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Duncan is a divinely appointed king. He became king through his lineage, his bloodline, descending to the throne. He is a much loved king. Macduff refers to him after he is murdered as:"The...
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Macbeth
Most Shakespeare scholars believe that the conclusion, resolution, or denouement of Shakespeare's Macbeth occurs in act 5, scene 8, after Macbeth is killed by Macduff. When they first meet on the...
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The stage in Shakespeare's Globe Theater had no curtains or lights to dim so that an actor could get up and leave the stage after he was "killed." Once a character dies on stage, some...
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This scene has a few purposes. First, it shows us that Macbeth is a cold-blooded and desperate man because he has sent murderers to kill an innocent family. The scene also shows us how Lady...
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Macbeth's most serious mistake was allowing his ambition to overcome his conscience. Macbeth despised the idea of killing King Duncan to gain the throne of Scotland. He knew such an act was...
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This scene is riveting indeed. It opens with Lady Macbeth having drugged Duncan's attendants and laid out their daggers for Macbeth to use in Duncan's murder. She waits, knowing that the murder is...
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In terms of ambition leading to betrayal, the last line is the most relevant part. Saying that Macbeth played foully for all the titles he has at this point in the story is emphasizing that he has...
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In the opening scene of the play, the Three Witches recite the phrase, "Fair is foul, foul is fair" in order to manipulate Macbeth into accepting their seemingly favorable prophecies and awakening...
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A literary device can be described as a particular method that an author uses to either enhance his/her writing or to effectively convey a message or to emphasize a particular word, phrase,...
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Macbeth falls into both categories, having characteristics of a tragic hero, such as, the potential for greatness but doomed to failure, he has a fatal flaw that leads him to make a tragic mistake,...
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Well, let's first get the chicken before the egg, so to speak... Aristotle set forth the criteria of Greek tragedy long before Shakespeare's "Macbeth" (even prior to the stories on which the play...
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The question of whether Macbeth is a villain or a tragic hero is a difficult question, and one which depends on how one understands the character. One popular argument about the play is that it...
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In Act 2, Scene 2, Macbeth returns from murdering Duncan, but he has brought the grooms' two daggers with him. This seems strange. Apparently he is either in a trance or else he has forgotten that...
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Macbeth
Ambiguity, especially moral ambiguity, is much in evidence throughout Shakespeare's work, most notably in Macbeth. A prime example comes in the change in character undergone by the eponymous...
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I would say that the ghost is real. Why? Two reasons. First, because the presence of the witches in the play already lets us know that the play will include supernatural elements. Second, the stage...
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One thing about MacBeth is that Lady Macbeth is a very strong figure behind him. How about a politician, such as Bill Clinton? His wife is very ambitious, as is Bill Clinton's wife Hillary, who has...
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Macbeth’s meeting with the Witches actually occurs in Act I, Scene 3. The Witches call Macbeth by his current title, Thane of Glamis. He is puzzled when they also call him by two titles he does not...
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Macbeth sees visions and hallucinations as a sign of his guilty conscience for murdering King Duncan. When Macbeth is about kill King Duncan, he sees a bloody dagger floating in the air. The dagger...
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This, too, is a very famous line from the play Macbeth. This one is spoken by the title character, Macbeth, in Act V, Scene 5. The circumstance is that he has just been told of the fact that his...
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This comes from Macbeth. It is spoken by the title character. This line comes from Act III, Scene 4. Macbeth speaks these lines at the feast when he sees the ghost of Banquo. Banquo is haunting...
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Although Macbeth tells the servant to ask Lady Macbeth to ring the bell when his drink is ready, the ringing of the bell signals that she has drugged the grooms guarding Duncan and laid their...
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These paradoxes reveal how sometimes things that are untrue can have truth to them, and things that are true can have untruth to them. Macbeth misinterprets the prophesies of the witches, and in...
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The "show of eight kings" is the fourth apparition that appears to Macbeth. These kings are all descendants of Banquo; just as the witches had originally predicted, his sons will become kings. In...
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(Brief response) Lady Macbeth wishes to be "unsexed" because she needs masculine qualities to assist her husband. A proper lady would never consider what she is considering (murdering King...
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What this means is that MacBeth and Banquo will be imbued with new offices and new ranks. The strange garments are these new offices which they do not fit yet, they do not "cleave to their mould",...
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Act III opens with a short soliloquy by Banqo that reveals he has grown very suspicious of the means through which Macbeth has ascended to the throne of Scotland. He suspects that Macbeth himself...
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Macbeth builds his kingship on betrayal, murder and intrigue. His lies to protect his dastardly deeds hidethe truth from the people around him.Everything he does to protect his assumption as the...
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Macbeth is blinded by ambition. The witches claim to see the future, and it is this view of the future that Macbeth sees. Lady Macbeth is also blinded by ambition, and she is able to push him...
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That would be these lines by Lady Macbeth: Things without all remedyShould be without regard: what's done is done. (III.ii) In context, this quotation refers to the uselessness of agonizing over...
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Can you make your question clearer? In particular, can you explain what you mean by "PEE method"? You may even want to move the question over to the question and answer section, where it is more...
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At the risk of putting the question back on you, it depends on how you define moral. Certainly many many immoral things are done in the play. People get killed in cold blood, and they are...
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Macbeth is seriously considering killing Duncan to fulfill the witches' prophesy. Thus, this quote can be taken in two ways. Literally, it can mean that Macbeth hopes he won't be found out in...
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MacBeth is lamenting the passing of his wife and means that she should have died at some other time--not at the moment and definitely NOT by suicide. It is implied that she should have died of old...
