This happened more than once in the play Macbeth, and here is one example of a quote from lady Macbeth to Macbeth; "art thou afeared to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou desire? Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life. and live a coward in thine own esteem, letting I dare not wait upon I would , like the poor cat I' the adage." ... Macbeth chose to kill his own king in the hope that he could further himself in the world at someone slse's expense. ...

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She says, "Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire? Wouldst thou has that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem?" ... Thus, she pressures him to commit the act for murder for her own sake and is aware of his ambition to claim the throne. Even though Macbeth knows what is morally right, his own greed and ambition take control over his conscience. ...

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In Act 1, Lady Macbeth states, "That I may pour my spirits in thine ear" (1.5.25), meaning that she wants to use her evil influence to convince Macbeth to act against Duncan. ... She primarily pushes him to do that which he would not be able to do on his own. ... At one point when Macbeth is disagreeing with her plan of killing Duncan, she puts into doubt his manliness, "Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art in desire? ... Through the ambitions of his wife, the witches' predictions and also his ambition, he has caused his own downfall and demise. ... Macbet...

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Lady Macbeth influenced Macbeth in his decision to kill Duncan, the witches influenced him to become king, and his own conscience influenced himself to go through with killing others that had suspicions of him or his plans. ... "Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," like the poor cat t" the" adage?" ... If charnel houses and our graves must send those that we bury back, our monuments shall be the mows of kites." (3.4.69-73) In this story, Macbeth, in a way, does not make his dec...

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When she finds out that Macbeth does not want to do it either, she calls him a coward: Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valor As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting I dare not" wait upon I would, " Like the poor cat i' the adage? ...

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William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" exposes many evil explicit themes. First, The theme of temptation is an apparent theme. The witches create temptation by giving Macbeth the prophecies. At first Macbeth acknowledges that killing the king would create "deep damnation." However, Macbeth suc...

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Lady Macbeth does this by calling him a coward and says that he is not the man she thought he was "And live a coward in thine own esteem, letting I dare mot wait upon I would". ... In conclusion to this essay I feel that Lady Macbeth is a person who is kind, thoughtful and has natural feelings to unnatural things even if it is at her own expense. ...

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Lennox gives an example of this when he claims, ["Those of his chamber, as it seemed had done't: their hands and faces were all badged with blood; so were their daggers- (Macbeth II, 3, 359)] Lennox tries to explain how he believes the king was killed by his own men. ... She dictates to Macbeth saying, ["Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor is thou art in desire?" ...

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The doctor tells Macbeth, "As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies- (V. iii. 8) proving to Macbeth that his wife's guilt has consumed her, and Macbeth now knows his own fate shall not be too different. ... Macbeth's guilt is evident when he states, "But get thee back, my soul is too much charg'd with blood of thine already." ...

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She Expects Macbeth to follow her orders, but when he becomes indecisive about killing the king she labels him a coward when she says, Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire (Act one, scene 7, line 35 onwards). ...

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In the beginning, when Macbeth still depicts his sensitivity and morality, Lady's Macbeth almost forces Macbeth to do the deed calling him a "coward in thine own esteem", mocking him saying, "you durst do it then you were a man," and comparing him to "a baby that milks me." ...

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In the play, "Macbeth," animal imagery is an important device used to bring light to change. For example, the chain of being is mentioned many times throughout the play, and is used to emphasize the rising action reaching the climax. In the first battle, when the soldier is explaining the outcome o...

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We see her as she analyses his virtues and weaknesses and decides to overcome his scruples, "hie thee hither That I may pour my spirits at thine ear" Is there any evidence here as to why she wishes him to be king? Overcome By Ambition - When she calls on the powers of evil to unsex her and make her cruel, does this imply that she fears her own womanliness and realises the unnaturalness of the murder of Duncan? ...

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MacBeth A tragedy is a literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw and a moral weakness. William Shakespeare's Macbeth is an example of such work. In this drama we discover that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are, i...

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At one point of the play, Lady Macbeth goes as far as to reject her own gender. ... When Macbeth is afraid to,"proceed no further in this business (I, VII, 32)," Lady Macbeth does not hesitate to call him a,"coward in thine own esteem (I, VI, 43)." ... Instead, Macbeth chose to not follow his own intuition and ended up dead....

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Macbeth starts off as a humble man and a savior of his native land Scotland After returning from a heroic victory, Ross, a noble Thane, describes what a significant officer Macbeth is for his kingdom: "The king hath happily received, Macbeth, The news of thy success; and when he reads Thy personal venture in the rebel's fight, His wonders and his praises do contend Which should be thine or his. ... Macbeth saw how the only way he could become king, was alternatively taking his own path away from that of God [betraying God, who wrote that his destiny was not to become a king], wit...

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Macbeth starts off as a humble man and a savior of his native land Scotland After returning from a heroic victory, Ross, a noble Thane, describes what a significant officer Macbeth is for his kingdom: "The king hath happily received, Macbeth, The news of thy success; and when he reads Thy personal venture in the rebel's fight, His wonders and his praises do contend Which should be thine or his. ... Macbeth saw how the only way he could become king, was alternatively taking his own path away from that of God [betraying God, who wrote that his destiny was not to become a king], wit...

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She says, " Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life,/And live a coward in thine own esteem,/ Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," /Like the poor cat i" th" adage(1.7.42-45). ... In conclusion, Macbeth is responsible for his own destiny. ...

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When Lady Macbeth ask him "live a coward in thine own esteem" I think he gets very annoyed this is shown by his reaction "I dare do all that may become a man" and after Lady Macbeth's has said that she has "given suck" and it would make Macbeth "more than what he is" if he killed Duncan. ... He decided his own course of action. ...

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In line 24 Lady Macbeth says, "That I may pour my spirits in thine ear." ... Her insights into Macbeth's nature seem to be supported by his own asides because his asides show him to be very indecisive and confused. ... In other words, she would not hesitate to kill her own child for a greater cause. ...

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