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Macbeth

The tragedy of Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare, probably between 1603 and 1606. The play has been adapted into operas, movies, television programs, and other books.

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What is lady Macbeth's role I am Macbeth's decision to murder the king?

She tells him that he has to die so MacBeth can become king.

What do these lines suggest about the beliefs of the time in which The Tragedy of Macbeth was written?

People believed that all witches were women, therefore if they are witches they "should be women". Actually that belief has not changed much.

When Macbeth is finally killed the prophesy of none of women born shall harm Macbeth is fulfilled because macbeths killer?

Who kills Macbeth and how does his killer fulfill the prophecy concerning not being born of woman

What would narrator wear for Macbeth?

I think it should Be pretty and magical looking, kinda like a fairy type dress. Or like a plain pink or light colored dress.

OR you could go simple: like black dress pants and a nice dressy shirt.

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In Macbeth act 2 Macbeth declares he will sleep no more because he believes?

Because of his guilt in the death of Duncan and the witches prophesied that he would find the forest moving towards the castle and this scared him.

What do the three wishes predict what will happen to Macbeth?

They weren't wishes, but witches who tell him he will kill Duncan, be king, and that the forest will move to the castle.

Who on king duncans side during the war in Macbeth?

The play starts with a war between Scotland and Norway. The Norwegians have attacked in two places: in the north and in the south. In the North the Norwegians are aided by the Scottish traitor Macdonweald, and some Irish "kerns and gallowglasses." The Scottish force, led by Macbeth and Banquo and including Duncan's son Malcolm meets them at a place called Forres. The battle is described by the bloody sergeant. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles to the south, a different Norwegian army led by the Norwegian king, assisted by the Scottish traitor The Thane of Cawdor, attacks Fife but is defeated by a Scottish force led by a man known only as "Bellona's bridegroom". The Thane of Ross rides north and describes this battle to Duncan, who is at Forres. Between the two battles, all the Scotsmen are on Duncan's side except the two traitors Macdonweald (who is bisected by Macbeth) and the Thane of Cawdor (who is captured by "Bellona's bridegroom").

How does Lady Macbeth's attitude fulfill the witches' fair and foul prediction from Act I scene i?

She pushes MacBeth to kill the king and by doing so fulfills the witches predictions.

How does Malcolm's army make the witches prophecy come true in Macbeth?

The army breaks off branches from the trees in Birnam wood and carries the branches with them as they march on Macbeth's castle.

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What two aspects of the poetic structure of Hecate's speech in act iii scene v that are different from the poetic structure of the rest of the play?

Rhythm and rhyme. The piece is in rhyming couplets and iambic tetrameter. Now to be fair, the witches often speak in couplets in the other scenes in which they appear (I,1; I,3; IV,1), but it is not generally sustained for such a long passage. And they do speak in iambic tetrameter sometimes, but more commonly in trochaic tetrameter (e.g. "Double, double, toil and trouble", "Something wicked this way comes", "Here I have a pilot's thumb"). The Hecate speech from III, v is unusual also that it is a sustained speech from one character, when most of the witches' speeches tend to be shared among them. And it has a sing-song quality which comes not only from the rhythm and the rhyme but also from the fact that the phrases end at the end of lines most of the time; Shakespeare by this point in his career was phrasing lines so that they did not correspond so neatly with the rhythm, to avoid this sing-song effect. This is one of several reasons to believe that this speech was not written by Shakespeare, but by a later reviser.

Why is King Duncan angry with the Thane of Cawdor in Scene 2?

You mean, I suppose, the line in Act 1 Scene 2 where Duncan says, "No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive our interest; go, pronounce his present death, and with his former title greet Macbeth." This line could be delivered angrily, but it doesn't need to be. Cawdor has just joined a Norwegian invasion of Scotland with a view to deposing King Duncan. This is an act of high treason, the worst possible crime in any civil state. It is like John Wilkes Booth shooting President Lincoln. So naturally Duncan must condemn Cawdor to death for his crime, no matter how he feels about it. From his discussion with Malcolm in Act 1 Scene 4 after Cawdor is executed, it sounds like Duncan's feelings are more of regret and bewilderment than anger. "There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face; he was a gentleman on whom I built and absolute trust."

Why would someone think that Macbeth's death was inevitable?

Apart from the obvious fact that everyone's death is inevitable (you don't think that you are going to live forever, do you?) some people view the prophecies which the witches make to mean that Macbeth's life is totally out of his control and totally in the control of the witches. This is not logical; being able to accurately predict the future does not mean you control it, or otherwise we would have to believe that weathermen and pollsters who predict things all the time really have control of the world.

What does the doctor see in the sleepwalking scene and what does he speculate about the causes of what he sees In Macbeth?

It is not so much what he sees, since that only shows that she is sleepwalking and is emotionally and mentally disturbed. It is what he hears which tells him what is going on. As the gentlewoman says, "she has spoke what she should not." It is from her references to the various murders ("But who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him?", "The Thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now?", "Banquo's dead; 'a cannot come out on's grave.") that the doctor realizes what the cause of her emotional disturbance and nightmares is. And this is very dangerous knowledge, for knowing that Macbeth is guilty of these crimes would be a death sentence if Macbeth were ever to find out that the Doctor and the gentlewoman knew it.

What is the universality of Macbeth?

Sometimes people who would not otherwise do bad things end up doing them because they are pushed into it by someone else. That sort of thing happens everywhere and has been happening for a long time. Sometimes people who do something wrong regret it later and the guilt eats them alive. That sort of thing happens everywhere and has been happening for a long time. These two aspects of the play are universal.

What does Macbeth mean when he say Tis better thee without than he within?

Macbeth means that Banquo’s blood is better on the outside, than on the inside

What impression does Lady Macbeth's speech give you about her character?

There are several speeches she does. We need to know which one. " Out damned spot, I say"