Cawdor Castle

deceive and kill other characters. Shakespeare gives us her malicious thoughts and ideas. When Macbeth tells her that Duncan plans to leave the next day she says: Lady Macbeth’s evil is very noticeable in these first few scenes. “Lady Macbeth's castle is an "infectious house" with fatal gates to welcome Duncan. In all these ways, Lady Macbeth certainly tries to become an intimate of evil, a communer with murdering ministers, fatal ravens, spirits who will give her suck. Does that make her a…

Shakespeare juxtaposes Macbeth’s goodness with the immediate ideas of evil such as the traitorous Thane of Cawdor and the iniquitous witches. He’s thought of as “brave Macbeth” for going against the Thane of Cawdor and sticking his head on Scotland’s castle walls (1.2.16). This earns him the admiration of many, especially the king, as he is later appointed the new Thane of Cawdor. Moreover, the praise Macbeth received for his morally right acts juxtaposes the dialogue amongst the three witches…

Now, Macbeth is already on the path of doing whatever is asked from him, and when I read the rest of the play I took a closer look at his mental status throughout his journey of being both Thane of Glamis and Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth started out as a noble thane, who everyone respected and thought highly of. However, his biggest flaw was that he was easily manipulated by the ones closest to him. You could tell that Macbeth already had big ambitions for himself, but his…

He is loyal to the king and country, In fact Macbeth is the Thane of Glamis in the beginning of Act I. Macbeth is a valiant fighter and the king orders that the present Thane of Cawdor be executed because he is treasonous and he wants Macbeth to be the new Thane. Before Macbeth is made aware of his new title he and Banquo have their first encounter with the witches. Macbeth ‘Speak, If you can: What are you?’ First Witch ‘All hail…

power excites these characters and makes them believe that they truly can achieve the position in society they want. In Macbeth, Macbeth wants the power and role of king. When he is told the prophecies by the witches, he states “Glamis, and thane of Cawdor! The greatest is behind.Thanks for your pains” (Shakespeare I.iii.118-120),in this quote it shows that Macbeth starts to get an obsession when the prophecies come true. Macbeth is consistent to have some sort of power making it addictive and…

the firstlings of my hand. [...] The castle of Macduff I will surprise, seize upon Fife, give to th ' edge o ' th ' sword his wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his line.” (Act 4. Sc. 1. Lines 166-168, 171-174) Accordingly, he is no longer going to have second thoughts regarding any actions he might take. Macbeth decides that once he makes a decision, he will act upon it. A demonstration of this would be his plan to attack Macduff’s castle. He doesn’t think of the…

downfall in the play. Shakespeare shows how each character is different from the other at the start of the play and how they eventually adopts the ways of each other. Macbeth was a loyal soldier to his king, who had crowned him the Thane of cawdor for his loyalty as a soldier. Than was up until he heard about the three witches prophecies about him becoming king one day. He thought that what the witches were…

Scotland On arrival back home the King decides Macbeth should be awarded with the title of the Thane of Cawdor. On Macbeth’s way home he encounters the three witches where they tell Macbeth and Banquo the three prophecies. After the encounter, the two of them chose to act like nothing ever happened and go on with their normal lives until the next day where the king appoints Macbeth as the Thane of Cawdor. “Come you…

one of the Kings generals and loyal companion to Macbeth, had one of the most important roles in the play. He was in Macbeth's company when the Three Witches spoke their prophecy regarding on how Macbeth will become the Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor and the King hereafter. When Banquo asked the The Witches what his future will behold, they predicted that Banquo’s children will be the next line of kings in the future to come. Unlike Macbeth, Banquo didn’t trust what the The Witches said since…

2016 Lady Macbeth Macbeth is a seventeenth century play written by William Shakespeare and set in Scotland in the early 1600’s. The story starts with Macbeth, who is given a prophecy that he will become Thane of Cawdor and later become King of Scotland. After he is named Thane of Cawdor, He kills King Duncan so that he can assume the throne. The rest of the play shows how Macbeth continues to kill anyone who might take the throne until he is defeated. Throughout the play, Lady Macbeth plays an…