King Duncan

Lady Macbeth manipulates everyone in the play, especially her husband. Almost immediately after reading Macbeth’s letters, she starts to plan ways to ensure that Macbeth becomes king. By constantly questioning Macbeth’s manhood, she uses manipulation to force him to arrive at the conclusion of needing to kill Duncan to prove himself. “When you durst do it, then you are man/ And to be more than what you were, you would/ Be so much more a man” (1.7.51-53). During their conversation, Lady…

When Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to murder King Duncan it demonstrates Lady Macbeth’s ambition. Lady Macbeth’s greatest trait is her ambition and resolve which she demonstrates is much greater than her than her husband. While Macbeth is, hesitant and is distrustful towards the supernatural forces compelling him to kill Duncan, she never wavers. Her strength of her determination that exceed her husbands is shown through her famous lines about will to rid herself of her femininity. “Come, you…

deceitful in order to cover up their trails. In William Shakespeare's,’’Macbeth,’’ Macbeth murders his kinsman, loyal friend, his king, and two innocent men in order to stay in the throne. Lady Macbeth is such a weak character throughout the play. Instead of Lady Macbeth being the strong, supportive character to her husband, Macbeth, she ends up lacking the power to kill Duncan and keep her guilt to herself. Since she couldn’t keep her guilt a secret, it leads to her untimely death when she…

it takes and lacks valor, she is indicating that he is a coward. It is these words that convince Macbeth to participate in the murder of Duncan. Lady Macbeth’s control over Macbeth’s actions is seen once again in act one, scene seven, when she makes sure that he keeps his promise to kill Duncan. When Lady Macbeth realizes that Macbeth is hesitating to kill Duncan, she uses the power of her words to keep him from changing his mind. “When you durst do it, then you were a man / And to be more than…

that he will be the Ruler of Scotland as it all went downhill from there. Although many readers believe that free will causes Macbeth’s downfall, fate is more to blame. If it wasn’t for the witches prophecy, then Macbeth never would have betrayed Duncan because he was a very loyal soldier, but Macbeth also had a choice to believe what the witches prophecy. After Macbeth was told the prophecy by the witches he had two choices, to either believe it or to disregard what the witches said. This is…

In the case of Macbeth Vs. The People of Scotland, there are obvious reasons as to why he is guilty. Due to numerous situations Macbeth has proven himself to have developed of a psychological (problems) yes, but Macbeth was still in the right state of mind to know what exactly he was doing. Although his psychological pathway lead to his numerous murders, Macbeth should still be held accountable for his actions. The murders of Banquo and The Macduff family members have lead to the conclusion…

Macbeth As the main character in the story, Macbeth is the character that has the strongest ambition. This story began with Macbeth’s ambition and ended with Macbeth’s ambition. The ambition of being the king made him murdered lots of people and made him to be a cruelly man. “The castle of Macduff I will surprise; seize upon Fife; give to the sedge o’th’ sword, his wife, his babes, and and all unfortunate souls.” (4.2.150~153) what Macbeth says is that he will kill all the people that in…

How do you define success? People define success in different ways, such as having a big house or lots of money. However in the eyes of characters from Macbeth and The Social Network it is seen completely differently. In Macbeth characters define success as having power, altering the future, and revenge. In “The Social Network” characters define success as leeching off a business to make money, being a loyal friend and also expanding the business, and lastly to be the wealthiest and smartest…

thus informing him to kill the king. Macbeth says; “And on the blade and dungeon…

that epitomized mentally unstable behaviors or exuded an impression of lunacy, primarily within specific characters like Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, since their orchestrations of the atrocious homicides of other figures of importance like King Duncan, Banquo, and Lord Macduff, also mentioned as the Thane of Fife, tremendously influenced their mentalities during the development of this tragedy. Parts that illustrate such mental instabilities include Macbeth’s hallucinations of a dagger…