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    Tragedy of Macbeth “When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.” In the tragic play Macbeth by William Shakespeare Tragic Hero Macbeth is manipulated into doing deceitful things. Macbeth isn’t only duped by the supernatural witches, he is also manipulated by his wife, his love, Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth and the witches manipulation are unmasking Macbeth’s dark desires and turning him into a murderer which caused him to derail from reality. When the witches say…

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    Shakespeare’s Macbeth, is a play about the corruption of power, and how power in the hands of the wrong person quickly escalates out of control. In Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, Macbeth is a famous soldier who wins the war for Scotland. After the Thane of Glamis betrays the country, Macbeth is named Thane of Glamis. He soon meets three witches who tell him that he will become Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland. He tells his wife, and she soon devises a plan to make this prophecy come true.…

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    Macbeth is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in 1606. In the movie and play there are both similarities and differences. The difference between the original play and the movie produced in 2015 is that the women were more seductive in the movie than in the play. Another difference between the two works is that in the play the witches were portrayed as old and ugly but in the movie they were older but more human looking. A similarity between the movie and play is that the women influenced…

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    most of the events that take place in his works he took from Holinshed’s Chronicles, changed them and began the dramatic and famous play of Macbeth. Although both works are similar, there are various differences between the two that distinguish one from the other like the Weird Sisters, Banquo and Supernatural events. The first compare/contrast of Macbeth vs Holinshed’s Chronicles are the characters of the Weird Sisters. Shakespeare introduces them as ugly, creepy sisters. One of the first…

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    greatest four tragedies written by William Shakespeare, Macbeth. Macbeth represents the evils and victorious side of human nature. Macbeth is a typical example of a tragic hero, which stated as someone who is in a high position but made a wrong decision. When he finally realizes the truth, it is too late. Finally ends in tragic. Macbeth starts as a loyal and brave battle man of Scotland and he saved the kingdom from the Irish traitors. However, Macbeth made the wrong decision which is to kill…

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    With close reference to at least 3 scenes in which she appears, explore the character of Lady Macbeth showing how she changes during the course of the play. Lady Macbeth is a character in Shakespeare's Macbeth and the wife of the play's antagonist, Macbeth, a Scottish nobleman, who plays a pivotal role in the events of the production. During the course of the play, Lady Macbeth goes from terrifying audiences with her otherworldly power and ruthless approach to the play’s terrible deeds to…

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    Macbeth is a play of a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, best known author in the English-speaking world. This tragedy tells of a man who is deceived by himself and his wife. Witches and witchcraft play a major role in The Tragedy of Macbeth and the characters in the play (Macbeth, Online-Literature). Throughout the play Macbeth, three witches perform witchcraft to show and tell Macbeth his future to become king, who stands in his way of becoming king, and how to kill the king of Scotland…

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    the witches causing an eerie mood I think that they also want to cause trouble among the characters; I don’t think they initially target a specific character but I do think they pray on the weak, frail, and easily manipulated which happens to be Macbeth. g. Why do I want it? (look through the text for specifics) I think I want to amend things with Hecate because in many ways she is the leader of the witches so the witches need to amen things with her. I think the witches want to create…

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    Throughout Shakespeare 's Scottish play, the main character Macbeth is portrayed as both a hero and an enemy. Through a series of conflicts and situations, Macbeth 's image is changed from a hero to an enemy and due to his downfall he is established as a tragic hero. Pathos is created for Macbeth as he is faced with these conflicts, consequently in the end Macbeth is looked upon as a tragic hero. First of all, in order to say that someone is a tragic hero, you must know what a tragic hero…

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    'Macbeth ' is written in the classification of drama that is Shakespearean tragedy in which William Shakespeare used which has a noble protagonist, who can be referred to as a 'tragic hero ', is placed in a stressful heightened dilemma which continues to climax, ending in a fatal culmination. The many plots of Shakespearean tragedies focus on the negative fortunes of the main protagonist which ultimately leads to their ruin and death. Most view Macbeth as a tragic or flawed hero due to him…

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