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In “Macbeth” by Shakespeare, In Act 4 scenes 1 pages 130-144, I read about Three witches in a cave stirring a cauldron with a mix of disgusting ingredients, all the while chanting “double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble” (p130 lines 10-11). Hecate makes an appearance and sing along but leaves before Macbeth enters. He demands answers from the witches about his future. The witches use a spell to summon some apparitions. The first apparition is an armed head that warns…

Macbeth A Tragic Hero Macbeth A Tragic Hero What makes a tragic hero? Is it greed, lust, pride? Or is it common human imperfection? In Shakespeare’s Macbeth; Macbeth, Thane of Glamis becomes hungry for power after he learns about his life's prophecy and does the unthinkable to become more powerful. Blinded by his greed Macbeth seals his fate and pays the ultimate price for his misdeeds. A Greek philosopher known as Aristotle believed that true tragedies are self inflicted and personal.…

This passage articulates the intention of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth in historical means as it serves as both a historical allusion and a royal pageant. Greenblatt illustrates that the grotesque bloodiness such as the Macbeth couple’s longing for “murderous ferocity” in the play is the manifestation of the public’s amusement by intensified punishment in seventeenth century London. By extending the scope of a spousal relationship into the fundamental human nature of relishing tyranny, Greenblatt…

This dialogue, spoken to herself after reading Macbeth’s encounter with the witches, plays on the importance of soliloquies and thoughts spoken out loud to characters themselves. This line from Lady Macbeth shows the viewers for the first time a look at her devious ambitions for her husband and her doubt in his ability to do what she believes needs to be done. She speaks that she fears the nature of his character is ‘too full’ of human kindness. This initial assumption is later solidified for…

In the play Macbeth by Shakespeare, Macbeth uses ambition for good and bad. He uses very little good ambition and uses a lot of bad ambition. Macbeth uses good ambition for his performance in battle and his reputation. He uses bad ambition to do subsequent actions to secure his throne and to murder Duncan. In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth uses both good and bad ambition. Bad ambition is used mostly throughout the whole play. Ambition is the desire to do or become something and that you are…

Shakespeare’s Macbeth, wasn’t born evil. Certain things impacted him and his future. Like the obstacles that teenagers these days face, Macbeth also goes through peer pressure. He strides to do his best to prove that he is capable of being the King of Scotland. Based on the prophecies that he was given, Macbeth thought that he should tell his wife the outstanding news of the future. Macbeth killed to assure that his prophecy would…

To what extremes would a person go to get powers that they seek? During the 1600’s, people would go to great lengths to get power. Power was the element that separated the powerful from the weak. The more powerful a person was, the more respected they were. In Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Little did Macbeth know, having his hands covered with the victim’s blood, would eventually lead to his own downfall. Macbeth’s eagerness to become powerful shows the reader how through violence…

In the play Macbeth, Shakespeare uses power as a motif to show the reader that authority in the hands of someone who is not experienced in their position can lead themselves to their own downfall. During Macbeth’s reign, he goes through a few trials that he thinks will get in the way of his power. Soon after the murder of King Duncan, Banquo becomes suspicious of Macbeth, and thinks that he might’ve committed the crime. With Macbeth’s corrupt mind, he feels that Banquo will be an impediment to…

The witches are three illusionary figures that incite evil throughout Scotland by dictating enticing prophecies that in particular entrigue Macbeth. For example, when the witches and Macbeth first come in contact, the witches dictate, “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to you, thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to you, thane of…

Brandon Davis June 21, 15 Humanities I Braveheart (Compare and Contrast) Braveheart is a 1995 epic historical medieval war drama film directed by and starring Mel Gibson. Gibson portrays William Wallace, a 13th century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence (1296 – 1328 A.D.) against King Edward I of England. The screenplay was adapted from Blind Harry’s epic poem The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace by Randall…