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    How do Shakespeare and Browning use linguistic and structural devices to present disturbed female characters in Macbeth and The Laboratory? The Guidelines Timing 4 hours Word count 2000 The Plan The Keywords The Way out AOs Assessment Objective one: ‘Respond to texts critically and imaginatively; select and use relevant textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations’ Ao2 Explain how language‚ structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas‚ themes‚ and settings’

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    Comparative burger The authors of Macbeth and The laboratory also have different ways of portraying their characters to be disturbed. One way they do this is that one of the characters feel guilt whereas the other finds some sort of joy from what she is doing. One way Shakespeare highlights Lady Macbeth to be disturbed is in Act 5 Scene 1. This is when Lady Macbeth says “The smell of blood is still there. All the perfumes of Arabia cannot sweeten this little hand” This quote is very important

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    “How is Lady Macbeth presented as a disturbed character?” In the Shakespeare play Macbeth‚ his wife Lady Macbeth is presented in many ways‚ mainly a controlling‚ cold‚ crazy lady. Here are a few examples of her peculiar behaviour and why she may have behaved this way: Lady Macbeth could be presented as a disturbed character quite early on in the book. In Act One‚ Scene 5 when she has received the letter from Macbeth she immediately starts to plan and take matters into her own hands. She knows immediately

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    The play ‘Macbeth’ was believed by scholars to have been written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1603 and 1606. Shakespeare’s date of birth is unknown but he was baptised on 26th April 1564 and died on 23rd April 1616‚ aged 52. He was an English poet and playwright with 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ 2 long narrative poems‚ and several other poems which all consist of his surviving works. His plays have been translated into every major language and are performed more than any other playwrights around

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    Macbeth- The Character of Lady Macbeth Analysis Paragraphs By Tash Weeks Lady Macbeth is a very manipulative and clever character‚ whose attributes and feelings change throughout the play. At the start of the script‚ she is a very driven and strong character‚ pushing her beloved Macbeth to go do the dark deeds that he needs to do to get to his eventual goal- to become king and rule all of Scotland. But little does he know that she isn’t doing it just for him- she wants the power more than anything

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    Character of Lady Macbeth In the course of this essay I will discuss the character of Lady Macbeth and the change in her character throughout the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. We see her as being ambitious and ruthless at the start. Looking at her and Macbeths character she is the dominant one in the relationship. After a while we start to see a change in her character as she lacks strength and ambition‚ isn’t in charge or control of her relationship with Macbeth. She is being kept out of

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    Lady Macbeth is an important character in William Shakespeare’s play‚ “Macbeth”. In the beginning of the play‚ Lady Macbeth seems to be the ideal woman whom a man prefers to encourage Macbeth to achieve success beyond boundaries. Lady Macbeth is empowered to go beyond the boundaries set up by the society for a woman when pushed to stand firmly and take decisions like a man who is the head of any family. Lady Macbeth is a tactful wife to Macbeth‚ to whom provides ultimate support and help‚ though

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    Throughout the play‚ Macbeth and Lady Macbeth change characters. This is evident through their speaking and their actions. Act One shows you the beginning of Lady Macbeth’s killing rage. For example‚ she says on page 284 in lines 18-29 that Macbeth has the title of Glamis and Cawdor and now the only things that are keeping him from the throne are King Duncan and his two sons‚ Malcolm and Donalbain. In that soliloquy‚ she is already thinking of plotting to kill Duncan. The next soliloquy that she

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    Lady Macbeth Essay “A dynamic character is an individual that undergoes a drastic character change or revelation.”[1] Lady Macbeth is an ideal example of this kind of character. At the beginning of the play Macbeth‚ written by Shakespeare‚ Lady Macbeth can be perceived as a manipulative and deeply ambitious person‚ which implies an overall sinister-like quality. However‚ as the play progresses‚ Lady Macbeth’s character changes to one that seems deeply regretful for her actions. Through Lady Macbeth’s

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    Examine the presentation of disturbed characters in Act 1 of Macbeth We are first presented with a disturbed mind in Act 1 Scene 3‚ where Macbeth’s first words echo the witches - “fair is foul and foul is fair”. If we look closely at this it tells us that things are not always what they seem which can really indicate a disturbed mind because somebody could be disturbed and we couldn’t know because we as people cannot look into somebody’s mind. Another example is when Banquo makes a note on Macbeth’s

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