After Macbeth kills Duncan, Macbeth's evilness takes over and it is as though Macbeth's evil side inherently knows and understands that his new clothes will be used to hide the evil. ... The imagery of darkness, consequently, is the device Shakespeare uses to allow all the evilness that had been concealed to reveal itself. ... At the play's opening, the image of blood is seen as a symbol of Ziolkowski 3 honor and courage, when Macbeth successfully kills the enemy. ... The darkness, an obvious and repetitive symbol in Shakespeare's tragedies, seems to be both the only ...

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Darkness, Sign of Chaos in Macbeth Darkness in our society is indicative of evil. ... Authors use these symbols to describe an evil character or setting. ... The cave is an appropriate setting for the witches because caves tend to represent the under-world and hell, creating a feeling of evil. The witches appearance, "secret, black, and midnight hags" also indicates their evil nature. ... This same character development is true for Scotland which in Act 1 was described as the land of light; but in Act 4 when it became the land of evil was described with diction such as ...

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King Lear is also written by Shakespeare and more than one character has evil ambitions. ... In both Macbeth and King Lear characters have evil ambitions to gain power. ... A symbol displayed in both plays is cruelty and the need for authority. ... The violence displayed in both of these plays shows how the need for power will lead people to do evil things....

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Serpents have often been depicted as the tempters to do evil, or just as evil in general. ... A killer must be a fiend, meaning an evil possibly supernatural being, especially a devil from hell. ... Doves have a history of being a symbol of peace. On the other hand, ravens have always been portrayed as the symbol of war. ... Shakespeare has a tendency to use ravens, owls and hell-kites as the symbol of death and chaos. ...

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Ribner continually refers to both Antony and Cleopatra's actions throughout the play as both sinful and evil for they were not acting, as he terms it: Morally. "The destructive power of evil and the magnificence of evil are simultaneously displayed." ... "Antony and Cleopatra uses as a moral exemplum to teach the evils of lust, with Cleopatra as the embodiment of animal lechery and Antony the drunken, prodigal fool ensnared by her duplicity, discarding an empire and damning his soul." ... Would it be better suggested that perhaps his theme was that with great power comes a need for an eve...

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Ophelia's goodness and purity conflicts with the corruption and evil in Denmark. ... Her insanity is the result of the evil surrounding her. ... This reveals his indifference towards life, and thus his evil nature. ... Hamlet contemplates suicide because of the world's evils. ... Ophelia dies of asphyxiation in water, which is a symbol of purity. ...

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Macbeth, although he is a great warrior, is irrevocably evil and ill equipped for the psychic consequences of his crime. ... Often, water is a symbol of cleanliness and purity of the soul, this symbol is ironically used when Lady Macbeth makes an attempt to console Macbeth, she says with unintended irony, "consider it not so deeplya little water clears us of this deed," as though water is all it takes to wash guilt away and cleanse them of murder. ... Lady Macbeth's initial influence on Macbeth exposes his true side of evil, and as the plot develops he no longer relies on his &q...

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A common motif is Nature – a recurring symbol in the story that gives figurative meaning. ... When he says that there is nothing on Earth that is so evil that it does not provide the earth with some special quality. Just as plants can be manipulated to produce poison or medicine power, individual human beings can be manipulated either for good or for evil. ... As the symbol as simple as nature could be analyzed and discovered as it holds the deepest meaning in literature....

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Thus, Shakespeare portrays Richard as an ambitious and evil character. ... Due to the significance of religion in the Elizabethan era, and Richard's subversion of religious conventions, Shakespearean audience were positioned to perceive Richard as an immoral and evil character. ... Consequently, Shakespeare represents Richard as an evil character with the ability to manipulate people by his fine oratory skills. ... Shakespeare's production was written in an era of harsh religious confines, thus he represents Richard as evil. ... However, the absence of these confines in modern contex...

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From here, Hamlet arranges a play to confirm the idea that Claudius in fact did murder King Hamlet, and that the Ghost was no an evil spirit playing tricks on Hamlet. ... Yorick's skull is a symbol in the story and brings in the theme of the idea of death into the story. ...

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Adaptations are a mere visual interpretation of a text or play. When plays or books are transitioned into a film, it involves losing material so the film can evoke a sense of uniqueness. When books become adaptations the mission becomes less about the art of storytelling, but recreating a story that...

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Regan: evil middle sister, married to Cornwall. ... Goneril: equally as evil as Regan. ... Edmond: Evil bastard son of Gloucester. ... Evil (Cordelia vs. sisters). ... Edmond confesses to being evil. ...

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This blinding, surely clarifies how evil Gloucester's illegitimate son Edmund is, although Gloucester has been too blind to realize this. ... It takes a true blindness of the eyes for him to see the loyalty of Edgar and the evil doings of Edmund. ... The shedding of his clothes is the symbol of Lear's shedding of materials. ... Here, Edgar can regain some dignity of being Gloucester's legitimate and loving son by killing his evil brother. ...

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Another religious symbol in the adaptation is the Virgin Mary; she is used to represent Juliet's purity. ... By exhibiting religion in the film, Luhrmann is able differentiate the evil within the film from the good. Water is another symbol used in the adaptation. ...

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He has given away the kingdom and perpetuated what will inevitably become a war of good versus evil. ... One of the symbols of his pride, the one hundred knights, is taken from him by his daughters. ... The struggle for good and evil is won and the lessons taught become the lessons understood. ...

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