The Once and Future King

sisters approach Macbeth with prophecies that will all come true in the future. Although, it would appear to some that Macbeth is just following destiny and fate at first, Macbeth continually had the decision throughout the play to select his own destiny. “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All Hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!...Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none” (Act 1, Scene 3, Lines 51-70). From the beginning…

statements made about England's ruler, King Henry VII. King Henry was was a tyrant of england and greatly abused power. He had a galore of loathsome actions during his time on the throne. For example he was constantly taking his country into war, had numerous of executions that were based off of impulsive behaviors, and . But on the flip side, there were some positive legacies he has, Henry helped the economy to flourish during his rule, To start off, King Henry VIII was constantly taking his…

and thane of Glamis. During the war, Macbeth killed Macdonwald, thane of Cawdor. After the war, King Duncan names Macbeth thane of Cawdor. Returning from battle, Macbeth and Banquo meet three witches. These witches give Macbeth and Banquo predictions about the future. They predict Macbeth will become thane of Cawdor and soon after become king. Then they predict that Banquo’s descendants will become king. After Ross and Angus tell Macbeth that he is the new thane of Cawdor, Macbeth begins to…

Macbeth faith in the three witches’ and the prophecy enables him to commit treason against Scotland and the 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…

In the story of Oedipus, there are several examples that show man’s relationship with the truth. The oracle predicts the truth about the future of Laius, Jocasta, and Oedipus. Killing his father and marrying his mother are both examples of what the oracle predicted about them. In Oedipus Rex, Sophocles shows that, in the case of finding truth, if a man starts in search for the truth, he must find the whole truth, but if a man never starts in search for the truth, he can stay ignorant of the…

by telling Macbeth that one day he will become king, the meeting among the witches and Hecate, and the formation of the witches brew. Without the involvement of the witches the outcome of Macbeth’s life as well as the events of the play would be different. Fate is demonstrated when the witches give their first prophecy. Macbeth looses control of his own fate when the witches first inform him of his future. After discovering he will one day be king, Macbeth becomes overly ambitious. His…

was written. A character sort common in literature, specifically legends, are heroes. Two legends, I have read, contain this archetype, they are the Legend of King Arthur and the Epic of Gilgamesh. Heroes, especially heroic archetypes, are known to be so, because they have something along the lines of saving one or many. The Legends of King Arthur and Gilgamesh are only two of many that have proof of…

sent her. In the letter, Macbeth writes about the witches and the prophecies they spoke on account of his future. The first two parts of the prophecy have been fulfilled seeing as how Macbeth now thane of Cawdor and Glamis but the last prophecy of him being king wasn't achieved yet. And so Lady Macbeth wants to hurry and have it carried out as soon as possible. She is excited about him becoming king but is worried about whether he will be able to take control and seize the crown because he of…

With the French and Indian War over, the colonist faced a tough decision, fight for liberty or submit to the rule of England. An unnamed Massachusetts clergyman once wrote, If it were not for government, the world would be filled with destruction and chaos. The early colonists in America saw the grand effects of a well-mannered and stable government, but after witnessing Europe’s Enlightenment and America’s Great Awakening, they were unsure of how they should be governed. The colonists who…

rights of the Church. These rights were a start to the beginning of the common rights of everyday citizens and a beginning to the separation of Church and State movement. The King also had to limit the power of the government to give rights to the people(Magna Carta). The common rights of man started in Runnymeade when King John signed away his power to the Barons. The Bill of Rights was one of the outcomes of the “The Great Charter” since the rights explained originated in the foundation of…