Lady Lazarus

becomes a tragic hero who destroys himself because he lets his ambition, insecurity and ignorance control him and his actions. Macbeth, despite influences of the witches and Lady Macbeth, is the only one responsible for his actions. He did not have a choice whether to perform all the deeds that he did; he did have to listen to Lady Macbeth or the witches and kill King Duncan or anyone else. Shakespeare puts a lot of importance on the fact that Macbeth was just a puppet controlled by the witches…

the splendors he would enjoy as the king. Although he knows deep down he shouldn’t do evil in order to receive the crown, there’s no stopping the feeling of an incredible urge to fulfill the prophecy, an urge only fueled by the sinister whispers of Lady Macbeth. This leads him to do what before never seemed plausible, due to his noble character, by murdering King Duncan in secret and taking over as…

Her footsteps echoed eerily in the long empty corridor. This late at night, the stone walls provided no warmth. Shivering, Lady Macbeth moves towards her husband’s chamber, gripped with the need to plan. If they did not act carefully, she was sure all would be lost. Macbeth was going crazy, and they could not afford that now. At least her struggles were private; he so openly showed his madness at the coronation dinner! The whole thing was a disaster. When he rambled on about seeing Banquo’s…

“I know of many things, but I cannot speak about them.” “You can’t leave it at that.” “I can and I will.” Annoyed and not understanding why they were not keeping him and his men abreast at the accruing happening. “Tell me about this Queen that is to command.” “You will find out tomorrow when we confer.” More confused than ever and his men, looking and listing not knowing what to say. “Daphne, how do you know of such things?” Looked directly at Airamon, “The dragons speak to…

Although the story of “Macbeth” is unique on its own, Shakespeare still is able to have the cliché of two close friends becoming each other's foibles. In the play, Macbeth and Banquo are both originally two of King Duncan’s noblemen and also close friends, but toward the climax the two men go through a change. While Macbeth succumbs to the darker energies of Scotland, Banquo is able to look past and stay true to himself. In act I of “Macbeth”, Macbeth and Banquo have their first encounter with…

The purpose of the Porter’s scene is to provide comic relief because the play is at such a high level of intensity after King Duncan is killed that the this scene is placed to lower the level of intensity so that when Duncan’s body is discovered it will raise levels of intensity again. The Porter gives rise to a metaphor in the act, relating Macbeth’s castle to the gates of hell. He refers to satanic images and Beelzebub, which is the Devil, and the porter refers to himself as the gatekeeper.…

Fate If someone told you your fate would you take action to change it or let it happen on its own? In Macbeth, WIlliam Shakespeare shows how self fulfilled prophecies of a country through the witches and their visions. For example, the witches influence Macbeth with their prophecies to the point where he wants to know everything possible from them. During this time period witches were the root of evil and everyone was afraid of what they were capable of; yet Macbeth demands “Stay you…

Lady Gaga covered John Lennon's 1971 classic "Imagine" at Azerbaijan's Baku Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremonies of the 2015 European Games. Gaga brought the massive crowd to a reverent silence with her rendition. The Mother Monster was sat comfortably behind a floral piano cascaded in a foliage of pink and purple pastel flowers. She took the giant stage by wowing the crowd with an impressive performance and gave audience a chill-inducing heights on the third verse, when her voice became…

Sunny Ou 10C Discuss Lady Macduff’s thoughts in lines 71-76 in light of the theme of ‘Fair is foul, and foul is fair.’ Consider this conversation she has had with her so, and consider the consequences of her husband’s honourable actions. In this scene, Macduff has left England, leaving Lady Macduff afraid and concerned. Lady Macbeth seems unsure if Macduff leaving England was a wise decision. Lady Macbeth seeks his son, asking for his opinion. Lady Macbeth believes that her husband is…

In T.S. Eliot’s “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock”, a man begins to reflect upon the decisions in life that he put off; realizing that he’s simply out of time to fulfill his wishes to find a wife and create a family along with many other wants and dreams. In the poem, Eliot uses a series of imagery and metaphors to vividly portray the character and to keep the story interesting and flowing. The poem of Mr. Prufrock is a simple yet vastly complicated poem. It begins telling the story of him as…