"Macbeth" "Marquis de Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues once said, "The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition." ... Macbeth says to Banquo "Do you not hope your children shall be kings," when "those that promised the thane of Cawdor to me" also "promised no less to them?" ... If the prophecy has come true for Macbeth, he reasons, then perhaps it will too for him and he will father a line of kings. ... Although he has accomplished his goal of becoming King of Scotland, his guilt for all the evil he now represents is becoming unbear...

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He is a tragic hero, as he falls from grace after being at the top, and suffers with dignity when all have deserted him, especially when the English armies are on the brink of attacking him and he refuses to submit, as he dies fighting or his beliefs. ... His ego seems to grow and grow when he hears this, and he begins to thrive on all the attention he is receiving. ... She asks Duncan whether he will murder Duncan that night, and when he replies that he will not because, "He [Duncan] hath honoured me of late, and I have bought/ Golden opinions from all sorts of people," she tries her up m...

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Its diagnosis of evil is as apt today as it was when The King's Men first presented the play. ... All of which have been referred to as icons of to be studied within literature. ... One of the strongest and most virtuous characters in the play, Banquo is said to have been the father of the first of the Stuart kings. ... The prophesy of the Kings death to come by the witches reach Macbeth's wife. ... All of the murders haunt Lady Macbeth who sleepwalks and goes mad. ...

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The third witch states; "All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter." ... This belief is brought into the play in the very first scene when the witches stand together and all say; "Hover through the filthy air." ... It was not long before he took Shakespeare's company, "The Chamberlain's Men" under his wing, renaming them "The King's Men". The King's Men were sponsored by James, which was a great relief for them. ... It is also shown that the witches" prophecy concerning Banquo's sons, and havin...

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These people were predominantly women but some were men. ... Then Banquo goes on to say, "Upon her skinny lips: you should be women; And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so" This shows ambiguity because Banquo can't decide if the witches are men or women, which gives them more mystery. ... Banquo on the other hand is not drawn in at all ands jokily asks them to tell him his future. When they tell him that his children will be kings he is non-believing and laughs about it. ... Unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty" This sp...

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She died because of all this pressure and her guilt about the murder. ... /Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/Clean from my hand? ... He is now considered a man, but he doesn't like the fact that he has killed all these people. ... Macbeth claims that the lives of the men he proceeds to murder have no significance, yet the country thinks otherwise, for they are dignified nobles with a purpose. ... When deliberating the plans surrounding King Duncan's murder she says to Macbeth 'Leave all the rest to me'. ...

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She goes on to say that she would- "Chastise him with the valour of my tongue All that impedes the from the golden round." ... Unlike Macbeth she does not show any disbelief, and it takes no time at all for her to start plotting. ... When he interrupts this order, all sorts of things start happening. ... This is all a good dramatic effect to show how evil and unnatural his deeds were. ... She also says- "Your face, my Thane, is a book where men May read strange matters." ...

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The third witch says: "All hail Macbeth, thou shalt be King hereafter!" ... He asks them what they have to say to him and is told that his children shall be Kings. ... "Your face, my Thane, is a book where men May read strange matters." ... "Leave all the rest to me." ... All of the gratitude and thanks towards Macbeth shown by Duncan earlier in the play, now also seem very ironic, because if he is to fulfil his ambition he will have to kill him. ...

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Hail to thee, thane of Glamis All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor All hail, Macbeth! ... He then decides he should kill Banquo because he could betray him, the witches said that Banquo would be the father to the line of kings and that means Macbeth will not be king for a long time. ... "Thou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all. ... It should not stand In thy posterity"(III, I, l.1-4) Banquo realised that Macbeth wants to kill him as well, the witches said that he would be the father to the line of kings. ...

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