Malcolm III of Scotland

father passes away, Malcolm needs to decide whether or not he’s going to become king and show that he realizes how the influence of power and greed can negatively affect people. In the first act, the motif, “The prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down or else o’erlap.” (1.4.55-56) Malcolm’s father passes away, and the people in the kingdom expect that Malcolm will become king. Duncan states that Malcolm will be king because he is strong and wise. If Malcolm does…

The general Macbeth and his friend Banquo run into three witches claiming that Macbeth will become the thane of Cawdor and king of Scotland but Banquo’s son will become king of Scotland. After a while some men approach and thank them for defending the Scotland and explain that the thane of Cawdor was a traitor and Macbeth is now the new thane due to his great succes in the war. Macbeth explains to his wife about what he heard and his wife encourages him to kill the king. To celebrate the new…

My husband is finally King! Macbeth has done a lot to thwart competition so he is the man being crowned today and I fully believe he will make a marvelous king because of it. Going behind the back of your King and murdering him will take a toll on the soul, but alas. It was to save the crown. Macbeth tells me of the ordered assassination of Banquo, how he was suspicious of his actions. Again, not to worry even though they were friends it was it keep the crown in the right hands. “The crown is…

INTRO Hello ladies, gents. Today I'll be explaining why Shakespeare's plays are still popular today alongside with a bunch of facts proving this. I'll be mainly focusing on the play "Macbeth" by Shakespeare of course, the play is about a man named Macbeth which receives these "prophecies" from three witches sying that he will soon be king. He believes these and tries his best to make these come true, he murders many people and betrays almost everyone except his wife, Lady Macbeth who helps him…

The death of Macbeth is fairly anticlimactic, which is strange if you haven’t seen or read the play. But to someone that has, we know Macbeth's fate far before the final duel between Macbeth and Macduff. The fact that the play is a tragedy is one indicator, but besides that, the story foreshadows and hints at Macbeth's death as it progresses. From watching Macbeth develop from a loyal and honest warrior to a egotistical and power hungry madman. Macbeth’s drastic change turned him into a…

Macduff’s family, which made more opponents from the assassins. Macbeth’s downfall is resulted of over confident and his own ambition, he destroyed himself. At the start of the play, Macbeth was a loyal, courageous subject of Duncan, the King of Scotland. And he was a man who had a hidden ambition for power and fame. He was both noble, and brave in his war between the King and the opponents in the battle. He was rewarded because he made impressive performance in the battle. After the war,…

In Act 2 Scene 2 of Macbeth, Macbeth returns to Lady Macbeth after killing Duncan. He is traumatized by what he had done and tells Lady Macbeth of his fears about the guards awaking. In Trevor Nunn’s Macbeth there is almost no set or props, which makes the choices of the actors even more vital in being able to express what Shakespeare wanted conveyed by the characters. In Trevor Nunn's adaptation of Macbeth, Sir Ian McKellen’s use of volume and tone in his portrayal of Macbeth conveys Macbeth’s…

“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.”, Eleanor Roosevelt. Throughout the story, the characters puts responsibility into their own hands and have guilt eat at their souls. Lady Macbeth is equally responsible as macbeth of the murder of king Duncan. “When Duncan is asleep...who shall bear the guilt Of our great quell?(pg Act 1,scene 7,pg3) She makes the entire plan up to…

What Is the one thing you’ve always wanted? What extents would you go to in order to obtain it? How far are you going to let your ambitions take you. In Williams Shakespeare's play Macbeth, unchecked ambition is a reoccurring theme that causes much turmoil. Characters like Macbeth and Lady Macbeth often have to make decisions based on morals and their ambition for power. We will see how Macbeth's ambitions will lead to murders, suicide, and guilt. In this story, Macbeth’s ambitions lead him to…

The importance of Ophelia’s blossoms is more recommended than characterized. Each blossom has a big range of implications and a person must consider the implying that best fits the setting of the play. In any case, the blossoms scene is a lovely scene in Hamlet; it and the blooms themselves hold further implications. Woman Macbeth is the concentration of a great part of the investigation of sex parts in Macbeth. As Lady Macbeth drives her significant other toward killing Duncan, she shows that…