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    Lady Macbeth

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    A Woman Act and Think Like a Man Lady Macbeth is the most famous female character in one of the William Shakespeare’s’ plays‚ which is called Macbeth. In this great play‚ Lady Macbeth is the first instigator who plans to murder Duncan. Indeed‚ Lady Macbeth is an ambitious‚ powerful‚ and ruthless woman. When the time Macbeth sends her a letter and tells her the prediction from the three witches‚ she starts to plan ahead and staged a revolt to against the current kingship. Additionally‚ in the Shakespeare’s

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    Shakespeare’s play MacbethMacbeth shows that manipulation and persuasion will lead to one’s fate. In the play Macbeth‚ Shakespeare portrays the witches manipulating Macbeth to believe that he will be king. Early on Macbeth has already been hooked on the withes prophecies and manipulations by begging for more‚ “Stay‚ you imperfect speakers. Tell me more” (Macbeth‚ I‚ III). By telling the witches that he wants to hear more he is showing that he has already begun to be manipulated. Also‚ Macbeth is showing

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    hobby of the people of his time. One of his many widely known plays is Macbeth. Macbeth is a play about a Scottish ruler who becomes obsessed with power. He begins causing all these killings recklessly. During all this he has one thing in mind and one thing only‚ power. He’s not aware that what he’s doing not only comes along with power but also with a little something called guilt. One major occurrence that really affects Macbeth is the killing of King Duncan. This is displayed in the play in many

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    The Motivation of Macbeth Many times people do things based off of motivation; in the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare everyone motivates Macbeth to become a powerful evil individual. Macbeth is clearly motivated to a whole new level when he is given a lot of power of authority‚ but along the way he transforms that power into something bad‚ almost evil. Witches have many tricks up their sleeves and predicting the future is one of them. People always get an urge to want to do something‚ but it

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    Rupert Goold directed the 2010 BBC television film version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ modifying it from the sixteenth century play to a twenty first century contemporary adaptation‚ set in a developing Soviet styled country. Shakespeare wrote the play presumably intending to verbally direct the actors on how to perform and in which tone they‚ should express themselves in. Therefore he did not add many stage directions‚ leaving no limitations to how the play should be performed. In addition‚ the adaptation

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    Macbeth C/W Throughout this essay I am going to be looking at “who is responsible for the downfall of Macbeth.” I will be looking at the characters of The Witches‚ Lady Macbeth and Macbeth himself. I will also look at the aspect of Duncan’s death and murder to see if it ties in with the downfall of Macbeth. During Act 1 Scene 1 we see the witches sitting around discussing when they will meet again. At the start of the scene the witches give an impression of mystery‚ horror and uncertainty. The

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    Lady Macbeth

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    Masculinity In the play‚ “Macbeth” by Shakespeare‚ the women are the darkest characters. Lady Macbeth plays the opposite gender role as a woman. Contrary to the popular western conception of women being kind‚ homely‚ and loving‚ Shakespeare represents Lady Macbeth in a masculine way. Her masculinity stands out‚ because in the play she wishes to be a man‚ she manipulates Macbeth to commit murder‚ and she believes Macbeth is womanly‚ unlike herself. In the play Lady Macbeth wishes she to be a man so

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    Is Macbeth Evil?

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    The character Macbeth is shown to be very evil in Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare. He was not evil until he becomes tempted by the Witches prophecies. Macbeth was a noble man until he was tempted by evil. The evil consumed him overtime‚ from all the murders he commits‚ and from trying to interfere with the witches prophecies. Macbeth would not be evil had he not been prophesied to be a king‚ or had he been influenced to commit crimes from Lady Macbeth‚ or from his temptations of rising to

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    The Theme Of Macbeth

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    Macbeth is a dark play and its central characters are evil. The theme of Macbeth centers on how ambition and greed can over power morality and overrun human nature. Three witches meet in a heath. They plan when and where they would meet Macbeth to give him a prophecy. On the way back from battle‚ Macbeth and Banquo go to heath to meet up with the three witches. The prophecies say that Macbeth will be future king. But‚ they tell Banquo that he is ‘lesser than Macbeth‚ but also greater.’ Lady Macbeth

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    Lady Macbeth

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    Lady Macbeth Essay I am going to do an essay on a play called Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare. The play is a tragedy‚ believed to have been written in 1611-12. The play is about a man named Macbeth whom‚ at first is a kind‚ tender man who later gets tempted by three foul witches to commit a murder in order to become king. Macbeth’s wife‚ Lady Macbeth is thrilled by the prophecies given by the witches and is eager for Macbeth to commit the murder. Macbeth disagrees with his wife greatly

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