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Nathan martin

“And keep the natural beauty of your cheeks, when my is blanched with fear.” 3.4

Macbeth is afraid of the ghost that appeared to him during the feast. Macbeth is so scared he turned white. The other people don’t see the ghost so they have rosy red checks.

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"The English power is near, led on by Malcolm,
His uncle Siward and the good Macduff:
Revenges burn in them; for their dear causes
Would to the bleeding and the grim alarm
Excite the mortified man."

Macbeth, by Shakespeare, is full of conflict. Many revolve around Man vs Man, some are Man vs Self. But here we see Man vs Society. Macbeth has caused a lot of pain. He has killed Duncan, Banquo, Lady Macduff and her son. He killed many more however these are the most pivotable deaths. Over the course of the book, many of Macbeth's old allies began to suspect him of having murdered Duncan and Banquo. They began to turn on him, and plot his downfall. At the end of the book, Macbeth has turned his friends, his staff, and even his own army against him. In addition, Macduff and Malcolm are followed by supporters from England. It is said by a servant that there is 10,000 troops coming for Macbeth.

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"The son of Duncan/ (From whom this tyrant holds the due of birth)/ Lives in the English court and is received/ Of the most pious Edward with such grace/ That the malevolence of fortune nothing/ Takes from his high respect."
As Lennox and the lord are talking, the lord talks about Macbeth in a very bad tone. He proclaims Macbeth as a tyrant and says he is not right to take the throne for the sun of Duncan is supposed to be there.

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"I myself have all the other,/ And the very ports they blow,/ All the quarters that they know/ I' th' shipman's card./ I'll drain him dry as hay./ I'll drain him dry as hay./ Sleep shall neither night nor day/ Hand upon his penthouse lid./ He shall live a man forbid. " (1.3.15-22). The witches are unlike any of the other characters, excluding Hecate, because they speak in rhyming couplets. Their usage of rhyming couplets sets the witches apart from the other main characters by showing that they are powerful, supernatural beings. The witches' rhythmic speech accentuates their work and power.

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"When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?" (1.1.1) One of the three witches brings up where they will meet next and the things she mentions create a gloomy mood. Thunder, lightning, and rain are all depressing happenings in the weather and are all some sort of weather that can foreshadow that something bad may happen. This mood characterizes the witches as evil and conniving. The mood also contributes to the eery theme of this tragedy.

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"So foul and fair a day I have not seen (1.3.39). Macbeth is commenting on the fact that he has not seen a day in which so many miserable, but also great things have come from. The "foul" day of fighting and war was compensated by their "fair" victory, although perhaps a pyrrhic one. The two adjectives contradict each other on describing the day, showing Macbeth's twisted feelings about it. The words also relate eerily to the words spoken by the witches in the first act.

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“Come, you spirits/ That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,/And fill me from/ the crown to the toe top-full/of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood,” (1.5.47-50).In these lines, Lady Macbeth’s ambition is shown. She is willing to get “unsex” to be the one who murders King Duncan.. Lady Macbeth has a strong desire for her husband to be King that she would be willing to do anything.

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"Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air"( 1.1.12) in this quote it shows they understand what is fair and they are the opposites but it has some truth.

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"Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air"( 1.1.12)

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" I laid there daggers ready; He could not miss 'em. Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done' t" (2.2.15-17).

Lady Macbeth's aside as she waits for macbeths tells the audience that she has a conscience. controdictory to what we have been precieving her as, a ambitious manipulator who has no heart and cares for no one. But this care that she has for her father enables her to forget her plan to kill King Duncan. This makes the reader rethink if she is really okay with what's going on, and not just Macbeth being the only engulfed in guilt.

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"Naught's had, all's spent,/ Where our desire is got without content./ 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy/ Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy"(3.2.6-9).
Lady Macbeth realizes her and Macbeth's unhappiness and acknowledges it to herself. Neither she nor Macbeth have not gained any pleasure or happiness from becoming royalty, especially through the violence they used in killing King Duncan. Their ambition has led them to unhappiness in the power they aspired to and did gain. Realizing that their cruel ambitions had no pleasing result, Lady Macbeth's own feelings(which she tried to remove) confirm that their fate of karma, death by murder, would be better than continuing in a violent cycle to remain in power.

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“Fair is foul, and foul is fair / Hover through the fog and filthy air” (1.1.12-13).

At the beginning of the book, the witches set a foreboding tone, which carries on through the entirety of the poem. The words foul, fog, and filthy also portray a sinister tone. The use of rhyming couplets demonstrates the immensity of the powers which they possess. Their diction and tone sets a fearful mood throughout the book.

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"Yes, as sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion." (1.2.35-36)
Captain is making fun of the oncoming threat of attack from the Norwegian king. He is reffering to the attack as being as scary as a rabbit and mocking the idea of them frightening Macbeth and Banquo. He reffers to attack as animals of prey, and them as lions and falcons, showing just how much he believes in his leaders.

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"There the grown serpent lies. The worm that's fled / Hath nature that in time venom will breed," (3.4.32-33).The metaphor is calling Banquo a serpent, and showing that he died there by saying where he "lies". The worm is Fleance, he says "venom will breed" which means he will mature/nurture with the thought of revenge.

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"Fair is foul, and foul is fair / Hover through the fog and filthy air."
(1.1.12-13)

The three witches' statement here is an example of a paradox because it is contradictory to itself. They speak like this to deliberately confuse Macbeth, as well as to lay out his fate, and how the rest of the play will unravel.

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"Thou hast it now--king, Cawdor, Glamis, all/ As the Weird Women promised, and I fear/ Thou played'st most foully for't" (3.1.1-3). The tone of Banquo's soliloquy is concerning. Banquo's son would be crowned king and non of Macbeth's children would. He is worried that if Macbeth played a part in King Duncan's death, then will what will happen of him and his son. We can see Banquo slowly starting to become suspicious of his close friend and become terrified by what he might become.

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"Have I not reason, bedlams as you are?  / Saucy and overbold, how did you dare / To trade and traffic with Macbeth / In riddles and affairs of death, / And I, the mistress of your charms, / The close contriver of all harms, / Was never called to bear my part, / Or show the glory of our art? / And, which is worse, all you have done / Hath been but for a wayward son, / Spiteful and wrathful, who, as others do, / Loves for his own ends, not for you" (3.5.1-13).
Here we see Hecate speaking in Rhyming Couplets when meeting with the witches. This shows how powerful she is as only powerful characters speak this way. Also, she speaks this way to the witches who also speak in a similar tone which shows that she is even more powerful than the witches themselves.

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"When shall we three meet again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
When the hurly-burly’s done,

When the battle’s lost and won.
That will be ere the set of sun" (1.1.1-5).

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair
Hover through the fog and filthy air" (1.1.12-13).

The witches in the beginning set the tone for the rest of the play. The mention of thunder, lightning, rain, and the sunset adds an eerie and cold feeling to the words. The rhyming couplet, chanting, and paradox help add to this, causing a more mystical, supernatural tone. It adds a sense that the decisions are out of the hands of the mortals. The chanting and the words "foul" and "filthy" continue to add a eerie, evil tone which is common place for the rest of the book.

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"Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown/ And put a barren scepter in my grip" (3.1 66-67).  By claiming that Macbeth had the scepter in his hand symbolizes the throne itself and how he would be the next king that the witches prophesied. As he also mentions a fruitless crown being placed in his head which portrays that he will be the one to rule and that he will have no heir to take it since it's what the prophecy said so.

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"Why do you dress me / in borrowed robes?" (1.3.114-115).
Macbeth just received the news of him becoming the Thane of Cawdor, but the previous Thane was still alive. He compares the title of Thane to clothes. He is calling his new title borrowed because the other Thane was still alive. This quote is important because now Macbeth begins to believe the witches prophecy a little more than before.

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"Fair is foul and foul is fair, / Hover through the fog and filthy air."  (1.1 12-13) Almost every line the weird sisters say is written with a rhyming couplet. This literary device is used to show their supernatural ability and add to the air of mystery the witches already provide. None of the major characters speak solely in rhyming couplets, excluding Hecate's monologue, setting apart the weird sisters as significantly more powerful than the rest of the cast.

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"Some holy angel/Fly to the court of England and unfold/His message ere he come, that a swift blessing/May soon return to this our suffering country/Under a hand accursed" (3.6.51-55 )
The Lord and Lennox hope that England will soon be rid of Macbeth. The holy angel unfolding creates an image of heaven over England, and it symbolizes the hope that the Lord and Lennox still have for England. This relates back to the theme of power because it shows how Macbeth is starting to be evil in the eyes of those who should respect the king, rather than be plotting against him.

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Ambition- "To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus."(3.1.52-53) Although Macbeth's power has grown, his insecurities remain taking over. This quote reveals that Macbeth has ambition but has no peace after killing Duncan. His character throughout the scene has changed from him having peace and being kind-heart as well as respected, to being someone that has to fight for power and violent. His ambition to strive for good is no longer real, and his peacefulness has now faded.

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"False face must hide what the false heart doth/know," (1.7.95-96).
Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth that they will try their best to hide the fact that they planned to commit treason by murdering King Duncan, and once the king is killed, they should pretend they are innocent. They discuss that they should betray Scottland by killing the king and lying about it, as well as pretend to grieve after the death of the king to make their false innocence more believable.

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"Ha, they pluck out mine eyes./Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/Clean from my hand? No," (2.2.77-79).
The symbol of blood (especially on a character) is meant to represent guilt in Macbeth. Macbeth feels he will never be able to wash his hands free of the blood, that he will never be able to rid the guilt of killing Duncan from his heart. I also included the line "they pluck out mine eyes" here because I feel it also has to do with guilt. It is likely referring to the medieval legal practice of "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth", in which people would be punished for their crimes in a (at least somewhat) equal way, often with the loss of a body part. So the "taking of his eye" may be in reference to his fear of getting caught for his crime.

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"He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear

His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and fear.

And you all know, security

Is mortals' chiefest enemy"(3.5.111-113).
Hecate is referencing the theme of fate on how she only knows the true outcome of fate. Macbeth has seen what he believes is his fate or destiny with the help of the witches but what he doesn't know is that fate is a stronger  opponent against the witches  prophecy. The theme of fate indicates that  in certain situations things are unavoidable or unchangeable for example the witches told Macbeth that his fate was to be king if it was his fate did he really have to kill king Duncan , Killing king Duncan was a free will choice that leads him to an evil path.

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"Look like th' innocent flower but be the serpent under’t” (1.6.76-77).
What Lady Macbeth means is that, Macbeth should appear innocent and unaware of the situation while creating and executing devious and murderous plans. With the murder of Duncan, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth planned to cry alongside the country so no one would suspect that they are responsible for the crimes. However Macbeth is full of guilt and is unable to act normally which shows the readers that he does not have the will to executive a murderous plan himself.

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“Where we are, / There’s daggers in men’s smiles, / The near in blood, the nearer bloody” (2.3 139-141).  Donalbain speaks these lines to Malcolm, his brother. They come to know, King Duncan, their father, has been murdered. Following the murder of the King, Macbeth also kills the guards in rage. As they try to recover from their loss, they understand that they cannot trust anyone. Also, people can pretend to be friends while harboring hate in their heart, and enemies are usually closer than their friends. The last line shows Donalbain’s mistrust on people around them. They know that their own relatives are now after their lives to get the throne of their father.

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"To trade and traffic with Macbeth/ In riddles and affairs of death," (3.5.4-5). As Hecate addresses the three witches she expresses her feeling about their actions relating to Macbeth. She was upset that they told Macbeth his prophecy and she wanted to mess with Macbeth's mind. She did so by making sure to tell Macbeth the wrong future to make him confused.

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"The weird sisters, hand in hand,
Posters of the sea and land,
Thus do go about, about." (1.3.33-35)
All the three sisters as a part of a chant. They do this to show how important they feel as people thus, "posters of the sea and land". This is important because it represents how powerful they are.

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"What is done is done" (3.2.12)
Lay Macbeth is trying to tell a guilt filled Macbeth to move on and stop worrying about Duncan's murder. However, Lady Macbeth feels guilty and worried, too. She revealed this too the audience and not her husband.

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"Go get some water and wash this filthy witness from your hand." (2.2.60-61)
After Macbeth murders Duncan, Lady Macbeth tells him to wash his hands clean of the blood. The blood represents the guilt of killing the King. Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to get rid of the guilt, so he wouldn't dwell on it.

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"His silver skin laced with his golden blood;
And his gash'd stabs look'd like a breach in nature" (2.3). Macbeth is describing the aftermath of killing Duncan and the description helps the reader comprehend how Macbeth feels about the murder. Macbeth compares the body to "a breach in nature" as if something major was disturbed. This is referring to the kingdom and what will happen after this murder.

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“The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees / Is left this vault to brag of” (2.3.111-112). Macbeth grieves the loss of his King thoroughly and without question to dissuade all thoughts of his murderous actions, but his words also have a slight double meeting. Macbeth is overcome with guilt and feels he will never again find peace, so when he says his soul is an empty “wine bag” he is also saying that he is cutting off emotional connections to the world and is alluding to how he has demolished the good nature of his soul.

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"I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself / And falls on the other." ( 1.6.27)
Macbeth’s speech ends in indecision and contradiction.   In an attempt to get psyched up for the murder of Duncan, Macbeth decides that he has no good reason to kill the king, other than his own ambition to become king.

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"Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven or to hell" (2.1.76-77). Making this remark, Macbeth makes his decision to kill King Duncan, attributing to his growing violent heart. This develops Macbeth's character, because he is now embracing that he must kill Duncan in order to become King, thus sealing his fate. This prepares Macbeth for future killings, so next time he won't hesitate to bring more death upon the kingdom, to further ensure his position as King.

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"And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,

The instruments of darkness tell us truths,

Win us with honest trifles, to betray ’s

In deepest consequence (1.3)" Banquo is warning Macbeth of the deceiving nature of evil, using the metaphor of darkness to symbolize the witches' evil intent. This introduces the theme of evil and how trust is used to trick one into believing that the evil thing is really good. It also shows that evil is often hidden in something one desires (such as power) in order to bring them to their own destruction.

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"So foul and fair a day I have not seen" (1.3.39). As Macbeth and Banquo enter, they discuss the events of the war and how they feel. Macbeth uses a paradox and contradicts himself while talking to Banquo. The paradox introduces the audience to the Shakespearean age. It adds a layer and deeper meaning to the text that a normal use of words would not. Macbeth is truly saying that he is proud they won the war. He is also full of sorrow because he has lost many men.

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"And I, the mistress of your charms, / The close contriver of all harms, / Was never called to bear my part, / Or show the glory of our art?" (3.5.6-9). In this couplet, Hecate, who is just recently introduced, is mad at the other witches. She explains how she is their boss and is there power and they left her out of the situation with Macbeth. The rhyming couplets also show that she is very powerful and has great control over what happens.

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"Fair is foul, foul is fair" (1.1.12)
The witches speaking in rhyming couplets adds a more evil mood to their presence in the story.  This quote is used to portray to the readers how odd the witches are. What might seem fair to a common person may seem foul to the witches and what may seem fair for them is foul to the normal humans. For instance the one which that did something unimaginable to someones husband because she didn't give her food shows how foul  they are. The theme of immense power that the witches hold is strengthened through this quote.

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"For in my way it lies. Stars hide your fires;/ Let not light see my black and deep desires" (1.4.50-51). Shakespeare tends to use light and dark to represent good vs bad. He uses it in other various works such as "Romeo and Juliet." Macbeth is saying to let the evil overcome the good. To let the evil take more control to allow him to do what he has to do. This adds to the story as he does the most brutal things at night where the light can't be seen. He murders Duncan in his sleep and allows the murder of Banquo during the night. Shakespeare is using the night to represent evil .

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“No, this my hand will rather / The multitudinous seas incarnadine, / Making the green one red” (Shakespeare, 2.2.79-81). The image of blood symbolizes guilt and regret following a violent action such as murder. Macbeth claims that the severity of his deed cannot be washed away, even by the vast seas of the Earth; he states that the blood red guilt resulting from murder will stain the seas themselves if he attempted to wash himself of it. This symbolism reveals the undying nature of extreme guilt, and that it can lead to a spiral of increased violence and regret. Macbeth has sacrificed natural purity for violence, which will forever stain his conscious and gradually consume his mind.

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"By the worst means, the worst. For mine own good,
All causes shall give way: I am in blood
Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more," (3.4 167-169).
Macbeth states that he  has already murdered, symbolized by the blood. His murder is so deep that he is willing to continue murdering until the pool is so deep that it is too deep to wade in. This reinforces the theme of irredeemable murder, with Macbeth demonstrating murder spurring on more murder.

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"Lesser than Macbeth and greater. Not so happy yet much happier" (1.3.68-69) The witches speak to Macbeth and Banquo about the prophecy using paradox. They do this to purposely be ambiguous and confuse Macbeth. They know that giving him this info will make him compete with Banquo and ruin their friendship, which also shows the mischievious side of the witches.