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- 9281: Macbeth - Tragedy
- ... causes shall give way. I am in blood/ Stepped so far that, should I wade no more,/ Returning were as tedious as go o'er." The character in a perfect tragedy should also be of high status. That is true of Macbeth throughout the length of the play; his status never really drops because he ascends from being Thane of Glamis to Thane of Cawdor and finally, to King of Scotland ...
- 9282: Macbeth - Supernatural And Spirits
- ... assured that he will not be harm by anyone. The third apparition is a child crowned with a tree in his hand tells Macbeth that "Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him." It says that Macbeth will never be defeated until ‘Great Birnam Wood’ moves against the castle at Dunsinane. "That will never be, who can impress the forest…sweet bodements ...
- 9283: Macbeth - Lady Macbeth: A Woman Before Her Time
- ... is only disillusionment - the different aspect shown by the accomplished deed - and are we to infer that even in Lady Macbeth, an originally gentle and womanly nature had been worked up to a concentration and high tension which could not endure for long." (Shakespeare Criticism- Freud on the Macbeths). Lady Macbeth is a powerful character who goes from a rise to power to a fall of mental illness brought on by ...
- 9284: Macbeth - Influence Of Characters On Macbeth
- ... scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth." (Act 4, Scene 1, Lines 90-91). The third apparition tells him "Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him." Each of these prophecies is also fulfilled in the course of the book, but they are incredibly misleading. This is done purposefully by the witches for the sake of ...
- 9285: Macbeth - Independence And Failure
- ... hand, feels independence is to not be subordinate to others like the king. To be independent, one must be strong. Inner strength, not physical strength, is needed. Inner strength is only accomplished by having a high self-esteem. Macbeth does not and must use others to reach for independence. Macbeth needs this strength: It [Macbeth] hurls a universe against a man, and if the universe that strikes is more impressive than ...
- 9286: Macbeth - Imagery
- ... the literary significance of these occurrences is great. Ironically, both examples of the sun, as light imagery, occur when the ‘good’ king approaches Macbeth’s castle. When Duncan approaches Inverness, Macbeth is still held in high esteem by Scotland, "for we love him[Macbeth] highly" ( I, VII, 29). Nevertheless, when Malcolm, son of Duncan, approaches Dunsinane, Macbeth is not loved in Scotland, "those he commands move only in command, / nothing in ...
- 9287: Macbeth - Downfall Of Macbeth
- ... faith in the witches' words. Later on, the apparitions, called by the witches, influence Macbeth by making him believe he is invincible. "Rebellion's head, rise never, till the wood / Of Birnam rise, and our high-placed Macbeth / Shall live the lease of nature, pay his breath / To time, and mortal custom." (IV, i. 106-109). Lady Macbeth is a second major influence on Macbeth. As soon as Lady Macbeth learns ...
- 9288: Macbeth - Downfall Of Lady Macbeth
- ... Come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What’s done can-not be undone [regret]. To bed, to bed, to bed. [IV.i.31-69] All of this guilt and stress mounted up so high, that it was eventually too much for her. She found the pressure overwhelming and much too painful that she couldn’t manage it. The easy way out was to commit suicide, not facing the music ...
- 9289: King Lear - Imprisonment
- ... physical imprisonment. "Poor fool and knave, I have one part in my heart/That’s sorry yet for thee," in this line Lear acknowledges his fool and faithful servant, while these people are not as high on The Great Chain of Being, he understands that it does not matter. Through his suffering and stripping down on the heath he comes to comprehend that men without they’re title are merely men ...
- 9290: King Lear
- ... is the feeling of fear in the play as well, that makes men see how blind they are not knowing when fortune or something else would be on them. The hero must be of a high status on the chain and the hero also possesses a tragic flaw that initiates the tragedy. The fall of the hero is not felt by him alone but creates a chain reaction which affects everything ...
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