Lady Mary Wroth

What you sow is what you reap; Macbeth, the main character in this play killed a major person in Scotland, He will therefore be punished later for his actions. This play The Tragedy of Macbeth is written by William Shakespeare, and is a tragedy describing a man believing the 3 witches’ prophecy, and goes insane to become and stay as a king. The many characters within this wreck reside in the Dark Middle Ages in mostly Scotland, but the two who relate, but also differ most are Macbeth and Macduff…

his country, Scotland, and his relationship with his wife, Lady Macbeth. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the deterioration of Macbeth and Lady…

play, Shakespeare creates a complex character in Macbeth that somewhat encourages us to with him. Macbeth’s emotions and reactions are seen to fluctuate throughout the play as he constantly goes through dramatic series of events. In Act 1 Scene 7, Lady Macbeth victimises and attacks as Macbeth, causing him to suffer from manipulation and verbal abuse. In this way, the audience can see that ultimately she is the fundamental root of the following events and Macbeth is solely being loyal to his…

characters use different tactics in order to use others to their benefit. A victim of severe manipulation in the play, is Macbeth. Macbeth’s naïve nature at the beginning of the play allows other characters in the play to use him to their advantage. Lady Macbeth uses him as her front man in order for her to become queen. She guides him through the murders of his closest friends to make the process of her becoming queen faster. The witches also contribute to Macbeth’s downfall by foretelling…

The seafarer is an old Anglo Saxon poem. This poem is told through the perspective of a man who is constantly traveling. The speaker seems to be in despair whenever he travels because he’d rather find a place for himself. He then goes on tangent about Fate and Faith. The tone of this poem is somber. His imagery is used to express his loneliness. For example, he foretells his experience by, “How the sea took me, swept me back, and forth in sorrow and fear and pain, showed me suffering in a…

In Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" act four, witches tell Macbeth three prophecies about his nobleman, Macduff. The predictions are intentionally vague, and Macbeth interprets them to be in his favor, he later discovers that they are not. As the story unfolds the witches' premonitions come true one by one, but not as expected. While the reader knows that these witches do not have Macbeth's best interests at heart, they have led him to his greatest success. And since he no longer has a reason to…

The unsettling sound of a heart rate monitor introduces three nurses surrounding three dead bodies in a morgue - nurses being an obvious contrast to the setting; it is unnatural, just as the three disguised witches are. Ominous music begins as the witches chant an eerie spell, brewing a poisonous potion. In the film, Macbeth, directed by Rupert Goold, and in the play, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, act 4, scene 1, is a reflection of the first scene where Macbeth and Banquo encounter the Weird…

Lady Macbeth We all first get introduced to the menacing and ruthless Lady Macbeth in Scene 5 of Act 1 of her reading a letter from her husband, Macbeth, discussing his meeting with the three witches. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s diabolical plan is to kill Duncan, so that he will fulfill the witches’ second prophecy. Lady Macbeth firmly believes that her husband is too weak and less cold-blooded than she is, so when she finds out about Duncan’s near visit, she calls upon supernatural agents to…

incorporates her struggles with depression and suicidal tendencies in “Lady Lazarus.” Although this poem address melancholia in a beautiful pattern, “Lady Lazarus” acts as a peephole into the darkest realms of Plath’s existence. Through personal accounts of loss and devastation, Plath paints a lugubrious picture of her overall state of despair and emptiness. Dark thoughts circulate Plath’s mind constantly, and she describes this in “Lady Lazarus.” Plath takes the reader through a short…

In Macbeth, Shakespeare portrays Lady Macbeth as a character plagued with madness. He continues this trend all throughout the play starting with Lady Macbeth’s satanic prayer in Act 1, her numerous attempts to persuade her husband to kill, and the very way she took her life. In Act 1 Scene V, Lady Macbeth partakes in a satanic prayer. “…That which cries 'Thus thou must do, if thou have it; / And that which rather thou dost fear to do / Than wishest should be undone.' Hie thee hither, / That I…