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MACBETH. She should have died hereafter. There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Along come three pesky witches/ sisters/ fates who announce that Macbeth is going to become King of Scotland. He's stoked, but quickly realizes the problem: if he's going to become king, someone else is going to have to not be king. Like the current king Duncan, and Duncan's sons, Malcolm and Donalbain. Complication.
Macbeth Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and frightening female characters. When we first see her, she is already plotting Duncan’s murder, and she is stronger, more ruthless, and more ambitious than her husband. She seems fully aware of this and knows that she will have to push Macbeth into committing murder.
Lady Macbeth is based on the lives of the real historical figures of Macbeth (or Mac Bethad mac Findláich) and his wife, Lady Macbeth (or Gruoch). Macbeth was born around 1005, was the son of the mormaer of Moray, and became king in 1040 after defeating the sitting king, Duncan, in battle. He reigned for seventeen years, before he was killed ...
Character Analysis: Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is the deuteragonist (second most significant character) in this drama: the wife of Macbeth, she shares his lust for power. Our initial impressions of Lady Macbeth are that she is, as Malcolm describes her at the close of the play as “fiend-like” as, when she learns of Duncan’s visit to
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Shakespeare Shakespeare is England’s most famous playwright. He lived from 1564 – 1616. His plays can be divided into Histories (e.g. Henry VI), Comedies (e.g. Midsummer’s Nights Dream), and Tragedies (e.g. Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet). For the majority of his career, Shakespeare wrote for the acting group the Lord Chamberlain’s Men (who ...
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Macbeth Study Guide Characters Macbeth – Is a Scottish general and the Thane of Glamis. He is a brave soldier and a powerful man. He becomes the Thane of Cawdor. He murders Duncan to become king. Lady Macbeth – A deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power and position. She is more ruthless
