The appearance of the dagger (2.1.33) and Banquo's ghost at the feast (3.4.88) also play a role in Macbeth's guilt. ... The ghost of Banquo appears during a feast and causes Macbeth to make outbursts, alarming the guests (3.4.38). ... As the ghost is present, Macbeth exclaims, "If trembling I inhabit then, protest me / The baby of a girl. ... The third apparition is also indirectly true, because Malcolm's soldiers use the branches from the trees of Birnam Wood as camouflage as they march to Dunsinane, "Let every soldier hew him down a bough / And bear't before him. ... The ...

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He may be a soldier on the outside but on the inside he is a coward. ... Macbeth and his wife attend a banquet in which a ghost appears. ... He then realizes that the ghost is Banquo. The ghost is sitting in Banquo's regular seat. ... Macbeth addresses the ghost, saying "Avaunt, and quit my sight! ...

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The opening scene where it shows soldiers fighting on the front lines was done very well. During one point in the opening scene they had the strobe lights flickering on and off while the soldiers were fighting to give a slow motion effect. ... Macbeth had his council with him at the dinner table when the ghost would appear through the shudders (wall) and disappears back through them. ... When Macbeth sees the ghost at the dinner table and pulls a gun out and everyone hits the floor she tries to comfort him. ...

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As the Scottish leave victorious, the valiant efforts of Macbeth are commended by Malcolm when he distinguishes the "bloody man" as the soldier who freed him. ... When Macbeth's conversation with King Duncan ends, the soldier's weakening gashes are seen as heroic as Duncan states, "thy words become thee as thy wounds: they smack of honor both." ... After continuing to indirectly end Banquo's life, Macbeth is then haunted by his bloody ghost. ...

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Macbeth starts off as a brave soldier whom is devoted to his king, but is tainted from the witches' prophecies, as Lady Macbeth appears as a kind wife but underneath lies a conniving, deceitful woman. ... Lady Macbeth remains in control as the play continues and is able to control crises well, which is exemplified during the incident at the banquet where Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost. ...

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At his celebration banquet, he sees Banquo's ghost and to his guests dismay, starts rambling and yelling at it. ... When he continues at the ghost, that no one can see but him, Lady Macbeth dismissed the guests. ... a soldier, and afeard? ...

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Macbeth is a brave soldier and a powerful man, but he is not a virtuous one. ... Appropriately, then, it is Banquo's ghost "and not Duncan's "that haunts Macbeth. In addition to embodying Macbeth's guilt for killing Banquo, the ghost also reminds Macbeth that he did not emulate Banquo's reaction to the witches' prophecy. ...

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First he is a brave honoured soldier, but as the play progresses, he becomes a treacherous person who has become identified with death and bloodshed and shows his guilt in different forms. ... Then the ghost of Banquo, all gory, and bloody comes to haunt Macbeth at the banquet. ... Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier, and afeard? ...

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He goes from being kind and caring to being ruthless and evil, from respecting life to murdering at every turn and from being a loyal soldier to being a ruthless tyrant king. ... Macbeth starts out as a loyal soldier to King Duncan. ... At a banquet Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost. ...

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First he is a brave honored soldier, but as the play advances, he becomes a treasonous person who has become identified with death and bloodshed and shows his guilt in different forms. ... Then the ghost of Banquo, gruesome and bloody, comes to haunt Macbeth at the banquet. ... Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier, and afeard? ...

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An example of this is when Macbeth saw the ghost of Banquo at the banquet, Lady Macbeth covered up for him by saying, "Think of this, good peers, But as a thing of custom." ... (Angus), as Malcolm's soldiers marched towards Dunsinane, "to give obedience where (it was) truly ow"d." ...

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After the murdering of Banquo, Macbeth is guilty of equivocation when he tells Banquo's ghost, "Thou canst not say I did it" (3.4.50). ... The forest of Birnam did not actually move, but the illusion of the Birnam wood closing in on Dunsinane was created by the advancing soldiers who were hiding under tree branches. ...

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In the beginning of the play Macbeth is a strong soldier who fights for the King without mercy but his strive for ambition and his curious nature leads him to the witches who give him a prophecy. ... He has a conscience throughout the entire play as the hallucinations of the dagger and the ghost of Banquo and his vivid imagination see this and his constant worry also provokes him. ... Lady Macbeth is still strongly in control as the play proceeds and is able to handle crises very well which is shown at the banquet incident where Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo, but Lady Macbeth is quick to l...

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This changes our view of MacBeth's character slightly as up until now we have known him as a brave soldier that was capable of cutting a man "from the nave to th' chops " but he is now faced with terrifying guilt about killing Duncan which only emphasises the true evil of the deed he has committed. ... We now know that MacBeth is taking matters in to his own hands and working independently but when he gets news that Banquo has been killed his guilt breaks him down as Banquo's ghost takes the only remaining seat in the hall. ... The ghost disappears and MacBeth is calm but it soo...

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The soldier reports to the king about Macbeth's sword is " smoked with bloody execution." ... Macbeth also sees the bloody ghost of Banquo, haunting Macbeth due his planning the murder of Banquo. ...

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First he is a brave honoured soldier, but as the play progresses acknowledged and trusted by his king, he becomes a treacherous person who has become identified with death and bloodshed, and ends up killing Duncan who put so much trust in him. ... Macbeth is unhappy that he murdered Banquo; the ghost of Banquo, all gory, and bloody, is a further sign of Macbeth's guilt. ...

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MacBeth A tragedy is a literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw and a moral weakness. William Shakespeare's Macbeth is an example of such work. In this drama we discover that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are, i...

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A wounded soldier reports about the horrible bloody battle and emphazises the brave Thane of Glamis called Macbeth who saved the Scottish honour by fighting fearlessly and killing the rebels' leader. ... Meanwhile Macbeth holds a great feast which is spoiled by the appearance of Banquo's ghost which is only visible for Macbeth and talks him a bad conscience because of his deeds. ...

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Macbeth was a great soldier, but his unnatural desire to overthrow Duncan, a wonderful person and even better king, threw off the natural balance. ... He soon has a vision of the ghost of Banquo sitting in his place at his dinner table. ...

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In the beginning of the play, Macbeth and his wife are very intimate and close to each other. Later on, however, the two characters become distant, keeping secrets to themselves. Significant scenes throughout the play of "Macbeth" that set the tone of the couple's relationship include Act 1 Scene V,...

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Macbeth was a great soldier, but his unnatural desire to overthrow Duncan, a wonderful person and even better king, threw off the natural balance. ... He soon has a vision of the ghost of Banquo sitting in his place at his dinner table. ...

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