Consequently Lady Macbeth is represented as a deceitful, unnatural woman whose weakness is portrayed through her inability to resist the temptation of the evil spirits of darkness. ... In contrast upon the death of the king, his best horses; acting completely out of character: broke free from their stalls and turned on each other displaying traits of one who has turned on their master as Macbeth had on the king, displaying a disturbance of the natural order. Macbeth's portrayal as a murderous deceitful traitor, positions him in the dark light of the unnatural world. ... Lady Macbet...

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This is evident through the plot and ultimately the death of King Duncan. ... The sarcastic tone reveals the dominating personality of Lady Macbeth, which is significant in influencing Macbeth during later part of the play to succumb to darkness of treachery and bloodshed. ... Hence, the reader can indicate the instrumental role that Lady Macbeth is going to play in the build up of darkness later on. ... This change creates a sense of sympathy in the eyes of the reader; and consequently it is her actions that cause her own ultimate death....

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Whiles I see lives, the gashes/Do better upon them- (V, vii), thus proving that Macbeth really shows no signs of dignity, even when he is near death. He continues to descend into darkness, and even describes himself appropriately to Seyon in (V, v, 11-18): " I have supped full with horrors.... Perhaps Macbeth was correct when he said, "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player/That struts and frets his hour upon the stage/And then is heard no more-; he lived out the very lesson that he made known before his death. ...

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As is only expected in traditional tragedy, Shakespeare's dark tale Macbeth, concludes with a righteous character, Malcolm, the heir to the Throne of Scotland, commenting on what has passed. ... The witches themselves are rebuked by their leader Hecate for their 'saucy and overbold' actions of daring to 'trade and traffic with Macbeth in riddles and affairs of death'. ... More pointedly, though, when he determines that 'the very firstlings of [his] heart shall be the firstlings of [his] hand', he sends others to complete the dirty deeds of killing Banquo...

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And even if I die in the act, that death will be a glory an outrage sacred to the gods! ... She still retains her courage against Creon's death penalty and her confidence that serving the dead was more important than serving the living. ... I will suffer nothing as great as death without glory.... Consequently, Lady Macbeth must disseminate her sinister, dark qualities to Macbeth. ... By rendering Creon's most powerful judgment on her-death-useless to rid her of her will and glory, Antigone has succeeded in resisting against Creon's authority. ...

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Macbeth is very ambitious, courageous, and a moral coward: all these things lead to his tragic death at the end of the play. ... These demons in the guise of witches cannot read his inmost thoughts, but from observation of facial expression and other bodily manifestations they surmise with comparative accuracy what passions drive him and what dark desires await their fostering. ...

• Word Count: 2254
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate