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I chose these pictures because they show everything that has happened to Macbeth because of his craving for power. This is also why I chose to have the picture of the crown in the middle to represent power, and all of the pictures making a circle around it. The first picture, a man and a woman smiling at each other symbolizes Lady Macbeth and Macbeth's plotting to kill Duncan. On the outside, they tried their best to look like the perfect hosts for Duncan, and pretended to be honored for him to stay at their house. But inside, they were planning his assassination. The second picture of the stick figure facing an angel in one direction and a demon in another symbolizes Macbeth's confusion based upon whether or not he should kill Duncan. Before he turned into a power hungry tyrant, Macbeth had more of a moral code, and knew that killing was wrong. So before Duncan's murder, he was very confused and didn’t know what was best. Next is the picture of the firey fist, which symbolizes Macbeth going crazy with power. In the book, after he became king, the nobles mention that the people of Scotland are afraid of Macbeth, and don’t serve him out of love, like with Duncan, but fear. And also, Macbeth was a little too willing to kill his friend Banquo when he thought that he would pose a threat. Clearly Macbeth would do almost anything for power, which brings us to the next picture of the man holding a rose, but his shadow shows him holding a gun. Macbeth tried his best to seem like a noble king who had good intensions, but really he was a murderous villain; he killed innocent people, but tried to cover it up. The next picture is shows a doll with the letter "M" on its chest, with pins stuck into it. I chose this picture to symbolize how Macbeth gained a lot of enemies while trying to obtain power. He killed Macduff's family, Malcolm and Donalbain's father (Duncan), and Fleance's father (Banquo). All of these people (except maybe Fleance) were outraged by these murders and made Macbeth a hated man among these powerful people. They ultimately wanted revenge, and this revenge was what crippled Macbeth in the end. The next picture is a picture of a link that says "unfriend". This symbolizes how Macbeth lost a lot of supporters who once thought he was a hero in the wars he's fought in. But now that Macbeth shows his true colors as a murderer and a cheat, the lords decide to side with Macduff and Malcolm, to oppose Macbeth. And finally, I chose the picture of the man looking behind him at 2 people talking to symbolize Macbeth's paranoia. After he killed Duncan, Macbeth, and even Lady Macbeth, feel like they need to be very careful, and cover their tracks. This leads Macbeth to kill one of his closest friends, Banquo, just because he thinks that he may pose a threat.
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