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Lady Macbeth Antagonist Quotes

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Lady MacBeth is the true antagonist, in the first scene we see her in she's manipulating her husband to kill the king so she may become the queen. In MacBeth’s castle, Macbeth explains to his wife how three witches told him that he would soon become king. Lady Macbeth sees this as an opportunity to become queen so she convinces her own husband to murder the king. When the king is invited to MacBeth’s Castle, Lady MacBeth pulls her husband aside, MacBeth doesn't’ want to kill King Duncan so his wife taunts him, “Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act as thou art in desire?”. In other words, she’s trying to call him out. Lady Macbeth is in a way is challenging him. She is willing to risk her husband’s life to gain power. Lady Macbeth
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I have always known Lady Macbeth to be ruthless, but I knew the moment I overheard her say, “O, never shall sun that morrow see!" (I.v.60-61). This was her reply to Macbeth when he said the king would be leaving tomorrow. Lady Macbeth wants to take over the presentations because this night will forever be life-changing. When Macbeth tries to go back on the plan to kill the King, Lady Macbeth pressured him into doing the deed and questioned his manhood.

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Kingship In act 1 scene 4 Macbeth says “stars hide your fire, let not light see my black and deep desires”. This rhyming couplet conveys the emotion that Macbeth has at this point, he is determined to kill the king with his wife’s support. ‘Stars’ symbolise fate but if they hide his fires then it’s not his natural favour he is choosing. He wants to construct artificial fate that the witches have prophesied for him in the start of the play therefore we know that Macbeth feels that he is more powerful than a god and he can decide the outcome rather accept what he has been given to him at birth as Thane of Glamis.

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There are many ideas explored in Shakespeare’s Macbeth that often include allusions to how corrupted and violent tyranny could be in the 1600s. Leaders would use acts of violence to emphasize on their power over others and to maintain their kingdomship. Throughout the play, characters use violence to achieve their goals, but this often foreshadowed to a continuance of bloodshed and death. Macbeth himself was especially effected by this, as throughout the play he will continue to be the main violent force, and his violence will carry a strong effect on the other characters, as well as himself.

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In the play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, a tragic hero faces a tragic downfall when he meets 3 witches who gives him prosperous prophecies and his greed and want for more morally corrupts him. This causes him to go on murderous sprees to achieve want he wants and believe he is untouchable. One of the themes from William Shakespeare's Macbeth is appreciate the things given to you and life and don't let it change how you act. there are many quotes and topics to support this theme and in this paper it will explain how those tie into this theme and support this theme with evidence and reasoning The first quote shows how confident Macbeth is that he will stay untouched by Malcolm who is the son of one of the firsts of Macbeth's victims,

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In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, there are many figures of authority. One of these examples is Lady Macbeth. In the play, she reflects the quote: "O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide" from Henry VI part III. The quote talks about how women may have traits similar to those of a tiger. Tigers are authoritative, intelligent, and ruthless.

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Anything but a Gentle Lady William Shakespeare’s thrilling tragedy Macbeth includes many unique individuals, many lost in a fierce battle between greed and conscience. Upon the delivery of his three prophecies, the great general Macbeth finds one of them quickly fulfilled as he is promoted to the role of the Thane of Cawdor. As Macbeth was already the Thane of Glamis, only one prediction remains: “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, that shalt be king hereafter.” (I, iii, 51-52).What Macbeth does next to seize the crown is completely against his conscience, and is directly influenced by his self proclaimed partner-

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The play Macbeth by Shakespeare, this play has a very quick paced plot. It’s about one of the main characters, Macbeth, and his wife, Lady Macbeth, killing the king to ensure that Macbeth gets power because he was considered one of the greatest soldiers/heroes of the time and she wants him to get the power she thrives for and believes he deserves. After killing the king, Macbeth starts losing his mind and in a way goes on a killing spree that then causes more issues, which ends up with him dead in the end due to his poor decision making. Lady Macbeth, has a very demanding and power hungry personality. She can be very controlling, especially when it comes to her meek husband.

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The Vehemence of Lady Macbeth In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the plot starts where a couple, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have a growing trait of greed to kill the king in order for Macbeth to be crowned as king. The other counterpart of this plan is the wife, Lady Macbeth. Throughout the play, Lady Macbeth shows off traits such as guilt, ruthlessness, and anger. One emotion that Lady Macbeth displays at the beginning of the play is ruthlessness.

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Lady Grouch Macbeth Castle Forres Scotland May 4, 1040 Noble Edward Rutherford Castle Harbyborough Scotland Dear Edward, My dearest Edward, I am free. Why is deceiving men so easy? The porter was drunk (again) and I effortlessly lured him into my bed chamber. Telling him to amuse me. I gave him my finest clothes to wear and a wig I had crafted from a horse's mane.

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William Shakespeare portrayed the character Lady Macbeth to be extremely ruthless, malicious and manipulative. Thus, being the reason she could easily convince Macbeth to do her will, yet still put on such a convincing performance in front of those who knew nothing of her and her husband’s actions. Lady Macbeth shows her complexity constantly throughout the story when she shares her view-point on masculinity by demasculinizing her own husband, when she strategically plans the murder of the King Duncan, and finally when she finally goes crazy because of the guilt she possesses for not only her own actions but also turning her own husband into a

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Hamartia is the fatal flaw of a tragic hero. Macbeth’s hamrita is being too ambitious. One if the time that Macbeth showed his ambition is when he killed Duncan. Macbeth killed Duncan because he wanted to be king, but before that, Duncan, the King of Scotland had just pronounced his son next in line for king. Macbeth says this to himself when he is preparing to kill Duncan.

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Macbeth is the Shakespearean play that features the triumphant uprise and the inevitable downfall of its main character. In this play, Macbeth’s downfall can be considered to be the loss of his moral integrity and this is achieved by ambition, despite this, Lady Macbeth and the witches work through his ambition, furthering to assist his inevitable ruin. Ambition alone is the most significant factor that led to Macbeth’s downfall. The witches are only able to influence his actions through Macbeth’s pre-existing and the three witches see that Macbeth has ambition and uses it to control his action. Ambition alone is displayed throughout the play to be the most significant cause for Macbeth’s downfall.

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Lady Macbeth in the beginning of the play is manipulative, most of the times she manipulates her husband into doing either what she wants or what she thinks he should do. For example, when Macbeth does not want to kill Duncan anymore, Lady Macbeth convinces him by saying “from this time such I account thy love. Art thou afeared to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art in desire? (I.vii line 38-41). Besides, the audience see Lady Macbeths is influencing her husband’s feelings by she is using her love as a weapon because she is saying do it

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A villain- a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot. Macbeth’s greed for power is what shaped him to be the villain in the play. In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, despite the good Macbeth had done in the very beginning his actions throughout make him the villain.

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Her ambition is not only for herself but also for Macbeth. Nevertheless, with all her fervor, she wants him to be as strong as her. “Make thick my blood./Stop up the access and passage to remorse,/That no compunctious visitings of nature/ Shake my fell purpose/Come to my woman’s breasts,/And take my milk for gall” (1.5.44-49). Lady Macbeth never wavers in her goal.

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