One of the main ideas Shakespeare tried to pursue was betrayal. “Look like the innocent flower /But be the serpent under it.” (Macbeth I, IV, 65-66) This quote can be used to describe the role of the characters in this play. Deceiving means to cause to believe what is not true; mislead. The Witches, Lady Macbeth, and Macbeth, play a big part with misleading others throughout the play. When Shakespeare wrote the play Macbeth he showed that being dishonest and misleading will bring you nothing in life but
Due to this unrestrained burst of ambition, Macbeth turns to darkness and he begins to act on his thoughts even though when Banquo asks if he ever thinks about the witches’ prophecy, he denies it all. Although the prophecy the witches foresee in Macbeth’s future is news to him, he is shocked and astonished because he has already thought of becoming a king in the past. As the play progresses, Macbeth’s duplicity in character comes through; he is indecisive, guilty and he becomes the worst type of traitor because he goes against God by murdering King Duncan. Macbeth is a character who undergoes a transformation; he leaves his cocoon and morphs into a butterfly, an evil butterfly for that matter. Banquo, Macbeth’s character foil, is one great character.
Throughout the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare uses various types of metaphoric language to demonstrate Macbeth’s downfall. In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare uses similes as one of the largest parts of metaphoric language to show Macbeth’s downfall. Shakespeare uses similes in the very beginning of the book, “…fortune, on his damned quarrel, smiling show'd like a rebel’s whore” (Shakespeare 9). This shows a simile used by Shakespeare that hints at Macbeth’s downfall as early as Act I. The captain compares fortune, which seems to favor Malcolm at first, to a prostitute who favors a man for a short time and then leaves him shortly afterward.
Discuss the Effect of Guilt on Macbeth and Lady Macbeth The play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, is a tale of tragedy full of betrayal and crime, and undoubtedly guilt. However, those who you expect to feel remorseful at the beginning are not and later on those who were guilty to begin with do not have the same feelings as before, and vice-versa. In the early stages of the play, after Macbeth writes to his wife of how the witches have prophesised of how he will become king and how their other prophecies have been fulfilled already, Lady Macbeth is suddenly overwhelmed with the thought of power that might be and drives her unwilling husband to kill King Duncan and take to the throne. The irony is that the warrior Macbeth is unsure of the murder, yet his wife is unfazed by the idea of a brutal taking of the throne. She taunts him and goads him on with meddling accusations, in Act 1 Scene 7 she repeatedly tells him he is not a real man because he will not do it, “When thou durst do it, then you were a man” This is a key phrase which angers Macbeth and persuades him to do it to prove her wrong.
Women may not be treated differently to men, but all women in the play are represented as evil. Shakespeare portrays the women of “Macbeth” in a way to make the audience believe they are not equal to men, and that they are all bad. The witches and Lady Macbeth are re-occurring characters in the play that represent sexism used by Shakespeare. Psychoanalytically analysing Shakespeare’s writing in “Macbeth” leads us to his thoughts, which make us believe Shakespeare was sexist. The witches, who throughout “Macbeth” make prophecies to “help” Macbeth himself, are particular female roles represented as evil.
‘A plague a’ both your houses!’ Shakespeare has used the word plague because plague is a disease that kills people one by one and he used the word to define grudge as something that kills everyone one by one. Shakespeare used this technique; imagery to make act 3 scene 1 exciting and dramatic for the audience because this part of the scene in the whole play, when Mercutio dies which is very significant because Mercutio was Romeo best friend and until now Romeo was calm so after the event we don’t know how Romeo is going react towards Tybalt which increases the tension to the climax because this part of the scene the character Romeo is going to change from calm to violent.
Also like good, eyes can be used in place of sight in negative situations, like when describing someone as “ ... pitiful to the eye ...”(IV.v.153).This makes for interesting situations, but there is still one other things eyes can do. Eyes are used in foreshadowing in Macbeth. Yes, the most important thing to the drama and suspense of this play and eyes play their roll there too. When the witches are showing Macbeth what's going to happen with Banquo's family the witches say “show his eyes and grieve his heart”(IV.i.109) as to say that is is not
Some blame early disasters in performances. 7. The most likely explanation is that a production of Macbeth, Shakespeare’s most popular play, was often the last act of a struggling theatre company.
Even the people from Shakespeare’s days held their own believes. They believed that their lives were completely controlled by fate, or influenced so strongly that they had very little control of the path their lives took. In William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, Macbeth, the concept of free will is non- existent through the witches’ control. The fate controlling witches were introduced by thunder and lightning in the very first scene. This sets the tone of evil and darkness within the play.
• Macbeth’s insecurity drives him to see the Witches, which in turn divert his psychological state. He feels even more insecure. • Order is restored when Macbeth is defeated and killed by Macduff. • The Ghost of Banquo is a sign that Macbeth has disrupted