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    How is the character of Lady Macbeth presented in the text of Shakespeare’s play & in Roman Polanski’s 1971 film? In this essay I will be discussing how lady Macbeth is portrayed in both Shakespeare’s version as well as Polanski’s 1971 film. The play was written abruptly after the latest accession of James I, meaning that there was a lot of tension regarding a male leader over a womanlike one. Furthermore, there was a lot of suspense with the regarding of witches. If you were alleged to be a…

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    important he needs to tell the reader, but he continually states that he has time. The poem’s title insinuates that Prufrock is addressing someone he admires, or loves, since love songs are sung to lovers. Therefore, the reader might assume that Prufrock yearns to confess his love to the reader (lover). However, Prufrock frequently states his concerns on whether he should or not tell the reader. And never circumvents to telling the reader what he needs to say. Elliot concludes by presenting an…

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    “ Fate decides who comes into your life, your heart decides who stays.” Macbeth is a Shakespearean play about how an innocent soldier becomes a ruthless king, all because of his proposed fate. In Macbeth, fate played a huge role in how Macbeth as a character acted and why he had a tragic resolution. Fate is what drove Macbeth into having a tragic resolution. Every human believes fate is predetermined. People tend to hold onto the unknown. It moves us in many ways, whether that be hope or…

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    Feminism In Macbeth

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    the throne. This is where his wife, Lady Macbeth, comes in - she tempts and bullies Macbeth into killing King Duncan. The play was written during the reign of King James I who saw himself as an expert on witchcraft. ‘Witches’ at that time were despised, partly because the King himself thought of them as no good. At first Macbeth was only intrigued by the witches’ predictions. After all, witches were seen as uncanny and surely, they shouldn’t be trusted. However Lady Macbeth kept pushing and…

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    Evil tends to be a driving force behind many of the world’s most calamitous acts. In Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, the inner evil in the boys on the island results in an uncivilized society full of chaos and violence. In Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, evil changes Macbeth from a noble person to a murderer. The article “Stalin’s Great Purge: Over A Million Detained, More Than Half A Million Killed” indicates Joseph Stalin's inner evil by organizing The Great Purge to…

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    The Three Witches show up throughout Macbeth and indeed do cause trouble. They prophesied about Macbeth’s ascension to Kinghood and that he could only be killed by one not born of woman. However, that is not the point of this, it is to break down and decipher what is really meant in the Witches chant in act 4 scene 1. “Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bubble (act 4 scene 1 lines 10-11; 20-21; 35-36).” These two lines appear twice throughout the chant, and are recognized…

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    when I finished the play I was puzzled it seemed like it was McDuff tragedy. This essay discusses why I think it really was macbeth's tragedy and why shakespeare named his play Macbeth. Macbeth is seen as the main character of the story along with Lady Macbeth, McDuff and a few other major characters assuming people already knew this play was a tragedy people would be lead to immediately believe it was macbeth's tragedy.…

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    Lady Macbeth's Ambition

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    Throughout the play Macbeth’s ambition to rise to power consumes his light, turning a well-respected noble man to a beast despised by all. Macbeth’s ambition is nurtured by the three witches’ prophecies and visions, and later on strengthens by his wife lady Macbeth. In Macbeth, William Shakespeare uses details to reveal how the protagonist’s tragic flaw, his unruly ambition, ultimately causes his catastrophic downfall. After successfully emerging victorious from battle, three witches appear…

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    Macbeth Tragedy Analysis

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    tragedy is composed of three specific elements anagnorisis, peripeteia and harmartia, which can all be found in Macbeth. Macbeth who is the heroin of the story suffers from the fatal flaw of both ambition and insecurity, that leads to his downfall, Lady Macbeth feeds at this, and picks away at macbeth’s heroine figure, leading him to commit heinous murders. An element of the…

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    witches provoked Macbeth to kill to uphold some prophecy that was never officially proven. Shakespeare definition of fate has shown me that with the help of corrupt figures that any body’s fate can be changes which resulted in Macbeth’s death. Lady Macbeth has influenced Macbeth’s original fate he. Macbeth was the one who respected the king and would never kill any man he was loyal to. His fate was to serve the king and his son heir to the throne. The three…

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