Exploring a ruthless reality, William Shakespeare's Macbeth highlights human nature's desire for power, and the lengths one will go to obtain it. ... Through the author's use of characterization, Macbeth is shown spiraling into paranoia and fear, induced by his ambition, "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition". ... Lady Macbeth's initial influence on Macbeth exposes his true side of evil, and as the plot develops he no longer relies on his "dearest chuck", as she can no longer support him. ... This wrong-doing sends M...

• Word Count: 882
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Both Shakespeare and Sophocles clearly attack the conventional patriarchal biases that women are associated with tenderness and love. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth serves as a complete counterexample against those biases. ... Once again, in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth serves as a radical counterexample disproving this bias. ... "Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. ... Lady Macbeth will by no means follow her husband. ...

• Word Count: 1748
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, we discover that Macbeth is a tragic hero. ... At the beginning of the play, Shakespeare defines Macbeth as a hero very clearly. ... Since he overcomed his good nature, he no longer needed to be with his friend Banquo. ... He is not a criminal; he has no criminal tendencies. ... His conscience is numbed so that he escapes the domination of fears, and such a consummation may indeed be called a sort of peace. ...

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

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. ... Ominously, Shakespeare opens the play in 'thunder and lightning'. ... Automatically an Elizabethan audience would fear the consequences of this short scene, for nobody should dabble in the supernatural – especially not such a decorated general like Macbeth. ... Like Lady MacDuff who complains that she has no defence for 'her young ones in her nest' when her husband is a...

• Word Count: 1419
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate