Macbeth is afraid of speaking of his black and deep desires openly, even to himself. ... She must urge him on to become king, because she knows he is too honourable to jump at his first chance, because she knows Macbeth has a strong conscience she knows just the thought of the crime would torment him; therefore she calls on the evil spirits to help her "Come you spirits That tend on moral thoughts, unsex me here And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty", This shows she is selfish, cruel and black-hearted to do such a thing. ... He didn't want to be anothe...

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My witches appear on stage; they are three attractive, young looking women, they are wearing short black skirts, knee high boots and dark purple flowing tops. ... A breeze blows across backdrop; rubbish floats, blurred grey-black images flash past, and there are moaning cries on the wind. ... One of the people is quite an old, plump woman wearing a large black dress, the other a tall, mature man wearing smart classy clothes. ... These pictures very disturbing and un-nerve me, they start flashing from one to another, speeding up whilst a slow sheet of blood begins to drip down the screen. ....

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Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see my black and deep desires.
... She says, "How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.... Just like Macbeth, I have a goal. ... This plan will also give me time to finish my homework with no rush. I think my goal is ambitious because it is not negatively affecting me or anyone in my life. ...

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These people were singled out for things like owning black cats, when washing clothes theirs came out cleaner, if you lived alone and wore black clothes then you put forward as being a witch. ... Macbeth shows his confusion straight away, "The Thane of Cawdor lives: why do you dress me In borrow"d robes?" ... Let not light see my black and deep desires" Macbeth is saying here that he must keep his thoughts to himself. ... Unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty" This spell is showing us that Lady Macbeth wants all her female qualities take...

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In the BBC version there was a lot of colour and the costumes were very elaborate, the ladies wore evening dresses and the men wore dinner suits but in the RSC production everything was very dull, all the actors wore black or grey and the costumes were very simple. The BBC used red and yellows which I thought showed royalty where as the RSC was all dark with barely any colour, at first you would think it was black and white. ... I liked the loud jangly music in the RSC, it reminded me of music that would be played at Royal meetings, The last difference in appearance was the location. The...

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[S] Initially, Macbeth is far from evil within: "Chance may crown me, without my stir," preferring to let fate lead his future. ... He is willing to be swayed by his wife, but also has the force of character to follow difficult actions - like killing King Duncan - once he has been convinced. ... 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?" ... His aspirations come out further as he says to Fleance, his son, "Merciful powers, Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature" gives "...

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My little spirit, see: Sits a foggy cloud and it stays for me." ... He says, "Stars, hide your fires, Let not light see my black and deep desires. ... When words like dark and desire are put into context it creates many horrible mental pictures about murders. ... The idea of Macbeth's new status is ill fitting upon him, like a poorly fitting garment is belonging to someone else. ... In contrast, Macbeth is like Satan partaking in the systematic planning of assassinations. ...

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"Meet me I" th" morning. ... "Of this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen- (Pg.191.) The audience is fearful that if they perform a dirty deed like Macbeth, they will receive the same outcome as Macbeth. ... He is now beginning the descent of tragedy that will entice Macbeth further into the black hole, also know as the transpire of tragedy. ...

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He says, "[ l ]et not light see my black and deep desires"(1, 4, 57-59). ... He almost give up murdering Duncan, he thinks that if "chance crown me [without my stair" (1, 3, 156-158). ... Macbeth thinks Banquo and his son like the "snake, not killed it. ... The doing evil deeds like telling lies, the liar has to tell more and more lies to make others believe him. ...

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And people do talk about him like he is: "For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name- (Act I, scene 2, line 16). ... In the aside he makes in Act I scene 4 , we can see he is not loyal to the king anymore: "Let not light see my black and deep desires-(line 51). ... In act I scene 3, lines 131-132-133 he says: "if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth?... I said Macbeth starts being good, a brave man and loyal to his king, but his ambition brings him down to evil, and his logalty is gone, as well as his bravery, and he gets weak for taking decisions...

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He goes so far as to say, "Stars, hide your fires, / Let not light see my black and deep desires"" (1.4.50-51). ... Macbeth says in the play, "He hath honored me of late"" (1.7.32). ... In a soliloquy, Lady Macbeth says, "Come, you spirits/That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,/And fill me, from the crown to the toe, topfull/Of direst cruelty!"" ... Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting I dare not" wait upon I would, " Like the poor cat i' the adage? ...

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/ Let not light see my black and deep desires" (I.iv.50-51). ... These rhymes make the text to sound like a spell or curse that invokes evil. ... His description of them is important in seeing how unnatural they are: "you should be women,/ And yet your beards forbid me to interpret/ That you are so" (I.iii.45-47). ... She is then the one who is ordering her husband around, telling him exactly how to behave: "To beguile the time,/ Look like the time [...] look like the innocent flower/ But be the serpent under't" (I.v.61-64). ... Furthermore, Lady Macbeth is very close to the character of ...

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They come across three wild, witch-like women. ... The Thane of Cawdor lives, why do you dress me in borrowed robes?? ... If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me without my stir.? ... Let not light see my black and deep desires?? ... the bell invites me. ...

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Her words become more rhythmic and what she says seems almost like an incantation. Poetic phrases like: "Hie thee hither,"" begin to appear, giving the audience the impression that Lady Macbeth is using black magic or evil hexes to gain her means. As she goes on, she becomes even more witch-like, using pagan imagery such as a raven and evil spirits. She demands of these "murd'ring ministers-: "unsex me here direst cruelty stop remorse nature's mischief."" ... When she is told, along with the other guests at Dunsinane, that Duncan is dead, and then after Macbeth says that he has ...

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Because of Macbeth's violent, volatile nature, it is very difficult for one to like him. ... In II, i, Macbeth even admits that his desire for the throne is in fact a rather sinister one: "Stars, hide your fires;/Let not light see my black and deep desires."" ... In Act I, ii, 75-78, the Captain notes a previous incident in which Macbeth displayed his warrior-like nature: "For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name),/Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel,/Which smoked with bloody execution,/Like valor's minion, carved out his passage/Till he faced the slave;/ Which ne&#x...

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This sentence shows how Macbeth has created a terrifying mental picture in his mind of what the future may be like. ... This sentence shows how Macbeth has created a terrifying mental picture in his mind of what the future may be like. ... If ill, why hath it given me earnest of success ? ... "Let not light see my black and deep desires." ... This can relate to the witches, because like them, Lady Macbeth can no longer fit into the natural world. ...

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Does he already have other things on his mind: "If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me / Without my stir." Sounds ominous to me. ... Stars, hide your fires; / Let not light see my black and deep desires." Does this sound like a happy Thane to you? ... (Sounds like a Mommy, Dearest book in the making) And she has a plan. ...

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For instance, a black cat, a dark night, a dark place are all symbols of evil. ... And live a coward in thine own esteem, letting I dare not Wait, wait upon I would, like the poor cat I the adage."... The only way to prove to himself and his wife that he cares about her like he did before is to kill Macbeth. ... "Stars, hide your fires; / Let not light see my black and deep desires: / The eye wink at the hand! ... Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angel, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of ...

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d steel, Which smoked with bloddy execution, Like valour's minion carved out his passage Till he faced the slave;? ... Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires" - lines 55 - 58. ... He tells Lady Macbeth: "We will proceed no further in this business: He hath honored me of late, and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon" (lines 31 - 35). ... Dismiss me: enough... Macbeth says "I'll not fight with thee...

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They are seen talking to each other, and bringing up many dark and evil spell-like phrases. ... Why do you dress me In borrowed robes?" ... Let not light see my black and deep desires." ... You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so." ... "Leave all the rest to me." ...

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The suggestion of black magic would have made the audience feel tense as they felt that the Witches were capable of all kinds of arcane deeds. ... When we first see her in Act I scene V her duplicity can be seen when she says, "Look like th'innocent flower but be the serpent under't"." ... She says phrases like, "fill me." ...

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Let not light see my black and Deep desires: The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be which the eye fears, when When it is done, to see. (1.4.49-54) After Macbeth hears that the Prince of Cumberland will become the next king, Macbeth then tells himself that he needs to do whatever it takes to make sure he himself will become the next king of Scotland. ... Just before he talks: "I go, and it is done: the bell invites me. ... It states that it looks like the servants have done the crime. ... It looks like that Macbeth did a pretty good job of framing them. ...

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Like her husband, she cannot find any rest, but she is suffering more clearly from a psychological disorder that causes her to talk in her sleep about the murders of Duncan, Banquo, and Lady Macduff. ... Macbeth like his wife is loosing contact with reality. ... A great play like Macbeth intertwines a variety of elements into a unified whole. ...

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This is shown by the trance-like Macbeth, his raptness when the witches first tempt him and seeing Banquo's ghost, indicating he is the victim of demonic possession. ... It was thought that a coven of witches in North Berwickshire had tried to practice the black arts against him. ... "Macbeth" was a play like this. ...

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