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The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare

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The shortest (and one of the bloodiest) of Shakespeare's tragedies, the play begins with victory and honors for the brave Scottish general, Macbeth. The play follows Macbeth's descent from noble soldier to nefarious traitor.




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Tragedy of Macbeth, The

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Macbeth Symbolism, Motifs, & Themes

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  • Macbeth sees a bloody dagger floating in the air just before he kills the king.
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  • Lady Macbeth hallucinates blood on her hands and walks around the castle yelling, out damn spot, out! She attempts to wash it off, but her efforts are in vain.
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  • Lady Macbeth states that she cannot kill King Duncan because he resembled her father as he slept.
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  • Macbeth breaks down at the feast after seeing what he believes is Banquo's ghost.
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  • Fair is foul and foul is fair!
  • In Act 1, the Three Witches predict that Macbeth will become King and that even though Banquo will never be King, his bloodline will inherit the throne.
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  • Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him (4.1.87-90).
  • In Act 4, the Three Witches are visited by Macbeth. They give him three more prophecies, which are intentionally ambiguous.
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  • The Three Weird Sisters are the foremost example of the supernatural throughout the play.
  • For Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, ghosts are reminders of the decisions they have made, decisions that haunt each of them.
  • The blood that was split because of Macbeth's ambition continuously reappears as a physical reminder that he cannot wash away his evil deeds.
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