Macbeth Coursework Essay Throughout Shakespeare's "Macbeth," the main character, Macbeth, is conveyed both as a tragic hero and as an evil tyrant. ... It is Lady Macbeth's pressure that causes Macbeth to commit the murder. ... If not for his partner I do not think that Macbeth would have committed regicide, but at the same time I do not believe that Lady Macbeth is completely to blame for Macbeth's downfall. ... Shakespeare uses a dramatic device just after Macbeth decides not to kill Duncan by adding a scene where Lady Macbeth enters straightaway to change Macbeth's dec...

• Word Count: 3194
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Macbeth Discuss the character and relationship of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, up to the time when Duncan's death's discovered. ... This was Macbeth's current title. ... Angus confirms with Macbeth that the current Thane of Cawdor is to be killed because of his loss to Macbeth in the battle. ... Macbeth is shocked to learn that Lady Macbeth is planning to kill Duncan this very night and at how straightforward she puts it to him, and Lady Macbeth notices this on his face. ... The couple's relationship is really brought out and Lady Macbeth fully persuades Macbeth to c...

• Word Count: 2837
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Lenox tells Macbeth that his "young remembrance cannot parallel/ A fellow to it" (II.iii.58-59). ... In fact, even Macbeth himself agrees that " "T was a rough night" (II.iii.57). ... This quality of theirs is further demonstrated through the influence that they hold on Macbeth. ... Had the witches never spoken to Macbeth about his future, he and his wife never would have got into their heads the idea that Macbeth may one day be king, and thus would not have murdered Duncan. ... Close to the characters of the witches is that of Lady Macbeth. ...

• Word Count: 2650
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School