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crests. I bear a charmed life, which must not yield to one of woman born." (Shakespeare, 1996, p. 107), which implies that he still thinks he is unbeatable. Finally, the last prediction tells Macbeth he will only fall when the woods will march to Dunsinane. He presumes that he will never be killed because technically, forests cannot travel. Shakespeare shows that Macbeth is happy with this prediction when he says, "Who can impress the forest, bid the tree unfix his…

The preacher Hosea Ballou once said “there is no possible excuse for a guarded lie. Enthusiastic and impulsive people will sometimes falsify thoughtlessly, but equivocation is a malice prepense.” William Shakespeare’s Macbeth evolves the ideas of deception and lying through the voices of characters dealing with their own morality. His use of equivocation not only shows how people lie, but their intentions while doing it as well. People’s greed for power will often make them do immoral things. At…

Why do humans consciously lie or choose to tell half of the truth? What consequences accompany these dishonest actions? These questionable behaviors are present in our daily lives and they impact society on a multitude of levels. In an effort to pose answers to these timeless questions, William Shakespeare introduces morally flexible characters in Macbeth that take his thinking to an extreme. Through exaggeration, Shakespeare is able to distinctly communicate and express his ideas about…

about the Birnam forest. He reassures himself that, “‘Till Birnam Wood remove to Dunsinane, [he] cannot taint with fear” (5.3.2-3). This is another equivocation that Macbeth misinterprets. He believes Birnam wood refers to the actual forest, but he misses the second meaning. He does not catch that Birnam wood can also refer to the actual wood, which is what Malcolm’s army cuts down and uses as cover to invade Dunsinane. Macbeth misinterprets the…

confidence causes drives him to his down fall. Furthermore, the third apparition further grows Macbeth’s trust which leads to his over confidence. The crown child indicates that “Macbeth shall never vanquish’d be until/ Great Birnamwood to high Dunsinane hill/ Shall come against him” (4.1.101-110). Upon hearing the vision, Macbeth is overwhelmed with joy because he believes it is impossible That will never be: Who can impress the forest, bid the tree Unfix his earth-bound root? Sweet…

Appearance vs Reality is the distinction between the judgemental truth and the factual truth. To hide the reality, the world manifests more than one aspect of the circumstance. And, often reveals the matter that can satisfy or benefit oneself. Also, in order to conceal the earnest intention, one’s demeanor contradicts with the truth. Similarly, in Macbeth, the witches act duplicitous and decides Macbeth’s fate, to become king but for a limited time. The fate motivates Macbeth to become king and…

In William Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 3 shows Macbeth wanting to come to terms with his action’s consequences, but his ambitious ways and pride will not allow him. The scene begins with Macbeth rejecting reports about the war from his attendants, and calling out his thanes for betraying him. He refers back to the witches’ second apparition stating no man born from a woman will do him any harm:”What’s the boy Malcolm? Wasn’t he born from a woman? ... No man born from a woman will…

In this final act the overall theme is Macbeth getting defeated by Macduff. In this act as well though Lady Macbeth is also a big part of this act, as she has changed dramatically from the beginning of the play. She was at first a very ambitious person, taking control and pushing her husband to the point where he began to murder. However as we now enter and finish the play she is now a very calm person who has no ambition anymore, and feels terrible about everything that she has done wrong that…

hang alive Till famine cling thee. If thy speech be sooth, I care not if thou dost for me as much. I pull in resolution and begin To doubt th' equivocation of the fiend That lies like truth. “Fear not, till Birnam wood Do come to Dunsinane” and now a wood Comes toward Dunsinane”(V.v.44-51), says Macbeth when he is told of the soldiers marching on the castle carrying branches. He gets mad and threatens the Servant if the news is false when the whole thing could’ve been prevented if he just didn’t…

begins to be fuelled by his overconfidence, which is established when he returns to the witches for reassurance. The witches tell him beware the Thane of Fife, only a man born of women can kill you, and this can only occur when Birnam woods move to Dunsinane. However, the witches were plotting against Macbeth and thus leading him to his destruction. Unaware, Macbeth's confidence overpowers him and fuels his ambition into believing that he is unstoppable. However, Macbeth is still paranoid and as…