Banquo

Macbeth is a play that shows life in the most brutal and most cynical way. It is considered one of the most tragic plays written by Shakespeare, being one of his darkest works. It allows audiences to see the betrayal and bloodshed with each gory detail. The play tells the tale of Macbeth’s bloody rise to power, killing King Duncan to fulfill the prophecy proclaimed by the three witches. Macbeth then is faced with the guilt-ridden psychological aftereffects of his evil deeds. Throughout act one,…

In addition, the witches are not the only evil creating havoc in Macbeth, the other characters in the play each brings their own element of evil to the table. The appearance each individual character gives off is one of good, wholeheartedly, innocent nature; many in reality, though, hold dark truths within them. Lady Macbeth is one of the most controversial characters in the play. Her outward appearance being that of an innocent woman, in reality she has a dark soul. After receiving a letter…

Upon initial reading, act I scene VII of Macbeth appears to be about the end of Duncan, but on further inquiry reveals itself to be a foreshadowing of Macbeth’s death, rather than Duncan’s. This is suggested with repetition of words like “fail”, and “hate”, hinting at what Macbeth will experience as a result of killing Duncan as opposed to the success he expected from it. There are also strands that contain words connoting danger, or harm. These strands included diction such as: poisoned,…

Shakespeare’s The Tempest possesses an artfully woven in commentary of the state of the New World, while never directly referencing the situation as it unfolds. Caliban, the bastard and demon-spawn of a witch, acts as a stand in for the indigenous American people, while Prospero, the play’s hero, plays the role of the European settlers. While on the surface the line between who is good and who is evil may seem clear cut, with close reading that distinction quickly fades. While Shakespeare does…

Braveheart is the American epic war movie directed, in 1995, by Mel Gibson which is based on the War I of Scottish Independence against the England and is led by the warrior of Scott named William Wallace. The film is not only trying to show a historical story but also a man who was trying to fight and earn their freedom against the adversity. In the movie, the inspirational speeches of William Wallace deliver took him to the mouth of death and was eventually murdered. This movie explores the…

Macbeth Macbeth is a play written by the famous playwright William Shakespeare and is thought to have first been performed in 1606. The play is a Scottish tragedy and is about a general named Macbeth, who one day gets approached by three witches, who reveal a prophecy that Macbeth shall one day be king of Scotland. Spurred on by ambition and his own wife Macbeth kills the current king, Duncan, and takes the thrown. The guilt of killing the king leads to down spiral into madness and paranoia as…

Macbeth’s Free Will Macbeth’s life offers an insight into how in life, fate is fixed and controls what is to come, but how that fate comes to be is controlled by free will. In Shakespeare’s work, the character of Macbeth shows the power of ambition and the reason for violence in the world. Up to this point in the book, Macbeth, a great Scottish warrior beloved by his country, receives a prophecy from three witches, telling him that he will achieve the title of King. Macbeth was first shocked…

One of the most famous speeches of Shakespeare, the soliloquy in the sophisticated play Macbeth had dramatizes the psychological impact upon Macbeth’s ravenous hunger for power and bring up the major theme of the play; fate and free will. Fate and free will is a prevalent theme in many of Shakespeare’s plays, fate may dictate what will happen, but It is mainly base on a man’s freewill.This dramatic soliloquy is used to reveal the personal thoughts and emotion of Macbeth on a clear recognition of…

In The Tempest, Shakespeare many times takes the stance that despotism is not a stable form of government. Shakespeare exemplifies his stance on despotism by narrating prolific power shifts and frequent coups. In fact, the main plotline is about a duke, Prospero, whose title is usurped by his brother Antonio with the help of King Alonso. Then Prospero gets exiled to an island with only one inhabitant, Caliban. After Caliban has shown him everything about the island Prospero takes power and…

Something that I would never relate back to the Bible is Shakespeare's Tragedy of Macbeth. Shakespeare has written multiple works of art but unfortunately, he cannot claim full ownership for the idea of Macbeth. His interpretation of Macbeth could be considered a bloodier, and crueler, version of Genesis 3. The one thing that stays the same throught everything is greed. Fortunately, Shakespeare is a little different in his approach of Temptation and the Fall of Man in comparison to the Bible. He…