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being crowned as King of Scotland to his death at the end. William Shakespeare's “The tragedy of Macbeth” involves a character named Macbeth. As he is walking along a road next to his fellow friend Banquo. They meet up and see three witches. He seeks to go to them and ask for them to predict if he will one day be King of Scotland. In the story, the witches prophesize “All Hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All Hail Macbeth, that shalt be king…

and Darkness. The entire play revolves around events and the clash between what light and dark truly symbolize.The way that light and dark are represented are within the characters. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth would represent darkness. Banquo and King Duncan serves as a foil to Macbeth, both representing light. The play starts out with the three witches making a prediction. The imagery Shakespeare used in the play to describe darkness within the witches was when the witches were making the…

influential outside influences are on him.In starting of the play Macbeth from being loyal to his king, a courageous, brave and good nobleman, he has already reseved the title Thane of Glamis, and as prophesized by the three witches, will soon take rule as the Thane of Cawdor. These titles indicate that Macbeth is of great political significance , and is rising higher in the positions of Scottish nobility. King Duncan also addressed Macbeth as valiant cousin, worthy gentleman and later as a…

good man who does pure evil and pays a huge value for it. Macbeth loses everything such as his power, his reputation, his mind and the love of his life (lady Macbeth). He kills Duncan thinking that in doing so he will get all the power and position that he deserves. He knows that he has to kill anyone in his way of becoming king. He was a good man who was honored and worshiped he killed people to get the things he wanted not needed, which made him lose everything he valued. Also, In the…

one’s peers and leaders, Lady Macbeth argues that manhood requires bravado and fearlessness to attain fruition. For instance, throughout Act I, Macbeth vacillates in his willingness to kill Duncan because he questions whether or not the moral consequences of killing an honorable leader just to succeed as king outweigh all justification to do so in the first place. Moreover, his idea of manhood stems from honoring the integrity of other leaders’ victories and accomplishments. He insists, “We…

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. Throughout the play, Lady Macbeth plays an important role and…

In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, violence is a way of life, everyone gets caught up in all the violence, The weather is violent, the witches speak of violence, and the whole play is about violence. Macbeth is honest and also loyal warrior to king Duncan, As the play carries on, however it shows Macbeth is actually a power hungry man who is willing to do whatever it takes to obtain the throne. As the play begins, bloodshed is already described on a battlefield. During this time, the captain had…

be to be just that - fate. When Macbeth happens upon the witches, they tell him that he is destined to be king and as fate may have intended, it happens. However, after speaking with the witches, Macbeth, instead of letting his fate happen naturally, takes matters into his own hands. Blinded by ambition, Macbeth takes control of his destiny and murders Duncan, all for the sake of becoming king. While the witches planted the idea in his head, Macbeth acted upon his fate instead of letting it…

out of everyone involved. This principle is clearly displayed in Shakespeare's Macbeth. The dagger that Macbeth used to kill Duncan ended up bringing more pain and grief to Macbeth than it ever could to Duncan. During Act 2, Scene 1, Macbeth is starting to have his character unraveled when faced with the upcoming dilemma of having to kill King Duncan, even though the King just rewarded him with lands and titles. Guided by the ambitious hand of his wife, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth slips into a…

respected man in the beginning of the play, but later in the play Macbeth's personality changes to become a more violent man. Macduff is a very good and trustworthy man through the whole play. Lastly, Duncan is a very loyal king who sadly is murdered by Macbeth, but Duncan shows what it takes to be a great king. Through the…