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William Shakespeare 's ' Macbeth '

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Ms. Pareja ENG3UO 21st May 16 Macbeth Essay The way that we distinguish things is usually based upon miscalculation that seem to mask the reality. The tragic story of Shakespeare’s Macbeth shows that the exterior appearance of anyone may be false. Macbeth is portrayed as an honest, loyal and a brave subject. The witches play the major part towards Macbeths downfall and Lady Macbeth plays the most part. At the beginning we see that Macbeth is portrayed as the most loyal and noble kinsman that Scotland has ever seen. He has been rewarded as the ‘Thane of Cawdor’. As Soldier says “For brave Macbeth—well he deserves that name— Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel, which smoked with bloody execution, like …show more content…

Witches seemed to have prolonged appetite to create mishaps. We don’t know for sure but we clearly know that the witches were planting seeds for another civil war. No matter how noble a person might be there’s always one thing one might want. In this case Macbeth was ambitiously triggered to become the King of Scotland. The witches have a mixed negative conspiracy mindset and they also cannot be ignored since Macbeth starts to gain hope. Macbeth denies to take any negative step to become the king of Scotland. As he says “If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, without my stir.” (I.III.7) Readers identify that Macbeth plays a very loyal role until this point where he condemns to such actions that might create any negative conflicts. Some of the readers might pity Macbeth since he himself doesn’t know where he’ll end up, for the most part we all know that it wouldn’t be good. We see this as a rise for Macbeth since he refuses to be a part of any actions that may harm another individual. After he speaks with Lady Macbeth he gets influenced and agrees to kill King Duncan out of ambition and greed. As Lady Macbeth influences “I have given suck, and know How tender ‘tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, How pluck’d my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash’d the brains out, had I so sworn As you would have done to this” (I.VII.59) Throughout the novel we see Lady Macbeth playing the part of the major

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