In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is greatly affected by the supernatural in his struggle with fate; Hhowever, he goes to great lengths to change what is predicted, but fate can never be changed and usually finds a way to become reality. So on his journey he is repeatedly warned and advised of the future which ; this causes him to put in place certain events to try and make these predictions happen even faster. Macbeth may not initially seek the supernatural, but it finds him anyway as.
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whole time. The reader knows Macbeth is guilty because his subconscious sends him the ghost of Banquo to show him exactly what he has done. An innocent person resorts to defensiveness when they know they are correct, so by Macbeth saying "Thou canst not say that I did it; never shake thy gory locks at me.", He within himself knows he is in the
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cold-blooded, impulsive, and over-confident. One reason that Macbeth was more to blame for his downfall than his wife was because he was cold-blooded. One example of this was when he went along with his wife's plan to kill Duncan. This is shown when he said, "I have done the deed." (Act II, Sc 2, L 14) Another example of him being cold-blooded was when he had Banquo and his son killed because the Witches' prophesied that Banquo's sons would become kings. This is proven when Macbeth said to the murderers "To
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anxiety that she faces as she says, “Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O, O, O!” (V, i, 53-55). It is also revealed that Lady Macbeth is afraid of the dark as she always had a candle next to her during sleep. Regret and despair is also revealed as she says, “What’s done cannot be undone” (V, i, 71). This line shows her regret is casting the spell that made her into what she thought was a man. Throughout the course of the sleepwalking. she
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during a dinner party in Act III. Macbeth actually starts speaking to his hallucination in front of other guests, exclaiming, “Avaunt, and quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee! // Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold. // Thou hast no speculation in those eyes // which thou dost glare with,” (III.iv.112-116). Mentioning this lifeless condition of his human companion again builds a chilling disconnect between reality and imagination. The separation evident between Macbeth’s guilt and his daily function
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killing. Lady Macbeth keeps telling him how pure he is and that he needs to man up. After awhile he is forced to kill King Duncan during his stay. Macbeth is so scared that he starts hallucinating a dagger in front of him and says, “Is this a dagger which I see before me,/the handle toward my hand” (II.i.33-34). This is just the beginning to a downfall of events for Macbeth.
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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power” Abraham Lincoln. In other words Abraham Lincoln states that one cannot truly see what character an individual has by how they overcome tribulation. Instead you must judge an individual's character on how they use their power when given. In Macbeth the desire for power is prominent in various characters. Such as Macbeth strong desire for power leads him to commit murders and betrayals in order to gain power
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allowing it to play out the way it was meant to will get you into trouble. In act one scene four Macbeth delivers a soliloquy that tells his feelings about killing Malcolm and the King: The prince of Cumberland! That is a step On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black
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the witches prophecies, his life was planned out by his decisions. One way Macbeth’s decisions controlled his life, was when he killed King Duncan. Macbeth made the decision to kill Duncan. In Act 2 Scene 2 line 19, Macbeth says, “I have done the deed/Didst thou not hear a noise?” Macbeth physically did the deed. He, himself, took the dagger into Duncan’s room and stabbed him. This led to Macbeth struggling immensely with guilt. He feared he would never be
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William Shakespeare, an expert of Elizabethan literature, created an abundance of theatrical masterpieces, and included within these is Macbeth. Protagonists Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plunge into despair, despite the success of their plan to murder King Duncan in order to take the throne. Macbeth becomes corrupt in his pursuit to gain power due to foolish decisions, along with Lady Macbeth’s display of corruption through her ambitious and unethical behaviour. The corruption leading to these consequences
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