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Macbeth Themes - Paper

Macbeth Themes

While reading throughout William Shakespeare�s play Macbeth, more than one theme came across to me. Although �fair is foul, foul is fair,� is the main theme, there are other smaller themes that support it.
In the first act of Macbeth, the three witches set the plot by the prophecy. The prophecy creates ambition for both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The ambition they gain leads them to plan the death of Duncan. �Yet do I fear thy nature; is it too ful o� th� milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way.� (Shakespeare 361 lines 13-15) The witches knowing Macbeth wanted to be King, they knew he wouldn�t hold back on what he must do. With Macbeth trusting that no one can take his title as ...

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would,� like the poor car I� th� adage?� (Shakespeare 365 lines 41-45)
Feeling guilty before Macbeth murders Duncan, he envisions a dagger dripping of blood. Doubting if it�s imaginary or real, he is lead into Duncan�s room and draws his own dagger. �Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle toward my hand?� �Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible to feeling as to sight?? Or art thou but a dagger of the mind, a false creation proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?� �As this which now I draw. Thou marsal�st me the way that I was going.� (Shakespeare 370 lines 32-42) By the guilt of murdering Duncan, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth see their hands covered in blood and feel as if they won�t come clean. �Will all great Neptune�s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red.� (Shakespeare 373 lines 58-61) After hiring murders to kill Banquo, he begins to see his ghost as well. �Is he ...

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Added: 12/1/2011 11:30:39 PM
Submitted By: frnklnnancy
Category: Shakespeare
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