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    Greed Quotes In Macbeth

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    In Macbeth, all the characters are responsible for what they’ve done, and also the aftermath of their deeds. Instead of setting his mind at being the Thane of Cawdor, Macbeth’s fate is largely affected by his greed, his fears, and his ruthlessness. Once he arouses these monsters, his fate is changing with them. Macbeth’s greed largely determines his fate. Macbeth is a national hero, a man of honor before everything has changed. After King Duncan decides to execute the traitor, he says:”what he…

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    “All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of Glamis! / All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! / All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!” (Shakespeare 430). At this time Macbeth did not know that the King appointed him Thane of Cawdor so he could not believe what the witches said. The unraveling of the play begins at the beginning. Later Macbeth finds out the King named him Thane of Cawdor. This cause unacceptable thoughts to flow through his head, and the witches caused this.…

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    After Macbeth is notified by one of the servants that he was granted the title as Thane of Cawdor by Duncan he reckons that he might just become king after all. From this point and on Macbeth treats the witches' prophecies as if they were a reality, and instead of letting fate occur naturally he speeds up the process by fulfilling the prophecies…

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    Is Macbeth To Blame

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    A tragedy, a catastrophe a person had created with great destruction and death. In The Tragedy of Macbeth by Shakespeare, a developing action of a calamity rises throughout the play. When Macbeth has manslaughtering massacre of many people just over some ridiculous prophecies, but is macbeth really the one to blame? In fact so the blame is for the first person to put the thoughts in the head, the witches. The witches are the main reason for Macbeth's thoughts and inspiration for the killing.…

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    thee, Thane of Cawdor! THIRD WITCH. All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter! (1.3.51-53) The quote is saying that…

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    greatly praised by King Duncan. When the Thane of Cawdor is announced as a traitor and executed, King Duncan rewards Macbeth with his title. The messenger, Ross, only informs Macbeth about his inheritance of the title not the execution which leads to Macbeth’s question, “The Thane of Cawdor lives. Why do you dress me in borrowed robes? (1.3. 114-115). This reveals the motif of clothing because “borrowed robes” is referring to the title, The Thane of Cawdor,…

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    He also killed people he didn’t have relationships with to gain more power. Duncan kills the Thane of Cawdor Macbeth becomes Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth kills King Duncan and the guards and then gains the title of king because the Thane of Cawdor is king if the current king dies he also said he killed the guards of out of rage. Macbeth has Banquo, Lady Macduff and her son killed. Banquo was killed because of his bloodlines…

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    they must pay $10,000 dollars in order to just have the men from the other side buried. When Duncan had heard of this he had such great happiness. That is when Duncan had decided he wanted to make Macbeth the thane of Cawdor. Duncan had pronounced that Macbeth was the new thane of Cawdor (Act 1 scene 4 lines 28 threw lines 34). As the story went on Macbeth had gone ahead of the rest of the people to create a welcome at his home for the kings stay.…

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    of the witches prophesying that he will be king, and Lady Macbeth is full of joy as she will be queen. We see that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have a close relationship with no secrets. When she says in her duologue with Macbeth “Great Glamis, worthy Cawdor, Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter,” she is complimenting him by saying that he will be greater that both the titles he holds. As the play progresses this relationship starts to break apart and Macbeth distances himself from her. This…

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    In the English literature no doubt Shakespeare was one of the greats. He formed the language that we have today in some sense, he brought roughly around 1,700 original words we use today. His play genres which were history, comedy, and tragedy. He made 37 plays; 11 history, 14 comedy, and 12 tragedy. One very famous tragedy that shakespeare made was called Macbeth. This was a tragic hero play, which meant the main character has some sort of flaw (ambition) combined with fate or external forces…

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