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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. ‘Black and deep desires’ link to his subterfuge and determination to embrace this opportunity for all that it’s worth; however these
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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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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 Macbeth, I believe birds are an important symbol in the poem. The two birds in Macbeth’s poem are the owl and the falcon. The falcon represents the characters in the poem and death. In act two, scene two, lines 3-4, it states “It was the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman, which gives the stern’st good-night”(2.2.3-4).

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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 the play 'Macbeth' by William Shakespeare, the theme of kingship is explored through the character of Macbeth who is driven by ambition to become king of Scotland. The theme of kingship holds significance in the play due to it being dedicated to King James I and it shows the downfall of going against the divine rights of kings to warn people against treason. In Act 1, Macbeth recognises that Duncan is a good king,'his virtues will plead like angels', perhaps it's Shakespeare's intent to present Duncan this way to support the view of the divine right of kings, which basically meant that God annointed each king which makes Duncan seem more virtuous and makes his murder more horrifying to the audience. in Act 2, the theme of kingship is further

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Macbeth in ‘Da Hood (Analysis of the Imagination of Macbeth) What is imagination? Imagination is the faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses. That's a mouthful, but it basically means to think outside the box. Whether or not the imagination’s box is big or small, that's how good it is. Macbeth’s imagination is very diverse and is full of crazy wild thoughts.

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Macbeth Lost Control There are often people in this world that can never have enough or always want what they can’t have. Are you one of those people? In Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Macbeth three witches tell the Scottish general Macbeth that he will be King of Scotland. Encouraged by his wife, Macbeth kills the king, becomes the new king, and kills more people out of paranoia.

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That I may pour my spirits in thine ear, and chastise with the valour of my tongue. ( . 5. 25-26) Drive away fearless words and force Macbeth to kill Duncan. [ Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy.]

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“Fair is foul, and foul is fair” (Shakespeare 1.1.12). This quote means that what's considered good is wrong, and what's wrong is good. Macbeth and his actions prove this to be true. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction. Macbeth is portrayed as a tragic hero through his error in judgment, reversal of fortune, and excessive pride in the eyes of Aristotle.

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“Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye that wink at the hand; yet let that be which the eye fears,when it is done, to see” (Shakespeare 1.4 58-60). Macbeth is admitting that he has his own hidden desires and wants to become king because of his own passion and drive. He is trying to justify what he knows he will have to do in order to make himself king. He knows that he has to kill to become king and to keep his throne, and is trying to convince himself that this will all be worth it in the end when he becomes king. Some would argue that Lady Macbeth made him king, but his own desires were truly what fuelled his ambition to do whatever it took to make himself king.

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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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Manhood is defined as the state or period of being a man rather than a child. The whole Macbeth play is surrounded by manhood. Macbeth was always trying to prove his manhood he always wanted to be the man and the boss of everything and everyone. He made it so difficult for other people to show their manhood and most of the ones that expressed their manhood were killed. Macbeth was the definition of a “man” wanting to control everyone all the time from the citizens of Scotland to his wife, I believe that in that time period it was so common for men to be controlling and bossy and Macbeth always tried to show that there was no one like him and he was not scared to demonstrate how far he could go to let everyone know that he was the boss, he was willing to kill.

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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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