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Macbeth: An Overview - Paper

Macbeth: An Overview

Macbeth is presented as a mature man enjoying an enviable reputation.
throughout this Shakespearean play, however, Macbeth's emotions change
drastically. His abilities in battle are stupendous, yet his abilities as a
husband and King are on the contrary. His overvaulting ambitions overcome his
morality, and lead him to do “the evil deeds” that he commits during his reign.
Macbeth's prophecies begin with his encounter with the three evil women,
the witches. They put the thought into his mind that if he were to kill Duncan,
he himself may become king. When Lady Macbeth found out about this, she liked
the idea of becoming a queen. She uses many techniques throughout the first act
to convince ...

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finally warrants him the justification to kill King Duncan. He has deep
regret for what he has done shortly thereafter. The murder of the King is the
first to slowly break down his now fragile emotional state. He feels that after
murdering the King, he has given his mind and soul to those evil and demonic
forces which are the enemy of mankind.
It seems as though he is addicted to a drug; he must kill those who
oppose him or those who (he feels) will do him harm in the future, yet he does
not enjoy this. He is “hooked” on this drug and he knows it; however, he cannot
stop until he is happy. He gains no satisfying peace because his conscience
still obliges him to recognize the negative qualities of evil and the negative
results of evil action. The individual who once prized mutable goods in the
form of respect and admiration from those about him has now lost his
sensitivity towards good and evil. His conscience is numbed, and he has almost
reached a “peace” with himself, being ...

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Added: 3/8/2006 06:43:12 AM
Category: Arts
Type: Free Paper
Words: 515
Pages: 2

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