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…In 1842 Ralph Waldo Emerson stated, “You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.” In The Tragedy of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, the audience sees Macbeth as a tragic hero. Macbeth is presented as a mature man…

…In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth alerts the audience to the quandary of knowing one's destiny and wanting to control the future. Through the setting, plot, and The setting helps demonstrate the theme in many ways. In act one…

…1) Early in Macbeth we see Lady Macbeth as the strong, rational, determined, ambitious, even ruthless woman ; on the other hand we see a more vacillating , fearful Macbeth. As the play progresses, we see both characters change. Discuss…

…In Macbeth, the witches seem to be confusing figures, they are portrayed as dark, eccentric, and strangely amusing creatures. It doesn’t seem that they have that much of an importance early on, but after finishing the story and truly comprehending, we…

…The most important chain of imagery used to add to the atmosphere is the imagery of darkness. In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the design of the witches, the guilt in Macbeth's soul, and the darkness of the night to establish the atmosphere. All of the great…

…It has been said that behind every good man there is a good woman supporting him. In the play Macbeth, the tragic hero Macbeth, is encouraged, supported and guided by his wife Lady Macbeth, but not out of love. Lady Macbeth is in fact…

…John Donne wrote the quote “ No man is an island”, to show that no person can go through life without others successfully. This quote can be related to William Shakespeare's tragedy MacBeth. The character MacBeth was loyal to the king and a great worrier…

…In Act I, Scene 1, of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the audience is finally introduced to Lady Macbeth. The audience learns a lot about the character of Lady Macbeth from her soliloquies in this scene. In her first soliloquy, it is revealed that Lady Macbeth…

…Writing Assignment – Macbeth As in most stories and plays, the main characters important to the plot change or develop throughout the course of the action, significantly affecting the outcome of the story. For example, in the play Macbeth…

…Lady Macbeth Is Worse Than Macbeth In my view, Lady Macbeth is far worse than Macbeth. Although they both think of murdering King Duncan as soon as they hear the witches’ prophecies, Macbeth thinks more about what he may or may not do, whereas Lady…