Shakespeare uses a frightening spectacle to grip his audience. ... Shakespeare questions all that exists in this world and possible other worlds. ... He observes further that there are no stars, "their candles are out,"" and realize that Mac Beth has been granted his wish "Stars hide you fires -(I, iv, 50) and "Come thick night (I, v, 49). There is no doubt to the audience that there is something ominous in the air. ... But Mac Beth is overwhelmed with fear guilt and remorse "I am afraid t think what I have done;/hook won't again I done not- (50-51). ...

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This quote in William Shakespeare's play Henry IV (3.3.11) showcases one of the common themes in many of William Shakespeare's plays: the role of the villain. ... Shakespeare's timeless play, Hamlet, is a prime example of the origin of evil in most Shakespearean plays. ... After Duncan is murdered, his two sons, Malcolm and Donaldbain, fear that they are next to be murdered, so they flee to Ireland and England, which clears the line of succession to allow the Macbeths to become King and Queen of Scotland. ... (Moore, allshakespeare.com) It is very obvious that Lady Macbeth has...

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(Shakespeare II.2.41-42). ... (Shakespeare II.2.78-79). ... As he hears the scream within the castle, he reminds himself, "I have almost forgot the taste of fears. ... Shakespeare's Characters. ... [No date] 09 April 2002. ...

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Thus, the supernatural is a recurring aspect in many of Shakespeare's plays. ... One of Shakespeare's plays which deals the most with the supernatural is Macbeth. ... This apparition informs Macbeth that no man born from a woman can harm him. ... The ghost does not speak until Hamlet appears and only after Horatio has expressed his fears about Hamlet following the ghost, Horatio said, "What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, or to the dreadful summit of the cliff... Hamlet was then convinced of the ghost and no longer harbored any suspicion. ...

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"Macbeth" was written by William Shakespeare in 1606, during the reign of James I. ... Shakespeare then uses stichomythia. ... He fears that his conscience will never be clean of what he has done; this is portrayed by the blood on his hands, "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red." ... By emphasising and combining each one of these aspects, Shakespeare brings in dramatic tension. ...

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When arrived in England, he still showed almost no interest in the matter at all. ... (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/2891/witches.html) Shakespeare's Macbeth, most likely written in 1606, early in James reign, openly echoes James's close relationship with Shakespeare. James was a patron of Shakespeare's acting company. In concentrating on Macbeth, a character from Scottish history, Shakespeare honored his king's Scottish ancestry. ... He begins his reign wracked with guilt and fear and soon becomes a tyrannical ruler, as he is forced to commit more and more mu...

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The character of Macbeth created by William Shakespeare demonstrates many of the qualities that Aristotle believed a tragic hero should possess. ... This generates fear within the audience as they realise that everyone makes mistakes and the audience can recognise their ability to commit the same errors. ... "I"ll go no more: I am afraid to think what I have done; look on "t again I dare not." ... "Then live, Macduff: what need I fear of thee?" ... Macbeth written by the playwright William Shakespeare is a perfect example of many of Aristotle's theories on what constitutes a true tragedy....

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William Shakespeare, the playwright of both Hamlet and MacBeth, conveys a theme of deceit, revenge and death throughout both plays. ... The play gives no indication that the characters are learning from this, that killing caused by revenge leads into more revenge and death. ... Shakespeare also shows how all these deaths and deceit begin to affect Macbeth and Lady MacBeth as the play continues. ... The real reason Macbeth is killing is because of fear and his need for self-protection"(Campbell 213). ... One of the themes Shakespeare conveys is that the characters of these tragedies does no...

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Both Shakespeare and Sophocles clearly attack the conventional patriarchal biases that women are associated with tenderness and love. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth serves as a complete counterexample against those biases. ... Once again, in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth serves as a radical counterexample disproving this bias. ... "Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. ... Lady Macbeth will by no means follow her husband. ...

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Shakespeare wrote over thirty plays, and none more popular than "Macbeth." ... No character in any of Shakespeare's plays undergoes such a radical change as that which transforms Lady Macbeth from a nearly superhuman character in the first act of Macbeth into a sleep-walking zombie at the start of the fifth and final act in the play. ... Shakespeare often used this to show something significant was about to happen. ... One of Shakespeare's techniques in "Macbeth" was inversion. ... She does not truly want to be rid of Duncan's blood itself, but rather the fear and guilt that...

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In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, symbolism and imagery are both widely used in illustrating the overall theme of murder. Throughout the play, Shakespeare depicts various types of symbolism and imagery that leads to the downfall of the protagonist, Macbeth. ... ", symbolizes Lady Macbeth's fear of darkness and or evil. ... Finally, at the end of the banquet scene, Macbeth confesses that he is "in blood, stepped in so far that, should wade no more, returning as tedious as to go o"er." ... Finally, Shakespeare also uses the imagery of animals as well. ...

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The detection was an issue, which also lead to the fear of Banquo's honesty. He feared Banquo would tell about Macbeth if he detected anything. ... She has no difficulty in hiding her real thoughts. ... Shakespeare's graphic and vulgar use of language for lady Macbeth would have made the audience appalled and sickened. ... Shakespeare makes the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth very much as a linked pair. ...

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Shakespeare makes Macbeth's character change to show how evil can take control and manipulate a person to cause pain to the surrounding environment. ... , and "Amen" the other,/ Listening their fear, I could not say "Amen",/ When they did say God Bless us!" ... (5.3.76) As a result, Macbeth has no one to share his thoughts with, no son to pas on his crown to, and no honor in himself. By allowing his fears and doubts to control him, Macbeth isolates himself from every good aspect that should accompany a man at old age. ... Shakespeare emphasizes that human beings are born with flaws a...

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The play "Macbeth" was written by William Shakespeare in the Jacobean era. ... The first encounter we have with Lady Macbeth is when she is reading her husband's letter about the witches' prophecies, and then her reaction to the letter: "do I fear thy nature,"to catch the nearest way."" ... If she were the embodiment of evil, she would need no help at all in having the gall to commit regicide. ... Also, to be inspired violence is a very common reaction to large amounts of alcohol, so that fact is no use in proving her complete darkness. ... This is left to the discretion of the a...

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Shakespeare's Macbeth shows how the three traits can lead to a nasty end. ... ...No, this my hand will rather/The multitudinous seas incarnadine,Making the green one red.... Macbeth fears prosecution, which turns him into his crippled form. ... Macbeth shall sleep no more.... His delusions of persecution no longer allow him to sleep. ...

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This is an unfortunate theme in "Macbeth", one of William Shakespeare's most famous tragedies. ... "With the valor of her tongue, " she encourages him with her advice to carry out this act without fear. Many scholars of Shakespeare's work have suggested that Lady Macbeth is the one true character of evil. ... Women of that time had no rights, especially political. ... (3.2 5-7) "Macbeth" is one of William Shakespeare's greatest tragic stories of all time. ...

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Macbeth Imagery In all of Shakespeare's plays he uses many forms of imagery. ... In the play "Macbeth", Shakespeare applies the many images, most of which are of clothing, blood and darkness. ... Shakespeare shows what a man consumed by darkness can do to an entire kingdom and himself. ... It also shows his fear about killing Duncan, because his mind is playing tricks on him. ... Thy bone are marrow less, thy blood is cold; thou has no speculation in those eyes" (III, iv, 93-97). ...

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In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, these questions arise. ... Although there is only success with Banquo's murder, Macbeth is now involved so deeply that there is no turning back. ... [I am] in blood stepped in so far that, should [I] wade no more-(3.4.166-167). It seems as though he no longer fears the fact that he is murdering innocent people. " I have forgot the taste of fears. ... "[It] is the very painting of [his] fear. ...

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Macbeth is disgusted by his thoughts and says that there are no other thoughts as bad. ... He shows the audience, who at the time of Shakespeare would?... Whose being I do fear; and under him, my genius is rebuk?... Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinaine I cannot taint with fear.? ... The spirits that know, all mortal consequences have pronounced me thus: fear not Macbeth; No man that's born of woman shall e?...

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Macbeth, the main character of William Shakespeare's famous tragedy, was a victim of his hallucinations. ... "Methought I heard a voice cry, 'Sleep no more! ... "Still it cried, 'Sleep no more!' ... 'Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more.'...

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In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth are both examples of tragic heroes who possess a tragic flaw. ... His actions have brought no harm to him nor to the other characters of the play. ... Macbeth ignores the first prophecy, favoring the last two, which promise him safety, saying, "live, Macduff; what need I fear of thee?" ... Lady Macbeth's repression of her emotions also comes out strongly in the second scene of the second act, when she deliberately becomes intoxicated to alleviate her guilt and fear of helping to kill Duncan. ... In this way, Shakespeare demo...

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Unknown Forces of Fate In the Play, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, the main character Macbeth is powerless against the final outcome of his life. ... Secondly, Macbeth's fear of others suspicions about the murder of Duncan, leads to the murder of Macduff's family, and Banquo. ... Even if his sot of revolution wins, which it usually does, he is no better off, for he knows too well the signs of Envy not to be aware of the glint in the younger comrades" eyes; and he begins to envy his former security... Augustine) In the Play, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare...

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In reading Shakespeare''s well-known play, Macbeth, one will always notice the many influences that Macbeth encounters before his downfall. ... Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings. ... Thou shalt not live, That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of thunder... He has found protection in the strength of the spirit''s words and having possession of all the confidence in the world, he fears no one. ... Macbeth becomes nervous, because remembering the apparition, he knows that at this point, he has something to fear. ...

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Throughout the three stories of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Anthem by Ayn Rand and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, many of these truths are brought to light. ... Anthem is a book which explores the deep complexities of ruling a communist society in which the world individualism and ego do no exist. ... They also show that a government should not be run by fear and the elimination of freedom. ... They have told him that no "woman-born " man can harm him. ... Bowles rejects Montag's "poetry lesson," the fireman can restrain himself no longer. ...

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Back in Shakespeare's time, it was thought that only men are capable of murder and are filled with enough cruelty to do so. ... He says how he heard a voice say, "Sleep no more! ... She shows absolutely no guilt or remorse. ... 'Tis the eye of childhood/ That fears a painted devil. ... Lady Macbeth is arguably the most ambitious women in all of Shakespeare's works. ...

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