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    Henry Pratt Mr. Lourenco Period C 7 January 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.…

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    Macbeth speech assignment: How do others influence our decisions? That is question King Macbeth could answer for you, with great regret and pain. Most of our ideas, opinions, and most impotantly our choices are greatly influenced by those around us. We can look at others and how they have been influenced, those who pressure others into their views, yet ultimuatly all exemplify Lady Macbeth and her actions.It was because of Lady Macbeth , Macbeth lost his sense and helped her to prosecute a…

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    Sometimes in life people may be despicable to others to get what they want. Lady Macbeth used Macbeth to get power. The Tragedy Of Macbeth explains the life of Macbeth being persuaded to murder people by his wife, Lady Macbeth. Macbeth does these things so that he can please Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is a despicable person for putting all this dirt on Macbeth’s hands. Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth into doing plenty of things. She is a wicked person because she rather put the dirt on…

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    The Poetics: Macbeth Aristotle is a famous philosopher, as well as, an early scientist who wrote the Poetics; which, was written about a tragedy and focuses on literary theory. The Poetics consist of: plot, character, theme, diction, music, and spectacle. I watched the production of Macbeth that was directed by Rupert Goold and produced by David Horn in 2007. Macbeth is a tragedy based on a brave Scottish general who’s ambitious actions overtake him and turn him into a guilty, evil…

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    Paradox In Macbeth

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    In the tragedy, Macbeth, audiences and readers witness a noble, brave Scottish soldier, turn into a power and blood thirsty animal. In the beginning, Macbeth is a trustworthy man, who has just won a battle, but things turn around when three witches tell him his fate; That he would be king. Throughout the play, people will see Macbeth turn into an insidious character who will do anything to create his fate of being king. William Shakespeare constructs a magnificent tragedy, with the use of…

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    The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare: the tale of a Scottish warrior named Macbeth. Convinced by witches that becoming King of Scotland is his fate, Macbeth drives himself to murder members of his kingdom. This tragedy holds an exceptional amount of images that form the piece, but one incredibly interesting aspect: the idea of children. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are the only characters in the play that do not have children. Nonetheless, all of Macbeth’s so called “enemies” have some form…

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    make you happy my love?" In simpler terms; she wanted King Duncan dead, claiming that he stole the throne from Macbeth. At first he knew, he would never hurt a good friend like Duncan, but his wife persuading him. saying how nice it would be to rule Scotland, to have many more servants than they do know all sorts of ideas. so he does the evil deed, with is wife away so she wouldn't witness the act, but she secretly followed him to…

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    Would you kill to become king? Macbeth was told by the witches that he would eventually become king. At the beginning of the book Macbeth wanted to be king by chance but towards the end he would kill to be king. During scene three Macbeth wanted to become king by chance. Macbeth said to Lady Macbeth “if chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, without my stir.” This means he is not doing anything to become king. Macbeth wanted to be smart and nonviolent about being king, he wanted…

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    ruling they constantly revoked reforms made to make changes and repress people it became an endless cycle. For example, people were promised the ease of censorship however due to Tsar’s repression they strictly censorship press liberal ideas. Alexander III after his father’s assassination he flipped his father’s reforms and started to repress people showing bad leadership proposed harsh methods to repress the people such as the secret police. People were just beginning to get some rights…

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    Invited to dine with the King! Never having been so excited before, the lord of a small area is overjoyed and glad he worked as hard to better his territory as he did. It is a great shame that King Duncan was murdered, but the new king is honorable, regarded well by all! To not only meet with him like all lords do, but to be allowed to sit at his table is the highest honor. The dining room is bright, and the table is set. Lords and their attendants mingle and socialize. They are all there to…

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