his actions caused‚ and what may happen in the future so he takes another leap of faith‚ and assigns two men to go out and seek all of Duncan’s family and kill them. Many people argue about who is at fault for the murder of Duncan and other deeds committed like the killing of all of his family

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    act of being evil is transferred from the villain to the hero. King Duncan is the ruler at the start of the Shakespearean play‚ but Macbeth wants to be the next King. In order for Macbeth to have potential to be the next reign he must kill Banquo’s sons because according to the Witches’ prophecies‚ his sons will follow King Duncan. Lady Macbeth‚ Macbeth’s wife was thrilled he could become King so she came up with a plan to murder Duncan. At first‚ Macbeth was opposed to being evil‚ but as the course

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    decisions lead him to his own catastrophe. Firstly‚ Macbeth’s brave and courageous nature motivates him to commit a serious crime‚ in which he was not completely satisfied with; due to the fact that it made people believe that he did not attain the king of Scotland in a fair manner. Secondly‚ Macbeth is an obstinate character. Macbeth wants nothing to do with his conscience. He refuses to listen to his conscience. His conscience requests that he changes his ways and forgets about the terrible things

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    William Shakespeare‚ is one of the greatest Shakespearean tragedies written in the 18th century‚ a drama full of murder and revenge. By these mysterious prophecies of the three mystical witches‚ Macbeth is prompted to kill his dear ruler‚ and friend‚ Duncan‚ in order to seize the throne. This leads to ghosts‚ hallucinations‚ more murders‚ and other unnatural events‚ eventually resulting in the downfall of Macbeth. Macbeth develops and changes greatly‚ from a loyal‚ trustworthy person to a corrupted and

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