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    Macbeth Is Evil Analysis

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    This is all due to his personality; ambition, greed, and bravery, his words; selfish, devious, and cruel, and his actions; the murders he had committed of King Duncan, Banquo, Macduff’s family, and the attempted murder of Banquo’s son. Therefore these points justify that Macbeth is the most evil character in the Shakespeare play of…

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    the story of The tragedy of Macbeth but what if one of the scenes never happened? Let’s just say the scene we pick is the one where Macbeth never gave the order to kill Macduff’s family. If that was to happen then a lot of events would have never occurred and here’s why. For one if Macbeth never gave the kill order to Macduff’s family, Macduff would have never left Scotland and would have never had a reason of suspicion of Macbeth’s activities. Macbeth would just carry on doing his job and…

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    coupled with the little understanding Macbeth has of the bond with one’s own children as stated by Macduff, ”He has no children.” (4.3.255), is what adds fuel to Macduff’s burning hatred of Macbeth. This waste of life represents the completed transformation of Macbeth. Where as before he would need to at least have justifications to kill Macduff’s family, he now kills for entertainment as he knows that Macduff will suffer greatly for this…

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    Lady Macbeth's Choices

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    Malcolm and his army to challenge Macbeth. Disproving the prophecy “none of women born shall harm Macbeth” as Macduff declared he was not “of women born” but rather “untimely ripped” from his mother’s womb, Macduff killed and beheaded Macbeth. Macduff’s decisions were not to feed his own ambitions but rather to replace the tyrannical leader, Macbeth, with Malcolm, the rightful worthy leader for the good of the country. Despite his good intentions, Macduff still suffered the dire consequence…

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    of paranoia of losing that power that he possesses as king. As a result, Macbeth commits murders of several characters because of his fear of their potential to take away his throne. For example, Macbeth hires three men to assassinate Banquo and his son, Fleance. Macbeth admits his “fears in Banquo/ Stick deep; and in his royalty of nature/ Reigns that which would be fear’d: ‘tis much he dares,” (3.1. 53-55). Banquo’s honor and dignity threatens the revelation of Macbeth’s secret of how he…

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    time. The poem mourns the death of her family by connecting it to Macduff’s loss of his family. One can see that the author is trying to connect her lost by placing herself in position of Macduff. The name of the poem, All my Pretty Ones, is based on Macduff response to the news of the murder of his family. In Act 4, Scene 3, line 255; Macduff exclaimed “He has no children. All my pretty ones” upon hearing from Ross that his wife and son were murdered by Macbeth’s men. Using this line as a…

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    Key Themes Of Macbeth

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    so Macbeth will be king sooner. The plan succedes, but Macbeth is afraid the Banquo will take over. Macbeth sends assassins to kill Banquo and his son, but the son, Fleance, escapes. Macbeth then sees Banquo’s ghost in his hall, and starts to go crazy. He revisits the witches who tell him that only Macduff can kill him. Macbeth then orders that Macduff’s family should be killed, and their home destroyed. Macduff…

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    The first biggest connection is the entity that is responsible for all the violence. This connects Macbeth to the Party. Both leaders have total control when they rise to power. However both entities rise to absolute power in different ways, In Macbeth, Macbeth obtained his power by murdering the previous king. While the Party in 1984 obtained total control over many years in a slow methodical manner, gaining control from ignorance and fear. However both Orwell and Shakespeare imply a secondary…

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    committed and it marks the beginning of Macbeth's demise. The next turn of events leads to King Duncan's sons feeling the city in fear that they soon will be next. As Macbeth will stop at nothing to become king, he fears of what prophecies the witches have told about his friend Banquo's son that will would heir the throne. His next plan of action was to hire a group of men to kill Banquo and his son Fleance. While although he may have been able to kill Banquo, Fleance got away. This infuriated…

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    Macbeth Final Essay Who has the power to influence us to do what we do and why? In Shakespeare’s, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Macbeth changes from being a honorable gentleman into a irrational killer. The existent question here is what or who influenced him to change? We recognize that he was influenced by many people throughout the play to 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…

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