Envy is the sixth deadly sin, and is the desire for the possessions, position, or qualities of another. ... Due to her ambition and envy, she lived vicariously through Macbeth and desired to be hailed queen. ... For example, Macbeth can not control the family, time, or place in which he was born, nor can he choose how, when, or why he dies. ... Macbeth was destine to become king as was he destine to eventually fail and die. ... Surly, if someone knew how he or she was going to die they would try to avoid death. ...

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Hence, Macbeth's desire of becoming a king leads him to a fatal downfall. ... Macbeth's ambitions and desires that are controlled by the id cannot be completely met without the help of his ego. ... So, he wishes to believe in the witches' prophecy as he illustrates the idea that he may become king, but in order for it to be granted, the great King Duncan must die. ... Though Macbeth tries to escape the grasp of the evil side of his ego, his desire pushes him to perform evil deeds and satisfy the id's drives. ... Since the id is the unconscious state of mind and the sourc...

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"Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my back and deep desires." ... The Macbeth realizes that "blood will have blood," and that his murderous plots will all come to an end when he dies. ... Macbeth, unaware that the Thane has died states, "The Thane of Cawdor lives. ... Art thou afeared to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art in desire?...

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But he has a deep desire inside his heart. ... As the play goes on, Macbeth ventures further into darkness, and makes more and more wrong moral discisions, until all his friends desert him, and he is left to die. ... Macbeth's deep-seated desire to become King is shown in his eagerness to hear more prophecies. ... This causes him to lose the battle, and die. ... In contrast, Macbeth just says "She should have died hereafter" and goes back to prepare for the battle. ...

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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."" ... Not only does Macbeth want so badly to kill Duncan, but he also desires the assistance of others, namely, Banquo. ... He is suffering at the end of the play; however, he fails to do so with dignity: "Why should I play the Roman fool and die/ On mine own sword? ...

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She died because of all this pressure and her guilt about the murder. ... Macbeth is actuated in his conduct mainly by an inordinate desire for worldly honors; his delight lies primarily in buying golden opinions from all sorts of people. ... Now so long as these mutable goods are at all commensurate with his inordinate desires - and such is the case, up until he covets the kingship - Macbeth remains an honorable gentleman. ... 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 compar...

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In Lady Macbeth's case, the main fault that brought about her destruction and final suicide was greed, along with an ignorance and repression of the emotions that contradicted this desire. ... He shows a desire to do so, saying to himself, "That is a step/On which I must fall down or else o'erleap...Let not light see my black and deep desires." ... Again, she is quelling her own moral instincts in order to allow herself to seek the power that she desires. ... Both characters inevitably die from their individual weaknesses at the end of the play. ...

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Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires" - lines 55 - 58. ... Lady Macbeth now regrets what they have done when she says, "Where our desire is got without content: 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy" (lines 5 - 7) And Macbeth, who has become the plotting, treacherous one who can't rest until the murder of Banquo and Fleance are completed. ... He is sad that he will die alone without any true friends. ... Macbeth has died by his own hand using the sword ...

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Angus explains that the Thane is alive but he is mortally wounded and will die soon. ... Let not light see my black and deep desires?? ... Now convinced that he will survive everything, eventually only dieing of old age and confident of his success. ... ve died sooner or later anyway. ...

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In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the play introduces two partners of greatness with a strong desire to become the King and Queen of Scotland. ... Lady Macbeth is unhappy even after she's achieved her desires. ... Why do you keep alone, Of sorriest fancies your companions making; Using those thoughts which should indeed have died/ With them they think on" (10-13)[,] "Come on; Gentle my lord" (29-30), "[y]ou must leave this" (39)[,] and when she asks "[w]hat's to be done" (49)[.] ...

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As the play progresses, Macbeth begins to become corrupted by the es, his wife, and his own personal desire for gain. ... Just as Macbeth begins his rise to power fighting for his country, he dies on the battleground trying to hold on to his position on the throne. ... Finally he decides to go through with the plan, perhaps just because his own personal desire and greed to be king outweigh the eventual consequences that could come later. ...

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She is very vocal about her desires, and says she will do whatever it takes to get what she wants. ... Her ambition allows her to get what she most desires, but at what price? ... Macbeth never would have gotten into the fight with Macduff and died if he never killed Duncan. ...

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Assignment on the Character Macbeth At the beginning of the play Macbeth, Macbeth is known as a praiseworthy hero in battle. Then he deteriorates into an impulsive cold-blooded murderer, because of other people dominating his decisions. He is a man whom for the sake of his ambition is willi...

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Stop up th' access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purposeCome to my woman's breasts And take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers," (Macbeth, I, v, 50-55) This time, Lady Macbeth not only acknowledges her malevolent convictions, but desires her blood to be saturated with murderous agents to the extent that none of the natural, stereotypical "womanly feelings", or "compunctious visitings of nature" will be left to hinder her from committing her evil deeds. ... And even if I die in the act, that death wi...

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Temptation is an urge everybody has no matter whom, where, or what you are. This stimulating desire is only a decision made by yourself, but brought on by others. The large question is whether to fall into temptation or to hold firm ground and escape this feeling. Shakespeare explores the temptat...

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A tragic hero's exceptional nature generally raises him above the average level of humanity. The greatest tragic heroes are extolled to the degree that we sometimes realize all that is implied in their words and actions, and we become conscious that in real life we have scarcely known anyone resemb...

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"Lady Macbeth is the embodiment of evil and we are not meant to feel any sympathy for her."" Discuss this statement with reference to the play. The play "Macbeth" was written by William Shakespeare in the Jacobean era. Judging by the plays themes of Scottish monarchy, loyalty to the crown and...

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During the play, he suffers because of his dark secrets and battles his conscience even after his specific desire is reached or accomplished. ... As he is beheaded, the poison, darkness and evil dies along with Macbeth and new pure light is present as Malcom takes over the throne of Scotland. ...

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Three witches plan to meet with Macbeth upon a heath (maybe Macbeth should be pronounced Macbeeth to rhyme with heath?). They announce the major theme of the play: appearances are deceiving. That's the foul is fair stuff. You know, what's good will be bad, what's bad will be good. This will be repea...

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