He can only chose how he reacts to the set of chosen events. ... This is best represented by the passage from, The Seven Deadly Sins. ... " ( AngusWilson, p6) This passage directly represents the rise and downfall of Macbeth. ... To achieve he personal desires she questioned Macbeth manhood (Act 1 scene 7, l 35) and even took part in the cover up of the murders (act 2 scene 2 l 52). ... Surly, if someone knew how he or she was going to die they would try to avoid death. ...

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Discuss this statement with reference to the play. ... "Macbeth- is, in many ways, a play with a moral, showing us how power and ambition can corrupt a person, and, in the case of Lady Macbeth, how a guilty conscience can be their demise. ... She admits in her speech as much, that she has: "passage to remorse-, so she knows her weaknesses, and must have assistance to rid her of them. ... She asks many rhetorical questions to emphasise her point: "Was the hope drunk ?... He is the sort of man who would be riled at having his courage and purpose questioned, least of all by a woman, and ...

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The question, however, that needs to be asked is, was she a self-made monster of ambition and evil or an emotionally imbalanced woman driven by love? ... To prepare for what she feels must be done she calls on evil spirits to "stop up th"access and passage to remorse". ... There are many passages in the play to suggest that it was Lady Macbeth's own ambition to become queen. ... As Macbeth progresses with his evil acts, however, Lady Macbeth starts to go mad. ... Lady Macbeth has lost that noble distance with which she spoke before. ...

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The goodly Duncan and other innocents are murdered so that he can gain safe passage to the throne - and keep it. But this is not all that the play is concerned with. ... The three witches collude to meet with Macbeth 'upon the heath'. ... Macbeth is distraught by the impending murder and when Duncan arrives, it is Lady Macbeth who greets him, prompting the king to question: Where is the Thane of Cawdor?' ... She offers an allusion to a tragic past when she admits she has 'given suck and know[s] how tender 'tis to love the babe' she had – but there is no f...

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The Witches" prophecy only stated that he would become King, no specifics as to how or when. ... After she found him, her short breathed questions showed signs of fright and tension as if something might have went wrong with their agreement. ... He had spent some time deciding if he should continue with the plan or abandon it. ... (Shakespeare, I, v, 41-54) This passage proved her to be bold and strong. ... Furthermore, she questioned Macbeth's manhood. ...

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Body type: typical woman , but not with a typical mind. ... When Macbeth's motives are questioned, Lady Macbeth distracts the confused company. ... To prepare for what she feels must be done she calls on evil spirits to "stop up th' access and passage to remorse" in order to be relentless. ... In the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth manipulates her husband with remarkable effectiveness, overriding all his objections; when he hesitates to murder, she repeatedly questions his manhood until he feels that he must commit murder to prove himself. ... She saw nothing wrong with killing th...

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Though conventional patriarchal beliefs seem to perpetuate the dominance of men and subordination of women, Shakespeare and Sophocles seem to question the validity of those beliefs in their plays, Macbeth and Antigone, with their radically heterodox female characters-they neither conform with the loving tenderness nor the acquiescence and tendency to submit to authority commonly associated with women. ... 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 mi...

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He takes this prophecy from three strange witches brooding in the deep night without question and without good judgment. ... Their first meeting is a good example of how the three sisters make Macbeth seem very gullible. ... A bloody man with many wounds tells the story of a hero whose "brandished steel smoked with bloody execution,' 'carved out a passage' to his enemy, and 'unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps."" ... Throughout the play many people end up being the opposite of how their peers perceive them. ... Even though the witches made this prophecy, they di...

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This is how Macbeth reduces some of the responsibility of the incident of the murder by accepting her guidance and advice. ... Finally Lady Macbeth questions Macbeth's manhood and persuades him to go through with the murder. ... 'Stop up th' access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of Nature.' ... She acts like a woman with a warm heart and charm. ... Macbeth, who is reluctant about his wife's plans is questioned by her on a number of occasions about his manhood. ...

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