In the beginning of the play, Macbeth doesnt seem evil in anyway. ... Macbeth murdered several people during the course of the play. ... However we also dont sympathise with Macbeth during a lot of the play. ... The witches play a big part in Macbeths transformation from brave and herioc to evil tyrant. ... Knowing that Macbeth could have been king and not been faced with the dilemas he had to, makes you feel sorry for Macbeth throughout the play. ...

• Word Count: 988
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In Shakespeare's play Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is the main influence in Macbeth's life. In the beginning of the play, when the witches tell Macbeth of his promising future, Lady Macbeth is the first person he writes to. ... Once Lady Macbeth brainwashes Macbeth into murdering the king, she begins to plan the murder. ... Once the king arrives at Macbeth's castle, Lady Macbeth does what she told her husband to do. ... At the time when Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth that there is a change of plans, she uses a very smart tactic in trying to pursuade Macbeth. ...

• Word Count: 498
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In Macbeth, Macbeth is faced with many serious choices. ... I think that this entire play seems to be asking whether or not justice is correct. ... Also, later on in the play Macduff leads an attack on Macbeth's castle, which results in Macbeth's death. Macduff commits the same crime in this instance that Macbeth committed many times earlier in the play, but Macduff murdering Macbeth is simply viewed as justice due to Macbeth's own crimes. ... And throughout the work of Macbeth, Shakespeare successfully includes the theme of justice for Macbeth, as Macbeth's life is taken ...

• Word Count: 558
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• Grade Level: High School

Changes in the Characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Over the course of the play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth significantly change with respect to their characters and their personalities. ... Her strength inspires him at the beginning of the play, but after he realizes his actions he persists with his bloody path. ... At this part in the play she exerts ample power over Macbeth calling him a coward and demonstrating just how determined she is for her husband. ... Lady Macbeth remains in control as the play continues and is able to control crises well, which is exemplified during the ...

• Word Count: 389
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In a play that is abundant in evil occurrences, Lady Macbeth is the overriding source of evil in the first act. Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to kill Duncan, despite Macbeth listing reasons against the murder. ... She is ruthless, and her evil accounts for the murders that occur throughout the play Macbeth. ... This is the first humane feeling that we see from Lady Macbeth in the play. ... Lady Macbeth's desires rely on Macbeth's murders. ...

• Word Count: 888
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In the play "Macbeth," one of Shakespeare's greatest literary works, similar themes are woven throughout the plot of each character's storyline. Macduff and Macbeth are no exception. ... Through the play, the audience begins to see Macbeth's flaws take root and grow to the point where most of his positive traits are smothered. ... Macbeth becomes tyrannical and evil, a glaring, polar opposite of who he seemed to be at the outset of the play. ... They are also similar through the respect they both received from others and this was shown at the beginning of the play ...

• Word Count: 580
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• Grade Level: High School

"To say ''Macbeth is ambition," is to say nothing. Macbeth is hunger. ... One such example is the murder of Macbeth's best friend, Banquo. Banquo and Macbeth were friends since the beginning of the play. "Banquo and Macbeth, all hail!" ...

• Word Count: 488
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• Grade Level: High School

In the play "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is driven into a murderous rampage so that he may become king. ... At the beginning of the play, Macbeth does indeed have the ambition to kill King Duncan. ... Later on in the play, Lady Macbeth does end up turning quite mad. ... Macbeth had been corrupted. ... To summarize, I think that it was mostly Lady Macbeth's fault that Macbeth went out and murdered so many people. ...

• Word Count: 878
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Macbeth throughout the play murders several people, these murders are motivated mainly by two things: Macbeth himself, who he is and what he implies, and Lady Macbeth, who manipulates Macbeth's weak personality to accomplish the assassinations. ... When King Duncan names Macbeth Thane of Cawdor showing gratitude for everything he had done, Macbeth begins to become a nemesis, yearning to be more than just the Thane of Crawdor. ... When Macbeth kills the king he is giving his soul, his life, to evil. ... The interest of Macbeth in being safe with his secret, the murder, also takes him to mu...

• Word Count: 616
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Some of the many comparisons of Oedipus and Macbeth are that both plays were written from two of the greatest play writers of all time, Sophocles and Shakespeare. ... Both plays give a good lesson in irony and morals. ... Tragic irony is another similar theme in both plays. ... Macbeth carries so much guilt from his murder of Duncan that he thinks his life is just a play in which actors dance around. ... The plays of Oedipus and Macbeth both carry great meaning involving morals. ...

• Word Count: 795
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth becomes king after murdering the king before him, King Duncan. ... Macbeth is guilty for murder. ... Macbeth kills King Duncan because that was the only way Macbeth could become the next king. ... Macbeth also think that the murder of King Duncan would lead him to success, which that would be that Macbeth would become king. ... So Macbeth basically frames the two servants. ...

• Word Count: 945
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School