The Tragedy Of Macbeth
Angel Patterson
Macbeth's Downfall
Movie Connection: High School Musical 2
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Literary Term
Example from Macbeth: Lady Macbeth has just read the letter from her husband and is now calling on her so called "evil powers" to help her and her husband murder King Duncan: "The raven himself is hoarse... Come my spirits that tend to my mortal thoughts..." (Shakespeare 35).
"The Raven" symbolizes evil and misfortune
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Literary Term
Macbeth has just been told the first portion of his prophesy and is astonished: Two truths are told, as happy prologues to the swelling act..." (Shakespeare 23).
Macbeth steps aside after he has been given the news that he is Thane of Cawdor.
Literary Term
Macbeth is not wanting to fight Macduff, for he has already killed to many members of his family: "All of men else I have avoided thee. But get thee back! My soul is too much charged with blood of thine already" (Shakespeare 179).
Novel Connection: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
After Emma gets out of one of her loans she tries to comprehend herself: "Madness was stealing over her... her horrible state of mind" (Flaubert 278).