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Emma and Nujhat Macbeth Interview “Good evening everyone! I am here with the great, famous and fearless general Macbeth. He has just recently been deemed Thane of Cawdor! Congratulations on the news! So how do you feel about receiving this position, were you surprised?” We started off by trying to make Macbeth feel comfortable and make him feel like the center of attention so that he will be more willing to talk. Having small talk with him will make him more open and give him the chance to…

In Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, Lady Macbeth shows many detailed symptoms that today would be classified as a paranoid schizophrenic. Lady Macbeth is the wife of Macbeth, who was a thane who became king by brutal meanings. Although Lady Macbeth is a strong willed woman in the beginning, she is clearly deteriorating from a mental illness. Lady Macbeth’s actions are the clear result that she is suffering from what today are the symptoms relating to paranoid schizophrenia. Paranoid…

In Macbeth, Beowulf, and the Pardoners Tale the three poems prove ambition is completely clear as a thematic topic. Shakespeare and Geoffrey Chaucer use a unique way to prove ambition is a transforming poison, all characters prove ambition as a destructive trait, and results in ambition to make oneself become ignorant to right and wrong. Macbeth was not just any common general before the prophesy. He was known as being grand and loyal. One assumption that he could be king and he portrayed…

line of kings. Once the first part of the prophecy is fulfilled, Macbeth starts to consider the fact that he could actually be king. At first, he believes that the rest of the prophecy will be fulfilled through chance. Then due to his ambition and Lady Macbeth's tempting by calling him a coward, and his own dissatisfaction Macbeth decides that he has to murder the king for the prophecy to be fulfilled. In Act 2, he makes up his mind and he kills Duncan. When Macbeth makes the decision to kill…

to fulfill the prophecy told to him by three witches who declared that he would become king. The three witches also told Macbeth’s best friends that his children would also be kings. Macbeth goes on to kill his best friend, he goes mad, his wife, Lady Macbeth, goes mad, and then she dies. In the end, Macbeth is killed by someone who, as foretold, is “not of woman born,” but born by Caesarian Section. Thus, Malcolm, Duncan’s eldest son, becomes the rightful king. Throughout the play, certain…

When going through life, the fear of being unlovable tends to go through every person’s mind at some point. J. Alfred Prufrock in the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” takes this fear to a whole new level. When reading the title of the poem, the reader would more than likely think that it was going to be a beautiful love song. Although, as the poem goes on its obvious that it is the exact opposite of that. T. S. Elliot takes what is a promise of a love song and turns it into more of a…

The story “One Dark Throne,” by Kendare Blake is a sequel to the book “Three Dark Crowns.” This story takes place on an island named Fennbirn where three queens battle for the throne. Each queen has a unique ability, Mirabella is an elemental so she controls the elements. Katherine is poisoner so she is immune to poison. Then there is Arsinoe who is supposed to be a naturalist, where she has a familiar--an animal companion-- but she is truly a poisoner. The three queens are willing to do…

Holiman Question #4 Gregor Samsa is from the story "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka, this story contains a man that suddenly turns into a bug, and his dysfunctional family. Alfred Prufrock is from the short poem ' 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", by T.S Eliot. This poem describes Prufrock 's life and the struggles he experiences in his life. Gregor and Prufrock have similar characteristics in their lives, from their odd personalities to their tragic fates. Gregor is an hardworking…

through lighting as well as the comments and opinions of the other characters in the scene. These distinctions between reality and imagination (and consequently pure and impure) are crucial to understanding the motives and mindset of Macbeth as well as Lady Macbeth. In order to make these differences clearer to the audience and readers, Shakespeare makes use of clothing imagery and the characters responses to…

Examine how Shakespeare uses Macbeth to Pay Homage to King James VI/I Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a tragic play about Macbeth, a loyal warrior from Scotland, who becomes a traitor after hearing a prophecy of him becoming king.This eventually leads to his downfall, where he becomes an insane tyrant. This play is likely written in 1606, shortly after the death of Queen Elizabeth I, and the rise to power of King James I of England, who is also King James VI of Scotland. He creates a union between the…