Macbeth

"cousin", which suggests that Macbeth is somewhere in line for the throne, which would account on how quickly and seriously he took the witches' prophecies to be. he was in line for the throne, in other words, if all the heirs before him dies or are rid off, he would naturally become King. Duncan even said that he owes Macbeth a great deal for the defeat of the traitor Thane of Cawdor, this further leads Macbeth into believing that he might have a chance to be King. However, immediately after this, Duncan establishes his son as the one to succeed. This pushes Macbeth to more extreme methods, which suggests his readiness to commit murder for his ambition.

She plays the role of planning it, and making sure all runs smoothly.

Macbeth has three "weird sisters". In the Folio copy, there are not only the three witches but a fourth, called Hecat, who is their boss. In addition, during the Cauldron Scene, a stage direction says "enter Hecat, and the other three witches" which would make seven witches all told. However, the character of Hecat is very silly and is always cut when this play is actually performed.

Lady Macbeth gave her husband advice when he came back home as Thane of Glamis and of Cawdor. She told Macbeth to be deceitful, duplicitous, hypocritical, and treacherous. She counseled him especially to hide his feelings and thoughts. In particular, she advised him to present a welcoming manner and speech to King Duncan. She likened the effect to an 'innocent flower'. But she told him to be despicable, disgusting, and dishonest as the 'serpent under' the flower.

she is a very cruel and heartless woman

What thou wouldst highly,/ That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, / and yet wouldst wrongly win

In Shakespeare's 'Macbeth,' the central scene of Act One is betrayal. Macbeth is loved and trusted by King Duncan. However, after hearing a prophecy by the Weird Sisters that he is to become king, he and his wife, Lady Macbeth plot and carry out the murder of King Duncan.

He didn't want to tell her of the horrible murder because she was a woman but ironically the killing was all her idea.

He has a tragic flaw that leads to his downfall. That is the answer

Macbeth is the tragic hero of this play. At the beginning of the play, he has the title of Thane of Glamis, and later becomes the Thane of Cawdor. The audience must assume that he starts out perhaps in his 30's at the beginning of the play since he is a man of war. As the play progresses, he seems to age a great deal, more than the time that has actually passed. Also his appearance is not much discussed, he might be a stocky handsome warrior.

She is a very self centered person and is a criminal. She likes to be in control of everything. Therefore, she is dominat in her and Macbeth's relaionship. She seeks power and seems to turn crazy from guilt near the end of the play.

the play didn't say but i think he died on a road somewhere since the murderer's kill him while banquo ad fleace is on the cart. I'm really not sure

MacBeth meets the three witches with lady MacBeth

The three witches in Macbeth can be viewed as evil for various different reasons. But first of all you must consider the time the play was set and what the religious morals the people had. If you do not know the answer, it's that the audience Shakespeare wrote this play for were extremely religious.

The witches in the play Macbeth are constantly referred to as animals and there is a scene where one of the three witches changes her form and takes on that of a rat. Well this could be seen as an act of evil because if you know the fable Adam and Eve, Satan/the devil changes his form into becoming a snake which tempts Eve into eating the apple from the forbidden tree. Well the witches changing form can be depicted from that bible story - and anything associated with the devil can be deemed as evil. Another part in the play is when one of the witches refers to another as "Paddock" which in old English was the name given to toads. If you google toads and their symbolism in Elizabethan times, they were pure evil and there were many tales linked to Toads.

And at the beginning of the play they star with "fair is foul and foul is fair" (I think, I'm not sure!) well this is chanting and one only chants when praying to dark magic and most of the play is set in darkness which also sets the mood for the play which has a pathetic fallacy effect as the mood reflects that of the weather.

To conclude, yes the witches in Macbeth are evil.

- Hope that helped. I'm doing Macbeth essays in year 12, AS English Literature myself and those are just points I gave, but you can expand further - cause they are pretty vague. :) x

Macduff assumed at first that Malcom and Donalbain hired the soldiers to kill their father and they fled to avoid any confrontations. However, it is evident that they fled because they suspected that they were the targets of a conspiracy.

The three

points which contribute greatly to Macbeth's degeneration are the

prophecy which was told to him by the witches, how Lady Macbeth

influenced and manipulated Macbeth's judgment, and finally Macbeth's

long time ambition which drove his desire to be king. Macbeth's

growing character degenerates from a noble man to violent individual.

The prophecies which were told by the witches were one of the

factors which contributed to the degeneration of his character. If it

had not been for the witches telling him that he was to be Thane of

Cawdor, Thane of Glamis, and King of Scotland, Macbeth would still be

his ordinary self. As a result of the prophecies, this aroused

Macbeth's curiosity of how he could be King of Scotland. As the play

progresses, Macbeth slowly relies on the witches prophecies.

Shakespeare uses the witches as a remedy for Macbeth's curiosity which

corrupts his character.

The influence of Macbeth's wife, Lady Macbeth also contributed

to his degeneration of character. Lady Macbeth's character in the

beginning reveals that she is a lovable person. When Lady Macbeth was

ready to kill King Duncan herself, it showed that Lady Macbeth could

not murder King Duncan because he reminded her of her father. This

proves that Lady Macbeth has a heart deep inside her. Lady Macbeth

plays an important role in this play because she provided a scheme

which caused Macbeth to assassinate King Duncan. After Macbeth had

killed King Duncan, he later regrets on his wrong doing. At the point

of this play the audience can note the change in Macbeth's character.

Macbeth's first murder was a trying experience for him, however after

the first murder, killing seemed to be the only solution to maintain

his reign of the people of Scotland. Therefore, it was Lady Macbeth

who introduced the concept of murder to Macbeth.

Macbeth's ambition also influenced his declining character.

However, Macbeth's ambition had not been strong enough to carry the

motive to kill King Duncan. Lady Macbeth's influence also comes in to

play because if not for Lady Macbeth, his ambition would not have been

intensified enough to drive him to obtain and maintain his title of

King of Scotland no matter what it took, even if it meant murdering.

Macbeth's ambition influenced the cause of his new character. This new

character of Macbeth contained greed, violence, and power hunger.

Macbeth shows this when he kills King Duncan.

In conclusion, the prophecies given to him by the witches, Lady

Macbeth's influence and plan, and his intensified ambition, all

contributed greatly to his degeneration of character which resulted to

his downfall...death. Therefore Macbeth character displays strong

signs of a tragic hero, making him the ideal classic example.

He is still feeling the effects of a night of serious drinking.

Macbeth is a play by the famous writer William Shakespeare. This play is about how Macbeth becomes king after King Duncan and how Lady Macbeth helps Macbeth in their plans. It has lots of moral. It is a fantastic play.

In Act 4 Scene 1, Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] met first the three witches and then the noble Scotsman Lennox. Lennox told Macbeth that Macduff had fled Scotland. The news was disappointing to Macbeth, who was planning to kill Macduff. But he quickly adapted to the change in situation. He decided to have Macduff's entire family and household slaughtered.

Malcolm and Donalbain. Later, people start to suspect Macbeth.

it simply means, that when he killed the king, he also killed sleep. Macbeth now wont be able to sleep because of the guilt of killing the king

He gives him the title thane of Cawdor since the other Cawdor was a traitor

If we look at the situation through the eyes of the Elizibethan audience that would be watching Macbeth, then yes, the end is very justified. To that audience, the natural order of things is very important, and during Macbeth, the order God created is severely disrupted. Once the Great Chain of being is disturbed and the tyrant Macbeth becomes King, all order seems to be lost. To the Elizibethan audience, the fact that innocent people are being killed is extremely upseting and by the end, justice must be served. In the way that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth die after perpetual suffering, and a good King, Malcolm, is appointed, justice is served and God's Natural Order is restored

A character who does not undergo any change throughout a story is considered a static or a flat character, in contrast to a dynamic character or a round character, who undergoes a change throughout the story.