This reveals that Macbeth started out in lightness, however, the king's presence in his home provokes Macbeth's intentions when he hopes, "[s]tars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires" (1.4.57-58). ... On the outside Macbeth appears like an honorable man yet he is already changing; he allows the darkness in him to overtake the good, because his desire for power is too strong for him to subdue. ... He is subconsciously losing his awareness of reality, and becomes more and more paranoid due to his hunger for power. Macbeths desires is so strong, it ha...

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Her beauty tied together with a future filled with her fathers wealth makes Portia one of the most desired bachelorettes in Venice/ Belmont. ... " (Act 1 Scene 2 Line 22) Portia desires the power to choose who she marries. ... Portia desires to marry Bassanio; she wants to make sure he chooses the correct box. ... Portia gives Bassanio the answer to the casket riddle subconsciously to ensure he chooses the lead casket and she gets what she wants. ...

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He begins to ponder the idea of being king while Banquo dismisses the witches.Lady Macbeth influence on him is big, that it has a subconscious effect on Macbeth. ... Then when he asks Lady Macbeth if Duncan has asked for him ,he says "we will proceed no further" but Lady Macbeth asks Duncan if he is "afeard" or if "art in desire" of his to kill Duncan. ... There had to be some desire to be king inside him that would make him kill. ...

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Elizabethan audiences were under the rule of a king who enforced this theory very strongly and it can be questioned whether it is a possible subconscious teaching to the audience, maybe in the hope that they would never try something as violating as this. ... Lady MacBeth's desire to unsex herself to attain masculine power is evidence of a female character challenging the traditional gender stereotypes of the time. ...

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He sets a series of heinous crimes to achieve his unfathomable desires. ... Iago's insecurities formed by his subconscious moral can be the main reason that motivates him to cause destruction towards people around him. ... The same hatred is also be in how he treats woman as sexual objects that are meant to satisfy women desires and nothing else. ...

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"Lady Macbeth is the embodiment of evil and we are not meant to feel any sympathy for her."" Discuss this statement with reference to the play. The play "Macbeth" was written by William Shakespeare in the Jacobean era. Judging by the plays themes of Scottish monarchy, loyalty to the crown and...

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By conquering the female warrior and marrying her, he fulfills his need for the exclusive love of a woman while satisfying his homoerotic desires. Close bonding fulfills this homoerotic desire with a male companion, such as Demetrius and Egeus. ... She lingers my desires" (McIntosh 1-3). ...

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