Macbeth

Macbeth, as a play, is propelled forward through the Macbeths' ambition and their heinous acts formed through it. The play revolves around their actions to achieve their ambitious dreams of Kingship &…

The death of King Duncan, we know who is responsible, but who is to blame? In the story Macbeth by Shakespeare, Macbeth is told two prophecies by three witches. One, he will become Thane of Cawdor, tw…

Power is a necessity for many people, so much it can drive a person to do the unthinkable. The tragedy of Macbeth is a play regarding his wife, and three evil sisters who rely on spells and potions …

Fate is the power one has to control what happens in their life. In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth is affected by the three witches, Lady Macbeth's pressure, and his own fate, all of which lea…

In the Elizabethan world view, society was heavily instructed to follow the divine right of kings in which it entails the belief of god choosing a person who is meant to be a king therefore, carrying …

Many of the best pieces of literature contain characters with flaws. Macbeth is no stranger to characters with flaws, in fact almost every character in the play has a major flaw. Macbeth and Lady Macb…

"There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman." \- Margaret Fuller Macbeth by William Shakespeare highlights various topics, one of which is masculinity and femininity, still valid toda…

A tragic hero is a protagonist in a tragedy, usually the main character, who demonstrates heroic qualities that make them virtuous and earn the audience's sympathy. In many of Shakespeare's tragedies,…

In Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', ambition is the main force that drives Macbeth throughout the play. It motivates him to become King but is the cause of his inevitable downfall, it is his hamartia. Ambitio…

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the witches play an extremely important role. The witches brought a supernatural element to the play. This is very important, because the people of the Eliz…

Because we want to be good, we worry about making the wrong decisions like Macbeth or the right decisions like Macduff, the uncertainty of your future should give you huge stress. A human's present de…

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, imagery is used to set a tone of passage, contrast to irony scenes, and help to display characters. Shakespeare applies the importance of imagery in the way…

Oedipus Rex and Macbeth mix imagery with prophecies throughout both stories. Oedipus Rex, a Greek tragedy that tells the story of Oedipus the King of Thebes. Oedipus who killed his father and married …

The story of Macbeth is one of valor and it's corruption. Macbeth was a man of bravery and nobility until twisted by the Witches prophecy. He sought out the crown through greed, and, with his wife, ki…

The dagger represents Macbeths fate vs. freewill because Macbeth had a choice to take his fate into his hands or let his life take its path. In the play Shakespeare shows the dagger as the bloody cour…

Ambition is a lust that is never satisfied, but rather grows more until it consumes the individual who seeks it, in Shakespeare's play, 'Macbeth', we as the audience witness "brave" Macbeth's sudden f…

The story of Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most popular and tragic pieces. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have a lot of similarities but they are very different in some ways. The once courageous Macb…

The character Macbeth is shown as a strong soldier who is loyal to the King in the beginning of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, but he is corrupted by the witches' prophecies and his and Lady Macb…

Throughout the play 'Macbeth', Shakespeare uses a variety of language to demonstrate the themes of strength and weakness and persuasion. One example of this is the scene in which Lady Macbeth convince…

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare Macbeth is a tragic hero and his own actions lead to his downfall. He is responsible for his own tragedy because of the murders he committed, his ambition an…

In Shakespeare's play, Macbeth's Banquo is a perfect foil to Macbeth. Banquo is the complete opposite of Macbeth. Macbeth is greedy, untrustworthy, a backstabber, and not loyal while Banquo is seen as…

In the world of Shakespeare Macbeth plays the role of both the villain to society and hero to the reader or watcher. Macbeth continuously lives his life easily influenced and manipulated to commit act…

There's no play written by William Shakespeare that doesn't have a relationship with love of any kind. These plays generally end happily, but the relationship that holds this significant function, tha…