(pg. 131, paragraph 7) Right before he crashes into the car, he feels such fear for the innocent, little girl in the other car. He feels such guilt; he would be the one destroying the life of the innocent, little girl. In the same way, right before Macbeth is about to kill Duncan, he thinks about how innocent Duncan is, and how wrong it would be. ... (Act 1, Scene 7, line 16-20) He is saying that the heavens will seek revenge for killing such a good person like Duncan. ... He tries to cover his guilt of killing Duncan by lying to his wife and killing innocent people. ...

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The second was a bloody child that said only person that wasn't " of woman born," can destroy Macbeth. ... Macbeth is growing more and more evil as the play progresses,and killing Macduff's innocent and harmless family is what shows how evil and greedy he has truly gotten. 5. ...

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At the beginning of the story we learned that Macbeth was a very superstition person who believed in the prophecies of the evil witches. He was also a person full of ambition who wanted to take over the kingship of King Duncan. ... Lady Macbeth never known that Macbeth had became such a ruthless person. ... On the other hand, I believed that nobody could force anyone to do something unless the person himself really wanted to do so. ... Macbeth was the one became brutal and killed lots of innocent live later on, but not Lady Macbeth. ...

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The Macbeth that we see is a man who could have been a good person but just lost his way in all the evil deeds. ... Macbeth is very desperate when he goes after Macduff's family, and he turns repulsive when he starts killing innocent children like Macduff's kids. ...

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"Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more (Act one Scene 3 line 72)" The audience can see that Macbeth, who on the surface is a loyal warrior, will choose to take on evil, in order to achieve his over-vaulting ambition, like what Lady Macbeth says to Macbeth,"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it (Act one Scene 5 line 72)" The theme of deceptive appearences is once again introduced, and Macbeth is unveiled to us as the evil villain. ... He is so lost in the prophecies given by the witches that he believed every single word from the witches, until at last he found out ...

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.); also she advises Macbeth "look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it."" ... He attempts to shield her from foreign agencies by saying, "Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck,"" (III.II.45). ... She knows that Macbeth is a strong person, and she must seem stronger to convince him to go along with her. ... She claims that she can act to "look like the innocent flower/But be the serpent under't-. ...

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Every choice a person makes and every act they participate in results in either a good or bad response. ... Obviously the servants were innocent in the murder of King Duncan, but because everyone assumed they had murdered the King, Macbeth was seen as just in killing them. ...

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It destroys their way of life and shapes what their priorities are, mutilating any hope of remaining a decent person to those around them. ... The one person she has the strongest influence on is her husband, Macbeth. ... Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, but the serpent under it. ... Since Lady Macbeth's persuasions have a drastic effect on Macbeth, the little glimmer of hope that he has of staying a decent and honest person vanishes when he makes up his mind to go through with killing Duncan. ... Which you thought had been out innocent self: this I made good to you ...

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He is quite interested in the prospects though, and it only takes a matter of hours for him to start thinking about what he could do to become king, which shows what kind of person he is inside. ... The fact that Macbeth is more excited and less calculating about the whole thing could show that he is more innocent and Lady Macbeth more evil. ... (Act 1 Scene 4 Lines 12-15) He is saying that you cannot tell what a person is like on the inside by looking at the outside. ... The most relevant quote is when she tells Macbeth to maintain a good public image- "Look like the time, bear welcome...

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The Thane of Glamis, Macbeth, consistently contemplates on these three prophecies since he wants them to become true and then goes and kills King Duncan and other innocent characters in the play.   ... Hags during this time period could predict the future, add temptation and influence the actions committed by certain people, but they cannot control the destiny of a person. ... Then he learns that she was truly innocent and that he has been duped by Iago. ...

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Macbeth, a Scottish general goes against nature and kills his king, his friend and an entire family of innocent people, leaving nature no choice but to destroy him in any way possible. ... Macbeth was a great soldier, but his unnatural desire to overthrow Duncan, a wonderful person and even better king, threw off the natural balance. ... Before he met the witches Macbeth was an amazing general with an innocent desire for power. ...

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Juliet carries on with the notion that Romeo is a two-sided person, but she adds a twist with personality changes and references to animals. ... Lambs have been known to represent the innocent throughout the Christian world. Juliet is saying that Romeo is an innocent lamb that has a hidden personality under its white fur. ...

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Macbeth, a Scottish general goes against nature and kills his king, his friend and an entire family of innocent people, leaving nature no choice but to destroy him in any way possible. ... Macbeth was a great soldier, but his unnatural desire to overthrow Duncan, a wonderful person and even better king, threw off the natural balance. ... Before he met the witches Macbeth was an amazing general with an innocent desire for power. ...

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Lady Macbeth was the second influential person in Macbeth's life. ... Macbeth is known as a kind, gentle person so one would not expect Macbeth to consider murdering anyone. ... He is no longer a good, kind, innocent man. ...

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The second does the same but calls him Thane of Cawdor, a title Macbeth thinks is owned by another person. ... Macbeth arrives with Banquo, Ross and Angus, and this the first time in the play when Duncan actually thanks and praises the work Macbeth has done for his country, in person. ... "Your hand, your tongue; look like th" innocent flower, But be the serpent under't. She is telling him here that he has to be kind and innocent in outward appearance, but mentally he has to be evil, like a serpent, so he can kill Duncan. ...

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In psychology, hallucination is defined as a profound distortion in a person's perception of reality, typically accompanied by a powerful sense which comes naturally from our own mind. ... Macbeth does murder sleep,' - the innocent sleep"(Act Two, Scene Two, 43-44) When a person's mind is troubled, sleep becomes impossible and useless. ... Since the day he chose his path of crime, he gradually became more and more reckless, when there was more innocent blood on his hand. ...

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The only person he tells is his wife, Lady Macbeth. ... After this point Macbeth enters and she starts to tell him her plan to murder Duncan, " Look like the innocent Flower But be the serpent under't" The simile used is comparing Macbeth's outside to a pretty flower looking innocent on the outside and comparing a serpent to his inside. ... Macbeth and Lady Macbeth act very innocent and no one suspects them and suspicion is hanging over the guards because Lady Macbeth had covered them in blood the night and rested the daggers next to them before so Macbeth had them put t...

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While fate can be determined by that of ones destiny or that of a person's free will, the outcome of the matter is generally the same. ... The element which further pushes a person from chance is ambition. Ambition is the everlasting hunger that makes a person want more from life. ... Ambition is a powerful attribute to one person if it is executed in certain ways. ... Macbeth had now turned from his warrior days when he fought and killed for Scotland, to spreading the blood of the innocent. ...

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"Macbeth- is, in many ways, a play with a moral, showing us how power and ambition can corrupt a person, and, in the case of Lady Macbeth, how a guilty conscience can be their demise. ... "look like th' innocent flower, but be the serpent under't- This suggestion by Lady Macbeth to her husband of appearing good but in fact being the evil behind the crimes is an important metaphor, because throughout the play we see how Lady Macbeth and Macbeth disguise themselves. The guilty parties, yet they disguise themselves as the innocents, starting with smearing Duncan's grooms in blood...

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Shakespeare accomplishes this by using a powerful and unsuspecting character such as Macbeth, maybe any one of us, a good leader, strong willed and a person that is looked upon. ... He is seen as a good advocate of Satan's evil conduct: for an evil person is one you least expect. ... Lady Macbeth tells her husband to "look like the innocent flower But be the serpent under't" [I.v.65-6]. ... A sane or non-evil person would never have crossed that line in killing so many beings. Only an evil person can carry out such immoral and horrid tasks. ...

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Shakespeare accomplishes this by using a powerful and unsuspecting character such as Macbeth, maybe any one of us, a good leader, strong willed and a person that is looked upon. ... He is seen as a good advocate of Satan's evil conduct: for an evil person is one you least expect. ... Lady Macbeth tells her husband to "look like the innocent flower But be the serpent under't" [I.v.65-6]. ... A sane or non-evil person would never have crossed that line in killing so many beings. Only an evil person can carry out such immoral and horrid tasks. ...

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If looking at the characteristics of good and evil, it makes the reader wonder what makes a person good or evil. ... Lady Macbeth: Your face, my thane, is as a book, where men may read strange matters:-To beguile the time, look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it (Shakespeare, Act 1, Scene III). ...

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Ambition is the cause of most of Macbeth's problems; it leads to the killing of Duncan to take his place as King and friends to keep his secret safe, this ultimately leads to his own death, and the death of those who are innocent such as Banquo and MacDuff's son all for his gain. ... Banquo shows us what happens when you take life as it comes and do not try to force things to happen, although he was killed he was a much happier person than Macbeth. ...

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King Duncan is such a kind and loving person, that Lady Macbeth needs to go out of her way and ask her evil spirits to help kill him. ... Although Duncan is king and is in charge of these attacks, he still feels bad for the innocent men being killed. ...

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A tragedy is essentially the portrayal of the fall of a great person because of a flaw in their character. ... Immediately afterwards, Macbeth could feel nothing would never be the same - "Methought I heard a voice cry, Sleep no more:/Macbeth does murder sleep', the innocent sleep-, "I am afraid to think what I have done;/Look on't again, I dare not-, "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/Clean from my hand? ...

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