Essays On Play

In Act 1 Scene 4, line 50, the witches hail Macbeth as the “thane of Cawdor!” This creates dramatic irony because Macbeth is not yet aware that the king has given him this title due to his bravery in battle. Instead, Macbeth believes that his success is due to the witches’ prophecy. However, the audience […]

Macbeth and John Proctor are both main character from different books but both have similarities and differences. Macbeth is from William Shakespeare’s, Macbeth, and John Proctor is from Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible. The similarities between these two main characters are the impact witchcraft makes in their lives, their tragic flaw, and the respect each character […]

The content explored within William Shakespeare’s play King Lear is riveting at the very least, and retrospectively an inherent influence on most (if not, all) modern dramatic story-lines that I have minded. One needn’t even consider the time-period in which Shakespeare created the entanglement of moods and matters found within his characters to appreciate the […]

If any two tragic fates can be compared and contrasted, they are those of Oedipus and Macbeth. King Oedipus, a man who receives his kingship from the people of Thebes, marries the widowed queen, only to find out that the gods tricked him with their prophecies. King Macbeth presents himself with the crown of Scotland, […]

The play ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare discusses power dynamics in the seventeenth century while also questioning them. It revolves around Macbeth, a character who has courage and ambition but is haunted by doubt, which ultimately compels him to commit murder in his pursuit of power. While the play mainly focuses on Macbeth’s psychological journey and […]

“The use of the supernatural occurs immediately at the beginning of the play with three witches predicting the fate of Macbeth. The predictions of the witches give the audience a clue to Macbeth’s future” (fieldofthemes. com) Adding a supernatural effect to both the story of “The Adventure’s Of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain and “Macbeth” […]

Women in gothic literature are presented as either evil or victims how far do you agree? The Gothic genre is an increasingly popular area for feminist studies, showing contrasts in society at the time and the expectations of women within it. In pre industrial times, women were expected to play a subservient role to men, […]

One of Shakespeare’s more brilliant talents was introducing his characters. Two of the best introductions and developments are represented in Macbeth and Hamlet. The protagonists Macbeth and Hamlet have exceptionally different introductions and conclusions of their plots. However, the climax of their chronicle almost identical and leads them to their death. As they die the […]

Male and female relationships are depicted differently in various literary works. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the power dynamics and struggles of such relationships are explored. Carol Ann Duffy’s Havisham showcases the bitterness and loneliness experienced. Christina Rossetti’s Cousin Kate portrays feelings of betrayal. On the other hand, William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 emphasizes the importance of […]

The Banquet Scene in Macbeth is an important scene in the play because there are some important changes. Macbeth has just been crowned King, and Lady Macbeth has become his Queen. Macbeth has just had Banquet murdered and people are beginning to become suspicious as to how Macbeth got to the throne so quickly. Macbeth […]

In Jacobean England, people believed in the existence of witches. They believed witches could fly, predict the future, and raise evil spirits, cause fog or tempest, turn day into night, and do more supernatural things. People were also afraid of witches they thought they could cast spells or curses on them. Witches were also said […]

The initial impression Shakespeare creates of Lady Macbeth might make the audience feel that ‘fiend-like queen’ is indeed a fair representation of Lady Macbeth’s character mainly because of the part she plays in the atrocious murder of good king Duncan, a murder which leads to many others taking place. As she reads the letters so […]

Malcolm gives Lady Macbeth this description in the last speech in the play after he has been named the King of Scotland. He is declaring that the reign of Macbeth and his wife has ended and that he has begun. When he refers to Lady Macbeth as a ‘fiend-like Queen’, Malcolm is implying that he […]

Macbeth, a Shakespearean tragedy follows the journey of the protagonist Macbeth as he plots to assassinate King Duncan, after hearing a prophecy from the three witches. Shakespeare’s most powerful and emotionally intense play follows the journey of betrayal, guilt and murder during the Jacobean era. Despite, written almost 400 year ago, Macbeth is still equally […]

Despite the knowledge we possess, humanity is still far from unraveling the mysteries of life, the human mind, or the enigmatic soul. Macbeth, a decorated war hero, is driven to commit regicide by his ambitious wife and the deceptive prophecies of witches. Shakespeare explores the depths people are willing to go to achieve their desires […]

Flies What is being said about power and how is it being said? Power can change people in a way that is incomprehensible either for good or for evil. Power can make one so greedy that someone will do anything for it and won’t let anyone, or thing stand in their way. Macbeth by William […]

Introduction It goes without saying that kings are among the most respected personalities in the world. According to King James I, “Kings are justly called gods for that they exercise a manner or resemblance of divine power on earth. For if you will consider the attributes to God, you will see how they agree in […]

Macbeth as a Tragic Hero The character Macbeth, in Shakespeare’s Tragedy Macbeth displays several characteristics of a tragic hero. Common traits that tragic heroes possess are they are born of noble birth, their actions result in an increase of self-awareness and self-knowledge, the audience must feel pity and fear for this character and the most […]

In William Shakespearean Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is the true villain of the play as she is evil, ambitious and eventually insane. Lady Macbeth masterminded the idea to kill King Duncan and planted the vision into Macbeth mind, she convinced Macbeth to commit such a crime, and her love for her husband was eventually overruled by […]

Symbols play major roles in everyday situations whether it is in real life, novels, or even movies. In fact, more and more authors nowadays are learning from older play-writers such as William Shakespeare by reading and analyzing their plays. They learn how to develop their novels by incorporating symbols based on action or drama. There […]

Ambition in Macbeth In Macbeth, a play set in Scotland, William Shakespeare wrote a tragedy of a mans ambition. In the play, Macbeth is described as a man who has ambitions of becoming king. After the first part of the prophecy by the witches whom he has met returning from battle comes true, he begins […]

Macbeth is a play that examines human nature. During the play there is a significant amount of emphasis on the different attributes and sides of human nature. The play demonstrates that everyone has the ability to do good or evil by what choices they make and what the ramifications of these actions are, decisions are […]