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        <title><![CDATA[n Act II, scene ii., Macbeth reports to his wife that the foul crime is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[n Act II, scene ii., Macbeth reports to his wife that the foul crime is done, that Duncan is slain while his guards lay in a drug-induced sleep. Shaken by the experience, Macbeth's account is interrupted by Lady Macbeth as she spies the daggers in his hand that were meant to be left by the sides of the guards, thereby implicating them in the crime. When she directs him to go back and lay the daggers by the guards, he refuses, saying that he...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Macduff harbors suspicions about the actual murderer of Duncan, is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Macduff harbors suspicions about the actual murderer of Duncan, is notably absent from Macbeth's coronation and joins Malcolm in gathering and leading the forces that defeat the play's title character. Learning that Macduff has turned against him, Macbeth dispatches murderers to kill Macduff's family. Apprised that this heinous act is at hand, Lady Macduff reacts by asking the messenger "Whither should I fly?/I have done no harm" (IV, ii.,...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Act IV, scene iii, Malcolm tests Macduff's character. Macduff has...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Act IV, scene iii, Malcolm tests Macduff's character. Macduff has just been told that Macbeth has murdered his wife and children and has ample cause to seek personal revenge. As the heir apparent to the throne, Malcolm tells Macduff that once he is Scotland's king, he will strip the nobles of their estates and perform other tyrannical acts. In response, Macduff does not abandon Malcolm's cause but instead grieves for his country. Malcolm...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[mrsmonica, your take on Macbeth's loyalty is interesting. I always...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[mrsmonica, your take on Macbeth's loyalty is interesting. I always accepted the notion that he was loyal to Duncan until his fatal flaw was ignited by the witches' prophecies. Good man of high position falls--tragic hero and all that. But it also always bothered me that, as you said, the change in him is so sudden. I dismissed this as a structural problem to accomplish the tragedy in its five acts. Thinking about it, though, Macbeth never...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Macbeth, Donalbain is King Duncan’s son and Malcolm’s  younger...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Macbeth, Donalbain is King Duncan’s son and Malcolm’s  younger brother.    He is “present  but silent in the early scenes of the play.” When he finds out that his father, King Duncan, has been murdered, he suggests that he and Malcolm leave.  Malcolm goes to England and Duncan goes to Ireland.
Donalbain  suggests that  he and his brother leave the country because he knows that whoever is responsible for killing Duncan will...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Briefly describe the character of Donalbain from "Macbeth".]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Briefly describe the character of Donalbain from "Macbeth".]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:32:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Blaspheming means using the name of one or more gods, in a manner which...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Blaspheming means using the name of one or more gods, in a manner which is considered objectionable by a religious authority.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA["They met me on the day we won the battle, and I havelearned by the most...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA["They met me on the day we won the battle, and I havelearned by the most perfect report that they have more in them thanmortal knowledge. When I burned in desire to question themfurther, they made themselves vanish into thin air.While I stood captivated in the wonder of it all letters came fromthe king, who all-hailed me, 'Baron of Cawdor'; by which title,these weird sisters had just saluted me, and referred me to thefuture, with 'Hail, king...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[n Act I, scene vii, Lady Macbeth says to her husband, "I have given...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[n Act I, scene vii, Lady Macbeth says to her husband, "I have given suck, and know/How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me" (I, vii, ll.54-55). The reference to a nursing baby is all the more striking given that Lady Macbeth has already called upon the powers of evil to unsex her and to "take my milk for gall" (I, iv., l.48), but aside from horrifying rhetoric, some critics have argued that the Macbeths had a child who is now dead.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Some Shakespeare scholars have speculated that the three witches in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Some Shakespeare scholars have speculated that the three witches in Macbeth are intended to represent the three Fates of ancient mythology. But the latter are goddesses with powers far greater than the three hags of Shakespeare's tale, and the connection is, at best, dim. Three is a recurrent figure in Macbeth. In Act I, scene iii, one of the weird sisters invokes magical powers, "Thrice to thrice, and thrice to mine/And thrice again, to make...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yes, there was a real king named Macbeth. He was the king of Scotland...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Yes, there was a real king named Macbeth. He was the king of Scotland from 1040 until his death. It was related to the shakespere play "Macbeth" and the many plays it inspired but it was not accurately represented]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[I feel most sorry for Macbeth at the end of the play when he finds out...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I feel most sorry for Macbeth at the end of the play when he finds out that Macduff is not of woman born.  It is at this point that all hope for Macbeth is gone.  In my opinion, it is admirable that he continues to fight even though he knows that he can not win.  This is the first sign of heroism that we have seen in Macbeth since the beginning of the play.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:06:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[cerain character say thay do not do things.check the reason why?
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        <description><![CDATA[cerain character say thay do not do things.check the reason why?
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        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:36:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Macbeth, like many characters in Shakespearean or traditional tragedy,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Macbeth, like many characters in Shakespearean or traditional tragedy, earns sympathy and empathy through his flaws and doomed perseverance I think. He is a brutal, yet contemplative and fragile war hero as the play opens. He is uncertain around Banquo and other lords; he is ponderous about his intentions and ambitions; he second guesses himself and at one point decides clearly not to kill Duncan. But, indeed, his wife is a glorious shrew and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:55:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I feel sorry for those readers who never feel sorry for Macbeth. There...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I feel sorry for those readers who never feel sorry for Macbeth. There are many occasions in the play when Macbeth deserves sympathy. Let me quote these lines from act5 sc.3 :
" I have lived long enough: my way of life
Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf;
And that which should accompany old age,
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends,
I must not look to have; but, in their stead,
Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:27:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[During the killing of Macduff's family, I feel sorry for Macbeth.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[During the killing of Macduff's family, I feel sorry for Macbeth.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:31:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'm not sure I ever feel sorry for him, either.  True, he is led into...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm not sure I ever feel sorry for him, either.  True, he is led into his demise by his wife who challenges him to be a man and step up to the plate by "screwing his courage to the sticking post," but he could have stood up to her and refused.  He certainly didn't have to repeat his mistake by planning Banquo's and Fleance's murders.  Furthermore, he could have stopped himself before sending murderers to the MacDuff castle to kill everyone...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:08:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not really.  I believe the audience is glad, by the end of this play,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Not really.  I believe the audience is glad, by the end of this play, to see Macbeth defeated and is thrilled that Malcolm will make all things right in Scotland.  Macbeth's tyrannical actions, including his apathy toward the death of his wife, the murder of his close comrade Banquo, and the annihilation of his friend MacDuff's family, cause the audience to turn against Macbeth and wish for his end.  Although Shakespeare paints a strong and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:10:03 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[While I concur that Macbeth has become the quintessential villain, there...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[While I concur that Macbeth has become the quintessential villain, there is something poignant in his "Tomorrow" soliloquy that touches anyone who has felt the despair of realizing that one's life is of little significance to any but loved ones.  Macbeth, inured to death because of his rampant killing, now comprehends the insignificance of his life.    
So often there is a connection that Shakespeare makes with the reader through such...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:42:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Call me hard hearted, but I never feel sorry for Macbeth! Any misery or...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Call me hard hearted, but I never feel sorry for Macbeth! Any misery or suffering he experienced, he brought upon himself, and in his selfish ambition, he destroyed many good lives.
I realize Macbeth is a fictional character and Shakespeare had only one act to get his drama underway, but the change in Macbeth from brave soldier to scheming traitor happens very quickly, and once his character changes, it's downhill all the way, as it usually is...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:05:23 PST</pubDate>
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