Banquo

In the Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth, a very important theme is that of emotions and their effects on the human brain. During the course of the pay the emotional state of the main characters deteriorates rapidly as they bottle up their feelings inside, partnered with extreme amounts of guilt these feeling push characters to the edge and some go over. Lady Macbeth is the most apparent character to be dramatically affected throughout the play, with her starting off living a normal in the beginning…

Throughout Macbeth, the story develops many claims. The claim I will analyze is, having or wanting too much power will lead to insanity. This is important because one can clearly see how Lady Macbeth has a strong desire for power, and that leads to her slowly going crazy. One can then see how Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth into committing crimes in order to have more power, which develops into the both of them having their mental state slowly spiral out of control. Finally we can see that this…

Act I doesn’t address individuality well because Thomas and Jennet’s concerns are pushed to the side and the less important aspects of their situation are highlighted instead. Thomas struggles with depression, which can be shown in the quote, “Flesh weighs like a thousand years, and every morning wakes heavier for an intake of uproariously comical dreams which smell of henbane (p. 10).” Even though Thomas’s signs of depression are recognizable, the people in the room with him are more concerned…

Portrayed as repulsive and bearded hags, the three witches play a significant role in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. One tends to take for granted the context and audience in which this piece was created for, ergo the aura the witches brought to 1600’s English society. Presently, the persona of witches are far away fairy tales. By having witches in his play, one would assume that he was risking his success, which is truth to some extent. In fact, Shakespeare needed characters so bluntly vile to create…

The three weird sisters play a big role in Macbeth they are the main reason for all of the caiuas that has happened. Their impact on Macbeth leads to a tragic downfall and a ironic climax. The three witches cause mischiefs and are the most dangerous characters in the play. They are very convincing, but only a foul like Macbeth would fall for their prophesies. Their prophecies foreshadow future events, Which lead to Macbeth's unfortunate destiny. Macbeth started out as a faithful man…

William Shakespeare uses a lot of literary devices throughout the text to generate the tone of the soliloquy in act 1, scene 7. In this scene, a lot of thoughts are going through Macbeth’s mind as he is trying to look at both sides of the deed he is going to perform. He wants to be the the king, but is afraid of the punishment of the crime. Shakespeare makes the audience aware of Macbeth’s struggle and confusion by using a lot of metaphors and similes. In the metaphor, “if assassination could…

In “The Landlady”, Billy Weaver is lured into a seemingly normal bed and breakfast by an old lady who, despite her gentle and unthreatening appearance, wants to kill him. It is a story about how those with cruel intent may take advantage of those who are innocent and naive. Although the book and the movie can be arguably similar if generalized, there are many differences that may change the way a reader/viewer may grasp the concept of the story. Since a movie and book cannot be exactly the…

Title: Blood. The great symbol and indicator of who you are, but also what you have done. Everyone has it, no one thinks about it, yet it makes up eight percent of your total body weight. Blood is the answer. It is plays a major role in the tragedy of Macbeth. The author, William Shakespeare, implants several different motifs throughout the play. Blood, being one of them, stands out as the most significant. It drives the minds and contributes in a way that it affects both Macbeth and Lady…

Because of the witches prophecies and the power of guilt, Macbeth sees and hears unnatural acts and concludes his end by going insane and crazy. Times in the play, Macbeth sees some unnatural events happen around him when he’s hunting to what he’s done to Duncan.When Macbeth was walking through the castle, he saw a dagger pointing the handle towards him and questions it by saying “is this a dagger which i see before me” (2.1.44) and tries to grasp it but can’t. This quote helps me prove…

Addiction the Debility Addicts have no pleasure in the stimulus they indulge in. Their life, reason and reputation for it consistently keep going down. It has been for a larger cause that the person is trying to escape from and forget all about. This causes the brain to change, making addiction a disease. In the play, “Macbeth,” addiction is seen within the main character Macbeth who is addicted to power and won’t stop until his death. Addiction is a disease although doctors believed it was a…