Macbeth What exactly is a tragic hero? ... The influence of Macbeth's wife, Lady Macbeth also help with his downfall to a tragic hero. ... "Out damned spot, out" (Act V, sc.i). ... It was Lady Macbeth who introduced the concept of murder to Macbeth. ... Macbeth shows this when he kills Duncan. ...
In William Shakespeare's "Macbeth", Lady Macbeth is of great influence to Macbeth. ... So Lady Macbeth comes up with a plan and then persuades Macbeth into killing King Duncan. ... Lady Macbeth persuasiveness wins in the end. ... Lady Macbeth expresses a hidden evil throughout the play. ... "Out damned spot! ...
Lady Macbeth starts this off when she asks the spirits to "make thick my blood,". ... Lady Macbeth knows that the evidence of blood is a treacherous symbol, and knows it will deflect the guilt from her and Macbeth to the servants when she says "smear the sleepy grooms with blood... Then the ghost of Banquo, all gory, and bloody comes to haunt Macbeth at the banquet. ... She says "Out damned spot! ... The death of Macbeth is honoured feat that Macduff is congratulated for. ...
When Macbeth and Lady Macbeth kill Duncan they frame the guards by putting the bloody daggers into the room of the guards. Beforehand, Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to go frame the guards "and smear / The sleepy grooms with blood" (V,i). By smearing the blood of the daggers on the sleeping guards, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth manage to get away with murder. ... In Macbeth it has the same theme. ... While trying to wash the foulness off her hands, she speaks in her sleep, "Out, damned spot, out, I say! ...
Perhaps the most intriguing character throughout Macbeth would be Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth has both good and evil qualities. ... The first portion of Macbeth portrays Lady Macbeth as a malevolent woman. ... Contrary to Lady Macbeth's supposed cruel nature, Macbeth still addresses her as "dearest Chuck- (III.II.45). ... "Out damned spot!...
There are two people in the story that slowly turn evil as time goes by, they are Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. ... After killing King Duncan, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth soon show their differences. ... The fourth even shows a similarity between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. ... After having Banquo killed Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo at Macbeth's gathering. ... The doctor is stunned when he hears her shout "Out damned spot! ...
Macbeth is suited to this role. ... [S] Both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth experience sleeplessness. ... Macbeth, on the other hand, seems to do the exact reverse of Lady Macbeth. ... In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the sleep and sleeplessness motif to represent Macbeth's and Lady Macbeth's consciences and the effect Macbeth's conscience has on the country of Scotland. ... She is seen muttering, "Out damned spot! ...
The hallucinations persist as Macbeth spots Banquo's ghost, just after he had him murdered. ... In Macbeth, Shakespeare utilizes hallucinations to foreshadow the tragic demise that awaits both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. ... Macbeth spots Banquo's ghost, however no one else does, "Prithee, see there! ... Lady Macbeth's hands are just as bloody as Macbeth's. ... The hallucinations that haunted Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were a result of their desire for power. ...
Lady Macbeth starts this off when she asks the spirits to "make thick my blood." ... When Macbeth is speaking about Malcolm and Donalbain, he refers to them as "bloody cousins." ... Then the ghost of Banquo, gruesome and bloody, comes to haunt Macbeth at the banquet. ... She says, "Out damned spot! ... What this means, is that Lady Macbeth is having fantasies or dreams that deal with blood. ...
Lady Macbeth's Guilt In Macbeth by William Shakespeare we meet Macbeth's wife, Lady Macbeth. ... After hearing these prophecies, Lady Macbeth was determined to become royalty and encouraged Macbeth to murder Duncan. ... She manipulated Macbeth to murder Duncan. ... "Out, damned spot! ... The downfall of Macbeth was mainly because of Lady Macbeth's ambition. ...
Shakespeare describes Macbeth's clothes not as regal and fitting for Macbeth, but as a way to hide Macbeth's disgraceful self from his own eyes and from others. ... After Macbeth kills Duncan, Macbeth's evilness takes over and it is as though Macbeth's evil side inherently knows and understands that his new clothes will be used to hide the evil. ... In "Macbeth", darkness is everywhere - from the three witches, to the guilt in Macbeth's soul, to the dark skies. ... Right after Macbeth kills Duncan, Macbeth and his wife have a conversation about the smeared blood on ...
William Shakespeare cleverly keeps the sympathy towards Macbeth by describing Macbeth's hesitancy to kill King Duncan, how delusional and crazy he becomes after the murder of the king and Banquo, and his reaction to Lady Macbeth's suicide. ... He sees blood spots on the dagger as it points towards Macbeth's hand. ... Macbeth has to be clamed down by Lady Macbeth in front of all the Scottish lords. ... Lady Macbeth's gentlewoman who is constantly watching over her has seen Lady Macbeth relive the same horrible memories over and over again. ... This is proven throughout the...
In the play Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the images of blood and ghosts to show that as evil as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth seem to be they both still have strong consciences. ... In act 5 scene one when Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking she says "Out damned spot! Out, I say" referring to the "blood" that "stained" her after her making Macbeth kill Duncan. ... When Banquo's ghost showed up at Macbeth's Banquet it symbolized Macbeth's guilt towards his murder. ... He was sitting in Macbeths chair so that Macbeth would have to notice he was there and even cause a scene because his chair wa...
Duncan calls Macbeth's affection "sharp as his spur," while Macbeth calls his wife "dearest partner of greatness" and "dearest love." ... This plot introduces tension into the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. ... It is still Lady Macbeth who covers up for her husband. ... "Out, damned spot! ... Before she said that "a little water cleans us of this dead", but now she can't even wash out "the spot of blood." ...
The audience believe that Lady Macbeth is evil as she wants to kill King Duncan in order for her to gain power as her husband Macbeth will become king. ... Even though Lady Macbeth was not the person to kill Duncan she would still get the same punishment as Macbeth. Until act 5 scene 1 Macbeth has been tormented with visions, nightmares and disturbances in his sleep while Lady Macbeth scolds him for his weakness. ... "Out damned spot! ... One for example is that Lady Macbeth protects Macbeth up untill this scene, when now she needs protection herself. ...
The captain describes the battle to Duncan, and praises "Brave Macbeth". He says that Macbeth's sword " smoked with bloody execution... Lady Macbeth smears Duncan's chamber guards with the King's blood, in order to make them look guilty of the "bloody business", as Macbeth calls the murder. ... While sleepwalking, she looks at her hands, and cries: "Out damned spot-(5.1.33). ... The theme of blood can therefore be seen as a cycle: The Honourable Macbeth, becomes the Treacherous Macbeth after murdering Duncan, and soon after becomes the Guilty Macbeth, and then is kille...
In the play Macbeth, power corrupted Macbeth and with that, Macbeth corrupted power, and all that he touched. ... That same blood again changes meaning to guilt, a guilt felt by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. ... Just as Macbeth gains honor through blood, Lady Macbeth turns the meaning of blood to treachery all in the first act of Macbeth. ... "Out damned spot! ... The blood of which brought honor to Macbeth, brought Macbeth's downfall, just as the power Macbeth gained throughout the play would bring the end to Macbeth's life. ...
Macbeth loses his mental state as Banquo's ghost makes Macbeth paranoid with all of the guilt he feels. ... Macbeth wants Banquo's ghost to go back to it's grave where it won't be able to ruin Macbeth's reign of being king. Macbeth is fearful of the ghost, but the worst part is that the mere presence of the ghost affects Macbeth is such a way that Macbeth ruins his own reputation. On the other hand, although Lady Macbeth cannot see Banquo's ghost, she sees Macbeth acting cowardly and foolishly and tries to make sense of Macbeth's actions. ... Lady Macbeth...
The first reference to blood is in Act 2, Scene 1, when Macbeth sees the dagger floating in the air leading him to Duncan"s room and he sees "on the blade and dudgeon gouts of blood", indicating that the knife has been visciously and violently stabbed into someone. The next reference, in Scene 2, is when Lady Macbeth smears the blood from the dagger on the faces and hands of the sleeping servants "I"ll guild the faces of the grooms withal, for it must seem their guilt". ... In Act 5, Scene 1, the sleepwalking scene, while Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking, there are constant references to the evil ...
Macbeth must then kill both he and his son, Fleance, to assure his own spot as king of Scotland. ... With Lady Macbeth as the main driving power behind Macbeth's own will to become king, he commits some terrible crimes that are the exact opposite of moral. ... The best symbol for goodness in Macbeth is Banquo. ... Even though Macbeth does some awful things throughout the play, it seems more logical to deem Lady Macbeth as the symbol for evil in the story. ... Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are taken to their graves and Malcom takes over the throne, which restores order back to Scotland...
MACBETH ESSAY Macbeth had many symbols, which were linked to the themes in the play. ... Lady Macbeth had many indications to the evil deeds that Macbeth and herself have committed, most of which have connection to blood. In line 31 of Act 5, scene I, she does gestures of washing her hands, saying, "Out damned spot! ... Blood has lead lady Macbeth to her death Lastly, we are in the scene with Macbeth at his castle, preparing to fight Malcolm's army. ... In the play it was used as a sign of guilt and deceit, which killed the souls of Macbeth and lady Macbeth. ...
Macbeth is a little ambitious at first, but Lady Macbeth's far exceeds his and so she is able to get Macbeth to agree with her to kill King Duncan. ... Lady Macbeth seems to be almost opposite compared to that of Macbeth in physical and mental power. Lady Macbeth is the person who is able to persuade Macbeth into killing Duncan, assuring Macbeth that it will succeed, as Lady Macbeth's ambition is far greater than that of Macbeth. ... Lady Macbeth is still strongly in control as the play proceeds and is able to handle crises very well which is shown at the banquet incident where M...
Throughout William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth, guilt is a recurring motif of great significance due to its psychological effect on the lives of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. ... With persuasion from his wife, whose desire for Macbeth to become king is great, Lord Macbeth carries out the murder of King Duncan. This evil deed sets off feelings of guilt in Macbeth and Lady Macbeth which cause the characters to mentally disintegrate. ... Lady Macbeth's guilt begins to manifest itself as she begins to sleepwalk, talks about the murders that have been committed and seems to be attempting t...
The first influences on Macbeth were by the three witches, but his main influence was Lady Macbeth. ... On the other hand, Lady Macbeth! ... This indicates that Lady Macbeth is far worse than Macbeth could ever be. ... ("Out dammed spot! ... Lady Macbeth has become so sick. ...
Discuss the role of the witches in the play "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare The witches play a significant part in the play "Macbeth." ... "Macbeth" was a play like this. ... Macbeth replies that he is grateful for this caution. ... The witches tell Macbeth to listen but not speak. ... Lady Macbeth first learns of the witches" words from a letter which Macbeth sends to her. ...
