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    To begin with, Lady Macbeth, from the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare was perceived as extremely ambitious, even more ambitious than Macbeth himself. Ultimately, she persuades Macbeth to kill the King so he could become king. This is because Macbeth, the newest Thane of Cawdor, receives his future from three decrepit witches. They told him he will become the Thane of Cawdor, then become the King. He told his wife, Lady Macbeth, what the witches have said about him. Now she wants the King…

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    Macbeth had unchecked ambition that turned into greed. Macbeth had unchecked ambition that turned into greed and insanity, causing him to make choices that harmed himself and those around him. Although Macbeth was influenced by the witches and his wife, Lady Macbeth, at any point he could have stopped. However, he deep down he desired to be king and with the prophecies of the witches, he knew that it would happen; it was just…

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    and the king, of course he was aided by his cunning wife lady Macbeth for she was the one who thought of the plan. “The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements (Shakespeare 334)”. To kill a king takes serious courage, courage Macbeth didn’t fully have. Even today individuals may not have the audacity to commit a crime such as this and may need someone with more of a blinded eye to reality, even lady Macbeth called upon a spirit of darkness to blind…

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    The Double-Entendre of Ambition One of mankind’s greatest incentives in societal contribution is driven by an adamant inclination to achieve, otherwise known as ambition. Frequently, this tenacity generates ovation from others and is substantially nurtured by select cultures. In spite of that, what if such aspirations inspired not advantageous after effects, but, rather, detrimental ramifications which foster harm to human aggregations and its individuals? In the tragedy of Macbeth, Shakespeare…

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    The play Macbeth was written by Shakespeare in 1606. Throughout the play Macbeth turns into a tragic hero. The witches have a major impact on how Macbeth changed throughout the story. The witches not only caused Macbeth’s power to increase, but they also bring him to his tragic fall. Through their influence, Macbeth transformed from the war hero who Scotland loved to the brutal tyrant who ruled the land. The witches have a big impact on what macbeth does in the play by giving him ideas on what…

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    Women Depicted In King Arthur Are women really this self-centered in this story? The book King Arthur and His Knights Of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green is about King Arthur and his knights going off on many quests and taking risks during the journey. The women in this book are portrayed as evil, devil-like, and untrustworthy characters. Women in this book are evil. There are many examples of how women are evil and one example is Morgana Le Fay when a damsel sent by Morgana stated that…

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    Imagery In Macbeth Essay

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    play to having to have light at all times to protect her. The two contrasting concepts became so important in showcasing the rise and deterioration of Lady Macbeth. Blood imagery was also a huge part of the gruesome play, and it would only make sense to find creative ways of describing a subject that kept showing up scene after scene. When Lady Macbeth was seen sleep walking on the fifth scene, she vividly described the smell of the stains of blood in her hands. Here's the smell of the blood…

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    Imagination In Macbeth

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    There’s a very old saying, which is still prominent in our lives, that ''the man, who has no imagination, has no wings''. We are all aware of that. The imagination runs the show. We can't accept the modern literature without it. Shakespeare used it very often and with so much excellence that he brought it to the perfection. Macbeth is the best example of Shakespeare's use of imagination. Macbeth becomes very obsessed, or say possessed with an idea of becoming king that his imagination leads him…

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    Unnatural In Macbeth

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    Act 1 scene 1 of the play the theme of the unnatural is displayed through the thunder and the witches. The lightning during Act 1 represents the evil motives that the witches possess (1.1.1-2). Another example occurs in Act 1 but, during scene 5 when Lady Macbeth…

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    “By the pricking of my thumbs,/ Something wicked this way comes.(4.1.44-45)” The three Weird Sisters from the play Macbeth were incarnations of evil. In the time Shakespeare lived, there was heavy interest in the supernatural. The supernatural was the way the people of the Elizabethan era explained every bad thing that happened in their lives. The sole purpose of anything not normal was to cause chaos and to bring harm. For this reason, Shakespeare may have used The Sisters for numerous aims. By…

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