Isadora Duncan

a name with power that makes him seem very worthy. The name Thane of Cawdor is an important name especially in political manner. Even people who are higher power start to notice he is worthy to be mentioned. Like Duncan for example who is much higher power than Macbeth is himself. Duncan gives him high honor and at the same time as a friend by saying “…valiant cousin, worthy gentleman!” which is a very high standard. Later on everything seems to be in order until his wife, Lady Macbeth starts…

representing good vs evil. Without nature, the play wouldn’t have been as symbolic as it is. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth’s mission to take the throne from King Duncan caused the natural order of life to be unbalanced. With every event that happens, there is an equal and opposite reaction for it, creating a domino effect. When King Duncan is murdered, Shakespeare uses birds to represent how odd things are after the event. In act 2, scene 4 Ross and the old man are having a conversation…

kill Duncan even though his previous actions showed that he was too scared to kill Duncan. As Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth the plan, Macbeth is worried about if he is caught and he might feel guilty about killing Duncan. Lady Macbeth furiously says to Macbeth “ We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking place / And we’ll not fail. When Duncan is asleep”. (1.7 69-82). Lady Macbeth questions Macbeth’s manliness after he is worried that they would fail killing Duncan. After Macbeth kills Duncan,…

It is believed that God himself selects who rules as king. Therefore, if a one commits regicide, they would be enforcing their will over God’s will. As a result, the Great Chain of Being has been disrupted causing an imbalance in the natural order. Since evil has caused a shift in the natural order, unnatural and ominous events occur such as violent winds and strange screams of death. It is important to note that these unnatural events occur during the night of the murder because this proves…

I have noticed that my masters, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth, have been acting strange lately. It seems as if every day I see them franticly discussing something away from others. Macbeth hasn’t been acting like his usual self and he seems to be angry and nervous. However, I think it might just be a phase that the couple needs to work out. I shouldn’t be too consumed with this as I need to finish setting up for the big event. Oh dear Lord! You would never believe what I just saw with my own eyes.…

In the short documentary Shakespeare Uncovered by PBS the host Ethan Hawke led the documentary on playing Macbeth and how to play him. Macbeth written by Shakespeare in 1606 is about a man who is told one day he would become king. He takes it as he has to kill the king to become king which he ends up doing and slowly he loses his sanity until eventually he dies. Ethan Hawke goes over how one can’t just play Macbeth, that to play him you have to understand what type of life he lived and what he…

Macdonwald in battle, knowing his honorable actions are praiseworthy. He soon defeats Macdonwald and becomes the new Thane of Cawdor for showing bravery and by winning glory for his country. He later murders King Duncan and continues assassinating to cover up his actions. Once he kills Duncan, he is corrupt with power and starts taking pleasure in killing people. Violence begins to completely consume the thoughts and actions of Macbeth. For instance, before Duncan’s murder, Macbeth imagines…

Living in constant fear of being discovered with blood on her hands, Lady Macbeth, the original instigator of the murder of Duncan (leading to that of Banquo, leading to that of Macduff’s family), extinguishes one final candle in her evolving madness by, presumably, taking her own life (5.2.69-72). The easy murder she planned so carefreely proved to be more than the murder of Duncan; it was the murder of more innocent people in Macbeth’s path, it was the murder of the good man Macbeth once was,…

In Macbeth, William Shakespeare uses irony to create an internal war within Macbeth, conveying that treachery is a far greater crime upon oneself than to the person that was betrayed. The war in Macbeth began when Duncan fired the first shot, saying to his beloved subject, “I have begun to plant thee and will labor / To make thee full of growing” (1, 4, 33-34). However, it is not the seeds of loyalty and a career of being the Thane of Cawdor that is being planted, but ironically, the seeds of…

murder King Duncan. Macbeth still has a sense of morality here but he feels as if he HAS to do this task. Not long after the deed is done, Macbeth loses his solid footing on reality and falls into a void. Initially, he shows a soul what's more, some compassion however instigated by Lady Macbeth, he soon loses all signs of morality. He sells out indications of madness through his activities as well as his mind. The degeneration of his brain is additionally apparent from his response after Duncan…