Macbeth is a play majorly concerned with the battle between good and evil - throughout the play we continually see signs of a supernatural struggle between the two, with evil 'winning' over good when Macbeth finally murders the king and also when good finally defeats evil when Macbeth is slain. ... When we first see her in Act I scene V her duplicity can be seen when she says, "Look like th'innocent flower but be the serpent under't"." ... Also in the same soliloquy in Act I, Scene V the language used is often connected to violence. ... The actions and words of Lady Macbet...

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Macbeth was ready to kill the king. ... The purpose of Macbeth's soliloquy in scene 7 of act 1 was to further characterize him. ... Macbeth is indecisive about killing Duncan. ... This conflict is seen many times in Act 1. ... Macbeth knows that Lady Macbeth wants him to kill the king, but deep down he knows that it is in the wrong thing to do. ...

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Lady Macbeth is his world. ... Macbeth: She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word "(Shakespeare, Act V, Scene V). ... When Macbeth arrives home, Lady Macbeth seems so enthusiastic to see him. ... Lady Macbeth: Your face, my thane, is as a book, where men may read strange matters:-To beguile the time, look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it (Shakespeare, Act 1, Scene III). She is telling him that his face can easily be read and that he needs to act like normal, but underne...

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• Grade Level: High School