Lady Caroline Lamb

When Lady Macbeth hears about the witches’ prophecy, she is tempted with the idea of power but but she is worried that her husband is too kind and loyal to do what it takes to become king. She does rely on the supernatural during the play when she calls upon the spirits to give her the power to plot and carry out the murder of Duncan. After the witches put the ideas of her husband becoming king in her head, Lady Macbeth helps bring out the evil side of Macbeth…

“If a chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, without my stir” (1.3.157-159). Shakespeare believe that our action determines our fate as shown through Macbeth.. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the tragedy began when Macbeth became the victim of his own desire. Every downhill and event was created through his own will. The prophecy was told, but it was up to him decides to carry on the murder of King Duncan. The witches foretell the future, but they did not control his action. Macbeth has…

What is the function of the trope of the fall in literature? In W.H. Auden’s poem “Musee des Beaux Arts”, the trope, abiding by convention, illustrates a metaphoric fall. In his poem, Auden refers to both mythology and the bible to convey the suffering of man and humankind, exemplified through the tale of Icarus. Though Auden succinctly addresses the suffering of humankind, Auden most notably highlights the fallen nature of bystanders to said suffering. In his poem, Auden uses both rhetoric and…

king, but now he is true to himself and thinks of the consequences that might come from killing his king. Macbeth has free will and can choose what he wants to do with his life. But this changes when another character (Lady Macbeth) launches his motivation to again become king. Lady Macbeth questions his manhood and promotes him to make the wrong choice. She says, “What beast was ’t, then, that made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man” (1.7.47-49); By…

Ambitions control much of society. The struggle to achieve goals often leads individuals to become arrogant once their dreams are realized. It is only when these desires are achieved through dishonest means, that humans express true regret. William Shakespeare’s masterpiece, Macbeth, is the embodiment of excessive vanity and ambitions to accomplish the inconceivable. Particularly, the protagonist attempts to send a powerful message to the Elizabethans; when something is achieved with dishonesty,…

protagonists, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. Moreover, I will focus on the changes they go through, as a couple and individuals, as the drama progresses. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth shows his first signs of ambition after getting the witches' prophecy. He starts to think of becoming king, though his moral mind fights his urges to kill his noble king, Duncan: "Stars…Let not light see my black and deep desires" [1.4.50-51]. Macbeth soon hastens to share the news with his beloved wife, Lady…

The Meaning Inside the Head (A Discussion on the themes of Macbeth's Soliloquy of Act, Scene 5.) The final act of Macbeth is an intense act that involves many different big events. First Lady Macbeth has gone completely crazy, and ends up killing herself from her mental illness. Macbeth finds this out, and also was informed about Malcolm and Macduff, with thousands of English military men were coming to end his life and take the throne back. In act 5, scene 5, Macbeth is starting to…

he maintains the façade that Malcolm and Donalbain are the ones responsible for their father’s murder. The use of blood in this instance also symbolizes Macbeth’s diminishing morality. The use of the word blood is seen again when Macbeth speaks to Lady Macbeth about his plan to have Banquo murdered. Macbeth states, “Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale,” (3.2.46-50). The…

In The Tempest, Shakespeare many times takes the stance that despotism is not a stable form of government. Shakespeare exemplifies his stance on despotism by narrating prolific power shifts and frequent coups. In fact, the main plotline is about a duke, Prospero, whose title is usurped by his brother Antonio with the help of King Alonso. Then Prospero gets exiled to an island with only one inhabitant, Caliban. After Caliban has shown him everything about the island Prospero takes power and…

Macbeth became overly ambitious and has caused himself to fall. One important theme in Macbeth is the psychological effects of guilt that target both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. They both suffered emotionally, but Lady Macbeth suffered even more and that was the main cause of her death in the play. The Doctor in the play, also notes that Lady Macbeth needs God’s help since her Illness seems to be psychological and not physical. He notes that Medicine can’t help her, instead he prays for her to be…