In literary terms, the state of being extremely different from something or someone is a device called contrasts. The device helps writers to compare two complete opposite things to show their relation .Authors use this device to emphasize on things that will help audiences/readers figure out specific attributes about the story. The prominent playwright, William Shakespeare often uses the device of contrasts to bring out distinctive features of the play by comparing characters, settings, atmosphere or different scenes and acts. In one of Shakespeare’s plays, Macbeth the use of this device frequently appears between the main character and secondary characters or secondary characters to another secondary character. The device of contrast applies
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The decisions of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth about whether to killing Duncan shows their level of morality. Evidently, Macbeth bases his decision on moral values making him the character with the reasonable choice; conversely, Lady Macbeth makes her decision with a tunnel vision not looking in the right way but only focuses on her greedy ambition. As Lady Macbeth continues her plan to kill Duncan, Macbeth decides to stop her, “We will proceed no further in this business: / He hath honour’d me of late; and I have bought / Golden opinions from all sorts of people” (1.7.33-36). Macbeth declares that he would not want to kill Duncan and be a criminal, throwing away all the praise, he earned from Duncan and other people, which is right decision compared to Lady Macbeth’s immoral decision. Although Macbeth’s decision did not matter because Lady Macbeth has the ability to convince Macbeth to change his decision by insulting his manhood, thus they continued towards the regicide. Later on after killing Duncan, Macbeth became the one whose ambition blinds him forgetting all his regrets. In contrast, Lady Macbeth learns that her decision before was wrong so she turns remorseful. As Lady Macbeth starts to sleepwalk, a doctor observes her. “What a sigh is there! The heart is sorely charged” (5.1, 49). The doctor indicates that Lady Macbeth has a heavily burdened heart as if she cannot handle her guilt. All the way to …show more content…
In order for a man to be loyal, one has to offer their life to protect their country and Ross mentions that Young Siward dies fighting for the country, which is a loyal thing to do. On the other side, the witches remain selfish and faithless for they do not care about the country besides themselves. The witches only seek pleasure from torturing people, thus the main character, Macbeth who turns desperate to know the truth about his future, becomes one of the victims of the witches.
“Accursed be that tongue that tells me so, For it hath cow’d my better part of man! And these juggling fiends no more believed, That palter with us in double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope. I’ll not fight with thee”
The decisions of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth about whether to killing Duncan shows their level of morality. Evidently, Macbeth bases his decision on moral values making him the character with the reasonable choice; conversely, Lady Macbeth makes her decision with a tunnel vision not looking in the right way but only focuses on her greedy ambition. As Lady Macbeth continues her plan to kill Duncan, Macbeth decides to stop her, “We will proceed no further in this business: / He hath honour’d me of late; and I have bought / Golden opinions from all sorts of people” (1.7.33-36). Macbeth declares that he would not want to kill Duncan and be a criminal, throwing away all the praise, he earned from Duncan and other people, which is right decision compared to Lady Macbeth’s immoral decision. Although Macbeth’s decision did not matter because Lady Macbeth has the ability to convince Macbeth to change his decision by insulting his manhood, thus they continued towards the regicide. Later on after killing Duncan, Macbeth became the one whose ambition blinds him forgetting all his regrets. In contrast, Lady Macbeth learns that her decision before was wrong so she turns remorseful. As Lady Macbeth starts to sleepwalk, a doctor observes her. “What a sigh is there! The heart is sorely charged” (5.1, 49). The doctor indicates that Lady Macbeth has a heavily burdened heart as if she cannot handle her guilt. All the way to …show more content…
In order for a man to be loyal, one has to offer their life to protect their country and Ross mentions that Young Siward dies fighting for the country, which is a loyal thing to do. On the other side, the witches remain selfish and faithless for they do not care about the country besides themselves. The witches only seek pleasure from torturing people, thus the main character, Macbeth who turns desperate to know the truth about his future, becomes one of the victims of the witches.
“Accursed be that tongue that tells me so, For it hath cow’d my better part of man! And these juggling fiends no more believed, That palter with us in double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope. I’ll not fight with thee”