...playwright, famous for his powerful poetic language, universal themes, and keen insight into human behavior. His works dealt with the consequences and the psychological effects of certain actions, rather than the actions themselves. His effective use of figurative language, and unique writing style in Macbeth, as well as his other works, instantly captivates and mesmerizes the reader. Macbeth is a powerful drama about unchecked ambition, murder, intricate human relationships, and corruption of the human conscience. The play, set in 11th century Scotland and England, is composed of various acts and scenes, each greatly contributing to the overall plot and the play's varied themes. This is the inciting incident of the witches' prophecies in Act I Scene iii that puts the whole play into action. It is an extremely important and a very complex scene involving the Weird Sisters, Macbeth and Banquo, holding the key to future incidents and actions in the play, leading right upto the climax. This scene is pivotal in the overall development of the play- getting the characters geared up, and setting the stage for depraved thoughts and terrible actions to come. "The charm's wound up"(37) when the protagonist, Macbeth, first arrives on the scene with his friend Banquo. Upto this point, the reader does not know much about the character of Macbeth aside from the fact that he is said to be a brave warrior. This scene provides the reader's first insight into Macbeth's personality and his personal thoughts...
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...either his own ambitions run amok or the influence of his wife's Machiavellian manipulations. The husband and wife work in tandem to bring about the prophecies of the Weird Sisters, and it is Macbeth's hand that does the greater evil deed against Duncan and the only evil against Banqo and MacDuff's family members; in essence the rise of the Macbeths to power is one of shared responsibility. Their downfall is played out on the same road as they travel in opposite directions to and from being responsible for their own fate. The belief in the occult is an element of the play that drives its tragedy; an element that may be lost on modern audiences looking to find motivation for Macbeth's murderous deeds. The belief in prophecy is particularly important in gaining a foothold on understanding the downfall of Macbeth and his Lady. When Macbeth first comes upon the Weird Sister and they roll out the prophecies for both Macbeth and Banquo, and by extension Duncan and his family, more is going on than just a foretelling of the future. The prophecies instill in Macbeth the realization of his dreams, of course, but they also portend that the darkest fears of Macbeth will be realized alongside his dreams. Without Macbeth's unquestioned belief in the occult and acceptance that the Weird Sisters have the power of prophecy, there would be neither a rise nor a fall. If the rise of Macbeth to king can be said to be a combination of belief in the Sisters and the manipulation of his wife, his fall...
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...women, can succeed in this unnatural world they’ve created, the remedy seems to disrupt this order, using supernatural and unusual techniques and methods. In Macbeth, it is expressed that the natural world is actually disrupted, while the men and the society within the context of the play fabricate the unnatural world. Expectations...
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...through his main characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. All elements of motivation lead up to the climax of the play: the murdering of King Duncan in Act II. What plants the seed of motivation for Macbeth (who later motivates his female counterpart, Lady MacBeth) is introduced first and foremost in Act I, scene i with the three weird sisters. The witches declare they will meet again when the “hurlyburly” (I.i.l.3), or storm, is done upon a “heath” (I.i.l.7), or open land covered in small shrubs, to meet with Macbeth. In Act I, scene iii, the three weird sisters meet with Macbeth as they predicted in scene i. “All hail Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!” (I.iii.l.50) cries the third witch, announcing the prophecy of Macbeth to Macbeth himself. This prophecy proposed is similar to the prophecy in the Harry Potter series that motivates the infamous antagonist, Lord Voldemort, to kill the protagonist Harry Potter in order to fulfill the prophecy that stated a boy was born (Harry) with the power to vanquish Lord Voldemort and his power. Like Macbeth, Voldemort had to eliminate (or attempt to) Harry so he could get what he wanted: to be an unstoppable evil force. Macbeth had to eliminate King Duncan to get what he wanted: to be king. The three weird sisters telling Macbeth that he is destined to be king is what plants the seed of motivation in Macbeth’s mind but what waters that seed is not yet revealed until Act I, scene iv when King Duncan, the current king, declares his son Malcolm...
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...Weird Al’s song “It’s All About the Pentiums”, the movie “Live Free or Die Hard” and the poem “Praise Song for the Day” by Elizabeth Alexander each have a common theme that relates to the computer industry in which describing the need to continually advance towards the future. The poem “Praise Song for the Day” was written by Elizabeth Alexander in 2009 as a tribute to President Obama’s inauguration. There is a lot of directions this poem can go, as far as whom it relates to. The main point is that people are here to help out each other. This is a song in the music industry provided by the artist Weird Al Yankovic. This song is a remix of the Puff Daddy song “It’s All About the Benjamins. This “nerdcore hip-hop” song was released on the album “Running with Scissors” in 1999. (Wikipedia, 2012) Lyrics to Weird Al - "It's All About the Pentiums" The action film Live Free or Die Hard was released in 2007 about computer hacking terrorist and the fight against them. Starring Bruce Willis as a NYPD Detective fighting alongside the FBI to stop the cyber attacks in the United States. (Wikipedia, 2012) Elizabeth Alexander, born in 1962, wrote the poem Praise Song for the Day in 2009 in regards to the Obama inauguration. She speaks about how people go about their normal daily business noticing each other. Everyone is fixing and/or creating something, all while talking with each other in different ways and thinking about what one has said....
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...actions, Duncan, King of Scotland, declares Macbeth Thane of Cawdor. Everything in Macbeth’s future seems to have been planned out perfectly. Macbeth is to be Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and king thereafter. At least, this seems to be the case until he runs over one problem: If Duncan is king, then how is it that Macbeth could also be king? This question is resolved by killing Duncan. What Macbeth does not realize is his actions will not be followed by a happy life ever after, but instead several repercussions. From this point on, Macbeth’s life changes dramatically....
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...for “thoughts” Speaker School Uniforms for reporters [FLOW OF THE STORY] -at the apartment- Xander was finally home from his school, and he looks like having a big problem. He blew a deep sigh then dragged his body to the sofa leaving his bag on the floor. He intently stared at the ceiling as if there’s a scene happening there. His eyebrows were about to form a line because of his creased forehead. He then hit the sofa with his right hand and face palm because of frustration. MCKY: How can I appreciate those arts, if I don’t have any idea of those? (talking to himself) He blew a deep sigh again when his phone vibrate. He grab his phone from his pocket then look who texted him. IT WAS AGNES... his BESTFRIEND / CLASSMATE “Hey! Do you have any plan now for our project? I was about to call you but it so noisy here. I was worried to you as our professor done discussing our project for this sem. Your face was like “ What the hell. I don’t like arts”. So are you okay? Alexander Grande III ?” He then reply to Agnes “I’m okay, don’t worry Agnes Calay” He waited for the reply of Agnes. And he started playing COC to kill the boredom. He put his feet on the table then lean backward to have more relaxing position while playing games. 1HR & 45MINS LATER… He already done playing every application on his phone but Agnes didn’t reply to him. He put his phone on the table and looked at the wall clock. It’s already 9pm. He’s about to stand up but he was shocked by Agnes who’s...
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...loneliness as a theme in the play and its consecutive results in the people affected by it. The play has some points as its plot develops where the instances of loneliness are stressed. It has been revealed either in a manner where the affected expresses it directly or in a way that the audience or the reader has to imply it indirectly. This theme is so diverse in the play and one is able to identify it even as it exists in isolations in the play. Throughout the play, Golamco has portrayed Vuthy as the character to portray this theme. Vuthy has featured in a number of scenarios where he has expressed his concern for the loneliness he is experiencing. Perhaps as a result of his own action or probably, as a situation he had no option as it was natural. One of the instances where this has been pictured is when Ra tries her best not to have her brother, Vuthy, to go with her. She tries to give her reasons to convince her of how he should be grateful of the fact that their auntie is coming to pick him with his computer to her place. Also, she tells him that “it would be bad to move you right now, put you in a brand-new school” ” (Burroway, 2011). Her idea in this comment was to convince Vuthy to “… stay with Aunt Tizza and then they’ll see.” (Burroway, 2011). There she will have...
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...tell whether they were woman or not. Like their appearance, their roles offered the same discernment. Although some critics offer that point that the witches have nothing to do with the play, it can be argued that the weird sisters in fact take control of the outcome of the fates of many. The setting of the play is like the netherworld setting, which is known by the rule of uncertainty. The only thing set in stone was evil, hence the weird sisters. With that being said, the role of the weird sisters was to create an uncertainty, to open up the doors to an unknown realm, and to cause the scattering of ideas. This is seen throughout the play such as when the witches plant a seed into Macbeth’s head to cause him to think, and to act differently, which ultimately causes the exposure of his true character. The first role that the witches play is made obvious when they deliberately acknowledge Macbeth as not only the Thane of Glamis, but also the Thane of Cawdor and all hailing King. This, most likely being the most important event in the poem due to its initiation of the actual purpose of the story, is what really leads Macbeth to believe that he has to kill King Duncan in order to become king. The reason for this is that Macbeth became Thane of Glamis by the death of his father and then Thane of Cawdor by the death of the past Thane. “Their function is simply to open up areas of empty space, in which vagrant ugly desires manifest themselves, in which deeds without...
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...Weird sisters are seen in many novels, but two famous ones about three supernaturally evil sisters are Dracula and Macbeth. Bram Stoker’s Dracula is about an old vampire coming to London and some vampire hunters trying to track him down. After he kills someone they love, and turns her into a vampire, the hunters realize what is going on, and to try to save their precious woman, Mina, they go on a journey. Their journey is to rid the world of Count Dracula and his vampire girls. Dracula’s vampire girls are three sisters in the book seen in Dracula’s castle. Shakespeare’s Macbeth is about a Thane who gets greedy, and kills to get, and keep the throne. The play then shows and focuses on his guilt from those deeds. During the play, Macbeth becomes fascinated with three witch sisters seen in the beginning by him and Banquo. In...
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...go crazy I think he was just mad at everyone because no one was on his side at all. Hamlet really liked Ophelia but after Ophelia's brother Laertes saw the letters from Hamlet to Ophelia he told his sister to stay away from Hamlet. So she had a choice to be either be loyal to her brother and father or Hamlet. In the end she chose her brother and father. That made Hamlet upset that she wasn't going to be with him and he was giving her the cold shoulder and being a little rude. With that going on and him trying to find out what happen to his father was just to much and was putting him right on the edge so any little thing was going to set him off....
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...Weird Presidential Facts Many presidential facts are know. Also many are not know. Some of the most weirdest, craziest and interesting facts that people don’t know. There is something out there about any of our United States president that you didn’t know. I’m only going to tell you about some of them. Some of the crazy interesting facts are George Washington, he never lived in the white house. This was because the capital was actually located in Philadelphia and other cities. Also, Washington is the only president who didn’t belong to a political party. A lot of people think Washington teeth were made out of wood, but actually they were made out of elephant and walrus tusks. Our third president Thomas Jefferson and second president John Adam went to Shakespeare’s birth place and took a knife to his chair to bring back a souvenirs. Jefferson believed that if he was to soak his feet in a bucket of cold water he would never get a cold. The fourth president James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were arrested for taking a carriage ride on a Sunday in the county of Vermont together, that was a violation to the law. James Monroe died on July fourth along with Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Also he chased his Secretary of State out of the White House with a pair of tongs. A really crazy fact about John Quincy Adams often liked to go skinny dipping in the Potomac River. John Q. Adams wore the same hat for 10 years. As well Andrew Jackson was the first to ride in a train. Andrew also...
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...novel it is very easy to tell that there are some issues with each character. There is a 12 year old boy, Marcus, who seemed to be close with his mom, but also deals with bullies at school. Then there is Will, a middle aged, and single, non-working man. Instantly, Will is portrayed as someone who doesn’t like kids and who struggles with relationships with friends as well as girlfriends. Within the novel these two characters cross paths and a change develops in Marcus as well as Will. Being the only child of a single mother, Marcus faces problems within himself as well as with friends. His beliefs and actions are that of his mothers. The narrator points out “Marcus knew he was weird, and he knew that part of the reason he was weird was because his mum was weird” (Hornby 15). His mother doesn’t let him do anything a normal kid would and Marcus believes everything his mother says because there is just no arguing with her. He thought he had two friends but because Marcus was so different and got bullied for it they told him “We never got in any trouble with anyone before we knew you, and now we get this every day” (Hornby 33) and ditched him. Even though he is a smart boy, he doesn’t have another close person to look up to and only knows what his mom tells him. Will, on the other hand, deals with very opposite issues. He lives on his own and has a lot of money because of an inheritance. He has friends and when they ask him to be Imogen’s godfather he makes it very clear he isn’t...
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...something brought upon by greed to obtain what one desires”, such as when Macbeth kills Duncan for his own gain. Killing Duncan opened up the opportunity for Macbeth to seize power and become king. Whenever someone stands in Macbeth’s way he finds a way to push them out of the way. For example, when Macbeth kills Banquo and tries to kill his son, he convinces some criminals that Banquo was their enemy,” You both know Banquo was your enemy.” (Shakespeare III.I.13) Throughout the whole book Macbeth destroys anyone who gets in the way of his thirst for...
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...were great plays however I only thoroughly enjoyed the Mustache because of its humorous nature. The Mustache started out as a very comedic play but transitioned into a serious gender based play. Both actors were acting his/her false sexual orientation when together but deep down each character was homosexual. Ashes to Ashes was just a very confusing play to be however I progressively began to understand the allusions to massive killings, perhaps in the case of Nazi Germany. However, each play consisted of its own values and ulterior meanings, and I was able to understand each play’s message. The Mustache was a very interesting play with a married couple starting their morning as such of a typical relationship. However, the couple progressively turned from sunshine into a bickering mess. The wife was at first angry because the husband had been wearing her mustache at the party they had attended. I didn’t expect this at first because a mustache is usually what is grown on men as a sign of both masculinity and age. They then started talking back about the party and the husband’s encounter with an archetype of a woman. This started to make me realize that there was a gender and sexuality message within the play as soon as the husband started listing out what his girl had possessed. Words such as young, beautiful, skinny, etc. were used to describe what the husband, and most men in society look for when they see a woman. I enjoyed how each actor used the set to act out how much...
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