Lady Macduff

Macbeth and his wife turned the witches prophecy into something dark. In Act 5, Macduff says, “Despair thy charm, and let angel whom they still hast served. Tell thee macduff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped” (5.8.13-16). With is family having been killed by both macbeth and lady macbeth, he believed in order to feel at peace and for both Duncan and his family’s murder to have justice, he had to kill Macbeth. Macduff was the only one who could kill him due to him not having a natural…

describes what a real man is. Lady Macbeth hears of the witches’ prophecy of Macbeth, and is filled with glee. She resolves to kill Duncan and turns to the spirits for help. “Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown…

actually started to believe the witches’ words. His belief in their prophecy led him down a murderous path where he would do any means necessary to ensure his fate became reality beginning with the murder of the current king, Duncan. After Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plot and carry their plan to kill Duncan in order for Macbeth to become king, a portion of the prophecy is successfully fulfilled. Macbeth stabs Duncan to…

slaying of Macbeth, Macduff finding peace over his family’s murder and Lady Macbeth’s role in convincing Macbeth to slay the king. The first example of poetic justice was Macduff slaying Macbeth in battle. Lady Macbeth and the three witches convinced Macbeth to pursue the opportunity of becoming King, resulting in numerous deaths of innocent people. In the view of Macbeth, it…

The downfall of Macbeth is caused by several events that occurred in his life, although the witches prophecies planted the initial predictions and Lady Macbeth's ambitions convinced Macbeth to murder Duncan, Macbeth's free will and decisions is responsible for his own downfall leading to his death. The three witches known as the “Weird Sisters” was…

to be entangled in them, however power over others can remedy being trapped. Power can lead to destruction. Macbeth is feeling pressure from the witches to complete their prophecies as well as his own desires. Macbeth is also feeling pressure from Lady Macbeth because she wants power. In order to escape other’s pressures, Macbeth seeks to have power over them. Macbeth’s people perpetuated his desires and hatred, which developed into mental instability. Macbeth’s first encounter of significance…

In Macbeth, Macduff and Macbeth were similar near the beginning because they were allies of King Duncan. These two characters have numerous similarities but ultimately are very different regarding the choices they make Macbeth is an ambitious Thane who lets his greed and thirst for power drown out his sensibility. Macduff is a strong, selfless character whose first priority is the good of his home. Macduff and Macbeth have different beliefs and are climbing towards different things. Their…

1. Lady Macbeth Is reliving how her husband killed King Duncan. “...Who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?” That excerpt from the play is about her talking about Duncan’s blood and how much was there when they had to stage it on the servants. Then she talks about how she can smell his blood. Lady Macbeth heard about Macbeth seeing Banquo’s ghost and she quickly calls it one of his ghostly fits. She talks about the Thane of Fife’s wife and how guilty Lady Macbeth…

commit appalling actions. The most influential to Macbeth in the play were the weird sisters. The weird sisters were the furthermost influential in the play because they prophesied Macbeth would become king and they told Macbeth to be mindful of Macduff. The first reason the weird sisters were the most influential in the play is that they had the power to tell prophesy’s. The second witch tells Macbeth, “All hail Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!” (I.i.54). Macbeth later becomes the thane…

prophecy would come true in time. Another positive example of an ambitious character is Malcolm and Macduff. These two characters want Macbeth off the throne, but there is still the chance that one of them might take over the throne and act completely like Macbeth. Because of this, Malcolm tests Macduff. After seeing that the both of them want to free Scotland from Macbeth’s tyranny, Malcolm and Macduff plan on overthrowing the evil king. Malcolm concedes that he…