Lady Jane Grey

Camille Bruce Mr. Evans English 12, Period 3 3 January 2018 Poem Summary The poem “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot talks about the struggles of the men/women in a special world. These people are called hollow men and ultimately represent many of the people in the real world. Eliot is trying to show the similarities of the hollow men to the people in the real world by saying they are lacking certain things such as happiness, love, and hope. The first section of the poem talks about the…

the king, but was persuaded by Lady Macbeth and even after conquering the throne,…

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…