Banquo

In Macbeth It’s is a story all about bloodshed, death, and loyalty. And In the three Scenes for Macbeth Act 4 shows many qualities of a striving king. Act 4, Scene 1 shows that a good king embodies God instead of relying on Satanism. In Scene 1 Macbeth can be seen going up to the witches showing that he is relying on Satanism to predict what will happen if he does continue to kill. When Macbeth finds out about Banquo's ghost, he sets out to find the three witches so that with the help of…

Guilt is a recurring theme in Act II Scene ii. In this scene, Macbeth feels guilty about killing Duncan and his servants. This is demonstrated when Macbeth blames himself as a murderer, saying “Macbeth does murder sleep- the innocent sleep” (II.ii 48-49). In addition, Macbeth refuses Lady Macbeth’s request to smear blood over the servants, saying “I’ll go on no more. I am afraid to think what I have done.” (II.ii 65-66). Macbeth regrets murdering Duncan because he is a “worthy thane” (II. ii 58)…

What makes William Shakespeare and his plays so intriguing? How can someone write so many pieces alone? Very little is known about him as a person, for only a few records have been kept over the centuries. We don't even know if he owned any books! Yet he remains one of the most famous poets to have lived. Perhaps it is because of the many conspiracies and mysteries about Shakespeare and his works of literature. The mysterious curses, superstitions and lost years of his life keep us wondering.…

Return to Halloweentown versus Twitches Too A drama, family, comedy, and fantasy films can sometimes seem too similar, but both movies have some differences that set them apart from others. Although Return to Halloweentown and Twitches Too are similar in that they both have witches, saving family and friends, and destroying bad people, Return to Halloweentown focus on breaking the curse on the necklace while Twitches Too addresses setting their father free from the dark shadow.…

Minor Characters as Major Roles If there are no small roles in theatre, does that mean that there are no minor charcters in literature? William Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, includes many minor characters, such as the porter, the Old Man, and the captain of Duncan’s army, in an attempt to enhance the story. In the beginning of the play a very valiant and loyal soldier of Scotland, called Macbeth, is given three prophecies by a group of witches. The prophecies show Macbeth that he will raise in…

It is logical to think that the end of a book, a story, or a movie, is the main idea and author’s thoughts on everything that took place before. For example, if in a fairy tale a woman who has always been dirty ends up with all her furniture and household goods running away from her, we know: being dirty is bad, and it will lead you to lose things you like. However, is many works, the ending is more complicated than it is in others; some of them can be open for interpretation, or simply to be…

Game of Thrones is a fantasy medieval television series based on the book A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. Similar to the books, the show has an overflow of gratuitous sex and violence especially when portraying women in positions of power. Heroes die, villains triumph, peasants and slaves suffer horribly but Martin does not shy away from the reality of starvation, rape, and murder that follow in the wake of war. The class stratification and brute injustice of the feudal society are…

Shakespeare portrays Lady Macbeth as an eloquent and pernicious character, between being a villain and a victim of her villainy, both manipulating and manipulated. Throughout the tragedy of ‘Macbeth’, she never actually kills anyone, in fact she cannot bring herself to commit the deed. Despite being responsible for instigating the idea of murder to Macbeth, she refers to the death of Duncan as ‘it’, indicating a hesitant confirmation of the deed. Would Macbeth himself alone have committed the…

A play that derives from shakespearean times, Macbeth is a power struggle to see who is in control of the outcome. In Macbeth, a gifted warrior turns king, but his ambition eventually gets the best of him, and eventually leads to his downfall. While the story itself is enticing, the main problem in the play is as follows: who is really pulling the strings in Macbeth? Multiple characters shape the events that take place in Macbeth, however Macbeth himself remains the most responsible for being in…

In the play of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, it presents women as powerful characters through the behavior and actions of the three witches, Lady Macbeth and Lady Macduff. The three witches are emphasizes the image of evil nature to the audience’s perspective. In act 1 scene 1 and act 1 scene 3, it says the witches enters in thunder and lighting. Also, in act 4 scene 1 in a desolate place near forres, the witches were still set to be entered in the thunder. “A desolate place” ; “Thunder…