In the beginning of the play, after Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth of the witch’s prophecy, she grew attached to the idea of being queen. With the belief that her happiness will bring them the love he wishes to gain, he strives to do everything in his power to maintain his wife’s happiness. Macbeth decides that he is against Duncan’s murder, and tells his wife “I dare do all that may become a man; do what is expected of him, but no more. He will not go from man to monster by killing the king. But Lady Macbeth taunts him, “When you durst do it, then you were a man” (1:7:49), continually hinting at
“Three words, dear Romeo, and a goodnight indeed./If they bent of love be honourable/Thy propose marriage, send me word tomorrow”(II.ii.142-144) After only mere hours of knowing Romeo, Juliet writes off her hand in marriage. Juliet hastefully makes the decision to get married without thinking of the outcomes. Juliet ignores the fact that Romeo and her family are enemies, and makes a choice based on what she personally wants. Also, when faced with the issues her secret marriage caused, one sees Juliet act even more as a child and her quick fix mind set causes the biggest disaster of the play. Speaking to the Friar Lawrence of the suggestion to use dead/undead poison, Juliet replies, “Give me, give me!
MacBeth Seminar When the witches informed Macbeth that he will become the future king of Scotland, he immediately realized that this position of power will not simply fall on his lap. He comes to terms with what must happen and writes to Lady Macbeth about the news of the prophecies. Lady Macbeth then decides to take matters into her own hands, without discussing it with Macbeth. She knew that Macbeth wouldn’t have the courage to take Duncan’s life on his own to further himself, so she then created her evil plan all on her own when she found out king Duncan was to be coming for a visit the next day. She was the one who created the master plan to kill Duncan, she was also the one who pushed Macbeth into committing murder,
When the first of the promises is proven true, Macbeth also is thinking what the witches told Banquo which was that “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none” (act I, iii). Which I believe scares Macbeth because he knows when he is done Banquo’s kids will be next in line for the throne. So with these just 3 characters looking so minor but yet having such a great effect on the story and even the people is huge. As well this talk about people in everyday that get manipulated by other people and saying one thing but making is so broad and general which can mean it can happen any day like a
At the end of the play he was no longer honourable and, instead, a tyrant. He starts off as being very human; he is actually a war-hero. However the seed of change is planted right away when he meets the witches and they tell him their prophecy of him becoming king. This makes Macbeth ambitious, and it leads to his demise. Once he kills Duncan the change rapidly begins to accelerate.
All hail Macbeth, Hail to thee thane of Cawdor! All hail Macbeth that shalt be king hereafter” (pg9). This shows that at first, Macbeth had no idea of what the witches were saying and he seems to be confused, yet he starts to realize or think that what the witches said can be true. As a result Macbeth thinks of murdering the King Duncan immediately. Macbeth says to Lady Macbeth, “If it were done when ‘tis done, then ‘twere well it were done quickly.
To begin, when Macbeth writes to Lady Macbeth about his encounter with the witches, telling her about the prophecies he was given (that he will become Thane of Galmis, Thane of Cawdor and king hereafter (I.iii.50-53)), she then says to herself, “Glamis thou art, and Cawdor: and shalt be/ What thou art promised” (I.v.14-15). She could care less about Macbeth getting something he has been promised, but she assures herself that he will get what he has been promised because she knows that if Macbeth becomes king, then she will therefore become queen. She immediately thinks about betraying Duncan (killing him), so that she and her husband can be in power. Her rationality is being clouded by her ambition to become queen. Next, before Macbeth and Lady Macbeth carry out the act of killing Duncan, Macbeth is weighing the pros and cons of going through with the murder.
New Time, Same Problems: False Ambition in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures When looking at these works we see that their characters portray similar characteristics and dilemmas. Pauline from Heavenly Creatures gets influenced by Juliette to believe that if they get rid of Pauline’s mother, Honora, they will be able to achieve all the goals they have; this is short lived when they get separated anyway. Similarly, Macbeth is convinced by his wife that the killing Duncan is the right way to become king, after the murder takes place he realizes that there are more obstacles to over come till he becomes king; obstacles he cannot over come. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is similar to the film Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson because of the character parallels
This quote spoken by Lady Macbeth is showing her desire for Macbeth to become more daring and wicked. He has many doubts in his mind about killing Duncan, but Lady Macbeth convinces him to do it. Before he kills the king and shortly after becoming king, Macbeth’s
This could possibly be the betrayl of a friendship for power. In the remainder of the scene the audience see Ross and Angus enter and tell Macbeth that due to his triumphant battle he is to be known forth as the Thane of Cawdor. This confuses Mabeth as it happens just after his encounter with the witches so much so he questions his fellow lords of the statement they made as up untill this point he belives that the late late Thane is alive. "Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor:" This makes the audience think about what is going to come if the first of the witches predictions comes ture, this is also pointed out by Macbeth himself which makes the audience feel even more uneasy about Macbeths future actions. Macbeth then turns to Banquo to ask his opiion and recive accpetance from him, this would see through MAcbeths excitment see a plot building and a worry for the king "Do you not hope your children shall be kings, When those that gave the Thane of Cawdor to