For Pauline it started before the murder was committed, it started when she began hanging out and falling in love with Juliette. Society also viewed these girls being in love as something that could be treated and believed it had to do with Pauline’s growing hate towards her mother. Pauline goes from being known as a girl who is polite and gets good grades to being a monster after the murder is committed. On the other hand Macbeth’s downfall began after he committed the first murder of Duncan, this of course being the first sign of his declining character and morals. Macbeth’s character continually worsens and by the time they find Lady Macbeth dead he says “I have almost forgot the taste of fears:/The time has been, my senses would have cool’d”(V, v, 10-11).
His wife then puts his conscience at ease. The wife was being immoral by persuading Macbeth to kill Duncan and trying to soften the blow of Duncan's death by reassuring her husband that everything was going to be all right. Macbeth was being immoral by actually killing King Duncan. Macbeth is already starting to feel guilty, but Lady Macbeth seems not to be affected, as of now. The second malicious decision chosen by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth was to have Banquo and his sons killed.
The actions of the nurse and the Friar are responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. From the very begging of Romeo and Juliet’s newfound love, the nurse is supportive and helpful with Juliet. The nurse was an influential adult to Juliet and knew that the Capulets planned for Paris and Juliet to be married. She should have known better and discouraged Juliet from seeing Romeo. Instead, the nurse acted as a messenger between Romeo and Juliet for information about the wedding (Act II, scene iv).
Friar Lawrence did have some responsibility in the deaths of the two lovers but as many can see, hastiness is by far guiltier than Friar Lawrence. Hastiness had a great influence on characters at various times throughout the play. First, Romeo and Juliet experienced an influence of hastiness when they first met each other and fell in love. “And touching hers, make blessed my rude hand./ Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!/ For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night/” (1.5.48-50).
Friar Lawrence then fled from the room to escape the police. When the Friar later returned, Juliet Montague had killed herself with a dagger. The Friar was earlier overheard saying: ‘Young Juliet is alive For whose dear sake though Wast but lately dead’ Juliet- ‘what if it be poison which the Friar Subtly hath ministered to have me dead’ Friar Lawrence had a reasonable motive in this case, as he did not approve of the marriage or Romeo and Juliet which could have resulted in the suicides being encouraged by Friar Lawrence. As shown in this report, several suspects could have been the cause of Romeo and Juliet’s suicides. As Friar Lawrence was the last person to see Juliet alive and gave Juliet the poison to make her sleep, he would be the person most responsible for the suicides of Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague.
The murder of Duncan proves to be difficult for Macbeth to come to terms with his guilt, but he does not feel such a great deal of remorse, once Lady Macbeth reassures him. After the murder of Duncan , Macbeth puts on an extravagant show for the nobles, so as not to place blame on him, for the murder. “O horror, horror, horror, / Tongue nor heart cannot conceive, nor name thee.” (2.3.59-60). If he is truly remorseful it would prove to be very difficult to put on such a façade. His lack of a guilty conscience allows for him to go on in denial and is able to clear his mind of any remorse.
She knows that these people are being hung on her part, yet the look on her face shows no remorse or guilt but rather satisfaction. Through the character of Abigail Williams, The Crucible has shown how the evils of jealousy and lust can ruin lives. Abigail becomes the antagonist of the play through her affair with John Proctor, the vengeance she wishes upon John’s wife, and the look of satisfaction on her face as nineteen innocent people have been killed, just like the lack of guilt of the man responsible for the kidnapping and raping of Elizabeth Smart. This story shows us the evils of jealousy and lust. Although they may not be as extreme as the hangings of nineteen people, these evils are still very apparent in today’s
However, I DO have some common sense. As an average, non-scholarly teenager, I would like to dissent against them and state that the only reason Othello murders his wife is none other than the fact that he was enraged about Desdemona’s infidelity. Now, what would be a reasonable explanation to kill your wife? Well, Othello killed his own wife because of her carnality for him of course! Or so what R. N Hallstead suggests in his literary criticism Idolatrous Love: A New Approach to Othello.
| Verbal irony, the difference between what is said and what is meant. (eg: sarcasm) | The first witch comments on Macbeth's forgetting to thank them: Witch - That this great king may kindly say our duties did his welcome pay. | Dramatic irony - when the audience knows more than the characters | The death of Macduff's wife, children and servants. When Ross first declares to Macduff that his family is "at peace," the audience already knows what happened. | Part Six: Foreshadowing – Select two examples of foreshadowing and make a prediction based on the lines The bloody battle in Act 1 | 1 foreshadows the bloody murders later on; | when Macbeth thinks he hears a voice while killing Duncan | foreshadows the insomnia that plagues Macbeth and his wife; | Macduff’s suspicions of Macbeth after Duncan’s murder | foreshadow his later opposition to Macbeth
(Mac 5.1. 38) The imaginary blood spots that behold Lady Macbeth's hands emphasize her intense feelings of remorse for the murder of Duncan. In the inception of the story, Lady Macbeth was dauntless and tranquil about the murder of Duncan. Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth, " tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy." (Mac 3.2.