By posing many questions to the murderers, Macbeth is helping to persuade them. A question can substitute for a request, and while a listener is searching for an answer, the speakers can give his own answer to the question. The listener (the murderers) is more likely to accept it than if it were given as an assertion. Lastly, most of Macbeth’s questions also have suggestions in them. By posing many questions to the murderers, Macbeth is helping to persuade them.
Despite Duncan’s major flaw of over-trusting certain individuals, he was definitely a good king. If he wanted something done, is will to be a successful king drove him to accomplish the task. He strived for excellence throughout his appearance in the play, and he was able to put together a militia that squashed a rebellion. If Duncan was not the king of
This new language seems to show the sincerity of the king and his part of humanity he didn't show before. At the beginning, Richard believes that his speech is power, and language is powerful in the political sense. Later, once Richard is no longer king and his words don't have any political power, he manages to make language powerful in a different sense: his words are more moving and poetic. But does the audience feel sympathy for Richard as he changes? Act I is very important to set the play and the situation.
He/she should also make reasonable decisions that are safe and beneficial to his/her group. However, Beowulf fails to do so, because, in his big head, he thinks that he is invincible. At one point, Beowulf says, “… [his] hands /alone shall fight for [him]” (Lines 267/268), insisting that his bare strength alone is equivalent, if not superior, to Grendal’s monstrous abilities. Beowulf exhibits this insensible trait again when he claimed that he would “use no sword, no weapon…” (630) when he approaches Grendal’s malicious mother. By acting so irrationally, Beowulf not only puts himself at risk, but also his entourage in danger.
But when I myself read “Othello” for the first time, I saw Iago as an expert at judging people and their characters and it really shone how he used them to his advantages. And yes I know that the play is titled “Othello” and he has the fatal flaw and his self-absorption, and I can see why others view him as the main cause of his own fall but it never necessarily occurred to me to view the play in any other way than with Iago as the leading villain. I: Yes I completely understand where you’re coming from with that. Especially with the power of Iago’s soliloquies throughout the play, I felt that they were so strong so that the audience could see the true feelings he has for other characters and his motives for his actions throughout the play. And your technique of having Brannagh look
We know that Macbeth isn’t afraid of the witches as he wants to know about them: “Speak if you can: what are you?” Then we know that he is curious to find out more about their prophetic views on him as he says: “Stay, you imperfect speakers. Tell me more...Speak, I charge you.” This shows that Macbeth has become immediately fascinated by what they say and he commands them to tell him more, he yearns for them to speak further. This is evidence that Macbeth had already lost some peace of mind from the beginning of the play, as he’s power-hungry and as he’s thinking over becoming King, the thought of regicide has crossed over his mind; which is not normal. When Lady Macbeth receives the letter, from Macbeth explaining about the witches, Lady Macbeth gives up everything for him in her soliloquy. She begs the devil to fill her womb, so she will be stripped of her femininity.
In contrast, the opening scene of Revenger’s Tragedy appears much more focused and accessible in comparison with Shakespeare's complex opening scene. It is soon clear to the audience that Vindice will play a central role in the play since we are quickly bombarded with his thoughts and opinions. Here, there is no room for complexity. Vindice labels himself avenger for his wife’s death - the ‘old duke poisoned’ her. Very little ambiguity is found within this verse, as Vindice’s motive is clear: revenge.
In part of the play, Macbeth even admits to his ambition, "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, and falls on the other." As a result, many decisions were influenced negatively. His choice to kill the king was made too quickly, and had begun the snowballing effect of killing innocent people. After the witches had told Macbeth the four apparitions, he felt as though Banquo needed to be killed, since he was in the way of Macbeths becoming king. Other Characters in the play greatly influenced Macbeth.
Many feel that from all of Machiavelli’s passages Macbeth would best fit into the category “Of those who by their crime come to be prince.” But it is the category “Of new princedoms acquired by the aid of others and by good fortune that helps best describe Macbeth. One of the most controversial topics in Macbeth is whether Macbeth’s actions were based on fate or freewill. This topic is slightly addressed in Machiavelli’s passage. The Duke of Valentino is quite similar to Macbeth they are both willing to do anything for the thrown. In Machiavelli’s passage he writes about people who have become king through “the aid of others/ good fortune” He shows that some people’s need for power is so intense that they would be willing to do just about anything to gain that power, even if it meant killing many people.
Macbeth enters the scene and immediately demands that they (the witches) answer his questions (lines 49-60), he does not ask it of them, nor does he beg, nor is he humble; he is commanding, without fear and doubt. This shows his transformation into his own ‘man’, it is started with Macbeth’s edging out of Lady Macbeth (Act 3 Scene 2); this is the end of that transformation. He no longer needs his wife’s validation and support, he believes that he is protecting his wife, as a man should, by doing the evil deeds himself, and is also starting to handle the affairs of the house (killing Banquo, treating with the witches). Macbeth acts alone and in doing so finds that he is powerful, he essentially becomes drunk on the feeling of power taken from killing Banquo by his own scheming and becomes much more confident in himself. This new-found confidence and lack of self-doubt allows Macbeth to make decisions that are final, therefore allowing speedy advancement of the plot.