Macbeth: A Shakespearean Tragic Hero
.... that she is a lovable person. When Lady Macbeth was ready to kill
King Duncan herself, it showed that Lady Macbeth could not murder King
Duncan because he reminded her of her father. This proves that Lady
Macbeth has a heart deep inside her. Lady Macbeth plays an important role
in this play because she provided a scheme which caused Macbeth to
assassinate King Duncan. After Macbeth had killed King Duncan, he later
regrets on his wrong doing. At the point of this play the audience can
note the change in Macbeth's character. Macbeth's first murder was a trying
experience for him, however after the first murder, killing se .....
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Macbeth: Fear
.... and after him none of his family
will follow.
Only for them; and mine eternal jewel
Given to the common enemy of man,
To make them kings, the seeds of Banquo kings!
[Act III, S I, L 72-75]
Here Macbeth realizes that if something is not done to Banquo, then his
sons will become King. Macbeth can't have this, he's already worried that
his soul will go to hell for what he's already done. His fear become
evident in this scene also, "But to be safely thus: our fears in Banquo
Stick deep;" [Act III, S I, L 53-54] Macbeth then has Banquo murdered,
however his son Fleance es .....
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Comparison Of Macbeth And Jack (of Lord Of The Flies)
.... Jack was superstitious, he worshipped the Lord of the Flies
and held a ritual dance around the camp fire after sacrificing the pig. For
Macbeth, he believed in the fortune telling of the three witches. (Quote:
All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis. All hail Macbeth, hail to
thee, Thane of Cawdor. All hail Macbeth, that should become king here
after.)
There are five differences between Jack and Macbeth. Firstly, their
ages were different. Jack was a teenager while Macbeth was an adult with a
wife. Secondly, they have different endings. Macbeth was killed in the
end of the story while Jack was rescue .....
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Macbeth: Themes
.... 4:ln.55)
When Lady Macbeth heard of her husband's success and read the letter, we
almost immediately feel that a new source of power had appared in the drama.
Her words reflected a great knowledge of her husband and her practical
approach to problems as seen in the following two verses.
Glacis thou art, and Cowdor, and shalt be
What thou are promised. Yet do I fear thy nature.
It is too full o' the milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great;
Art not without ambition, but without
The illness should attend it. What though wouldst highly,
That wouldst though hol .....
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Macbeth: Lying
.... his
downfall.
The first set of prophecies the witches reveal to Macbeth, in act 1,
scene 3, was that Macbeth is to become thane of Glamis, thane of Cawdor and
that he shall be king. They also said "Thou shalt get kings, though thou
be none." Macbeth was shocked when the first two prophecies came true. In
act 1, scene 3 he spoke of his fears, saying "unfix my hair, and make my
seated heart knock at my ribs." In Elizabethan times, witches were known as
creatures of the devils; satanic creatures who roam the world to cause
destruction and chaos. But how can devils speak of great truths? Macbeth's
new intelligence was th .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Various Types Of Love
.... I believe Romeo is both right and wrong: not returned love is
pain, but Romeo doe s not truly love, as he is merely infatuated by a woman.
The next definition of love comes from Juliet, who, before meeting Romeo,
did no t even have a definition of love. She appears not to know what love
is, and, for that matter, does not seem to care. She remains ignorant until
she meets Romeo.
Another type of "love" we are exposed to during the same scene is the love
of Lady Capulet. Lady Capulet believes love comes from appearance, both
physical and political, and has nothing to do with emotion. She shows this
when she speaks favorably of .....
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Romeo & Juliet - Friar Lawrences
.... night shall Romeo bear thee to
Mantua." (Act 4, Scene 1), he tells Juliet how everything will be all right.
Unfortunately, for all his good intentions the play still ends in tragedy.
Friar Lawrence is a man who is not afraid to take risks when he feels
it is neccesary to help someone. For example in Act 2, Scene 6, when he
marries Romeo and Juliet, he is risking his reputation as a Friar so he can
help the two lovers. Also, when he says "Take thou this vial, being then
in bed, and this distilled liquor drink though off;" (Act 4, Scene 1), he
is suggesting that Juliet drink a potion so that she might feighn her own
death .....
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Hamlet: Sane Or Insane
.... break my heart, for I must hold my tongue." All he can do in this frustrated state is to lash out with bitter satire at the evils he sees and then relapse into suicidal melancholy.
Hamlet has mood swings as his mood changes abruptly throughout the play. Hamlet appears to act mad when he hears of his father's murder. At the time he speaks wild and whirling words: "Why, right; you are I' the right; And so, without more circumstance at all, I hold it fit that we shake hands and part…" [Act I, scene V, lines 127-134]. After Hamlet kills Polonius he will not tell anyone where the body is. Instead he assumes his ironic matter, "Not .....
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Tragic Knowledge, Comedic Idiocy
.... actions.
The commoners in A Midsummer Night's Dream are horrible actors that don't have a clue. The only commoner that shows any sense is Quince, who directs the whole bunch (which is probably Shakespeare blowing his own horn, as all directors believe they are intelligent). Bottom is a prima donna who hams everything up without realizing. Flute worships the ground that Bottom walks upon and so he pathetically attempts to emulate Bottom. Snug is extremely obtuse, as he needs help to play the part of the lion, who merely roars. Starveling is never taken seriously, especially during the interlude, when Hippolyta, who worships Di .....
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Shakespeare's Hamlet
.... goes on to express how much he hates the world and finds it useless. Lines 136-141-“ O God, God, How stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world! Fie on ’t, ah fie! ’Tis an unweeded garden That grows to seed Things rank and gross in nature possess it merely.” He believes there to be so many things going on in the world around him, yet he sees nothing good coming from it.
In lines 141-146 Hamlet refers to his mother’s lack of grief. He is not proud of the fact that his mother remarried so soon after his father’s death. Hamlet points out that it hasn’t even been as much as two months since .....
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Changes Of Macbeth And His Wife
.... when he hears of how one of Banquo's descendants will indeed be on the throne.
At the end when Malcolm and his army confront Macbeth he is very sure that he can withstand this battle. He kills young Siward then when Macduff meets him Macbeth tells him he doesn't want to fight since he feels he already has enough of his blood upon him, meaning his family's deaths. Macduff then tells him that he was a child born of a c-section and Macbeth becomes fearful because that was a thing to be cautious about. Macbeth then is killed in battle.
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth when she was first introduced in the play she was content wit .....
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King Lear - Good Vs. Evil
.... Edgar said, "The gods are just, and of our peasant vices make instruments to plague us" (ACT V, iii, 169). Edgar clearly says that the gods are right and it is the people who are responsible for promoting evil in the world. It is us who make the instruments necessary for evil to spread and plague the world. In the world of King Lear many characters believe evil was caused by the people and not by the gods.
Even though evil was created by humans good will always exist. After King Lear was captured he showed that even if evil exists, good will always be present. Lear speaks about love with Cordelia in the prison .....
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