The Tragedy of MacBeth
By Zach Brown
The Insane Lady MacBeth is Who to Blame for MacBeth's Downfall
Lady Macbeth is a very influential person and gets what she wants by persuading others into what she wants. Lady MacBeth wants what men want, she wants to be a king and she wants wealth. However, Lady MacBeth is a woman and cannot be a king, so instead she persuades her husband MacBeth to murder Duncan, King of Scottland, so that MacBeth may be the new king and Lady MacBeth may be a queen. In doing this, this makes MacBeth have many second thoughts after doing what he has done and this starts to mess with MacBeth's mind, let alone what his wife is doing to mess with his mind aswell.
What She Wants, She Gets
This picture demonstrates how Lady Macbeth is whom to blame for MacBeth's downfall and shows how crazy she is because her plan is to become queen and her spouse, MacBeth, be the king, but he must kill King Duncan first.
Persuading No Matter the Cost
This quote from Lady MacBeth demonstrates how Lady MacBeth persuades people with what she says,'' I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have my plucked my nipple from his boneless gums, and dashed the brains out, had i so sworn as you'' which means she would do anything for her husband Macbeth, even stomping in their child's brain just because he asked. The reason Lady MacBeth said this is to tell MacBeth that if he killed Duncan for her, she would do anything MacBeth asked of her to do.
The "Innocent" flower
A quote from lady Macbeth, explains how she is truly insane because she looks like an innocent woman, but really she is evil underneath the body she is in. She is truly insane on what she will do to get what she wants, for example she would kill her own child to get what she truly desires.
Literary Devices In the quotes of Macbeth
Metaphor
“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player/ That struts and frets his hour upon the stage/ And then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,/ Signifying nothing” (Act 5, sc. 4, ln. 23-28). This quote explains metaphor well because it basically says the life is a walking shadow and it struts around you, being taunted and being decided whether it will go away (you die) or it says.
Imagery
“Upon the corner of the moon/ There hangs a vap’rous drop profound./ And that distilled by magic sleights/ Shall raise such artificial sprites/ As by the strength of their illusion/ Shall draw him on to his confusion” (Act 3, sc. 5, ln. 23-29).
This quote explains imagery because it basically says that there is a vap'rous drop that hangs on the moon, distilled by magic in which the witches in the book dealt with all the magic.
Personification
“Each new moon/New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows strike heaven on the face,/. . .that it resounds. . ./and yelled out. . . .” (Act 4, sc. 2, ln. 4-9) This quote explains personification well because it basically says every new moon, there becomes a new widow and a new baby born and ''sorrows strike heaven on the face'' sorrows do not actually strike things or people
The Lion king or The ''Lyin' King"
The movie ''The Lion King'' Relates to the book, Macbeth. The book of Macbeth has a major part describing how Macbeth, Kills Duncan, the king of Scottland and lied about murdering him. In the movie '' The Lion King'' The Lion named Scar, Kills the king of the jungle, Mufasa, lies about doing so and takes over the crown just as Macbeth took over the crown of Scottland.
Witchy Woman by the Eagles
Witchy Woman relates to the part of the book where Macbeth and Banquo run into the 3 witches for the first time, the song shows the mysterious, intriguing aura that surrounds the 3 witches. The sister witches have very dark personalities and are portrayed as dark and evil, for they are the main cause for macbeth's transformation throughout the book.