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In Shakespeare’s //Macbeth//, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth equate masculinity with naked aggression, and whenever they converse about manhood, violence follows. Lady Macbeth guilts Macbeth into Duncan’s murder by questioning his masculinity and says “What beast was ’t, then, that made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man…” (1.7.47-49). Lady Macbeth feels that he was once a man, when he dared to take Duncan’s life; now that he is having doubts and wanting to back down, she says that he is no longer a man. Eventually she takes it to the extent that not only is he less of a man for going back on his word, but that she is more of a man than him. Lady Macbeth says “I would, while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this.” (1.7.56-59). The fact that Lady Macbeth would kill her own offspring if she had sworn to just shows her character and aggression towards Macbeth when he questions her decisions. It is Lady Macbeth who sad Duncan must die in order for Macbeth to become king. She is willing to do whatever it takes to get what she wants. Macbeth’s conscious clearly doesn't agree with what his forthcoming actions, nonetheless, he proceeds to kill Duncan, “Whiles I threat, he lives. Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives […]I go, and it is done.” (2.1.61-63). Macbeth is losing more courage as Duncan stays alive, he feels that he must go complete the task at hand. At this point Macbeth knows that he’s going to kill Duncan, there’s no turning back. Lady Macbeth questioning his manhood is the extra push that drives Macbeth over the edge and convinces him to step up and murder Duncan.
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**Trial Paragraph ** The jury has come to the verdict of charging Lady Macbeth with perjury and there is not much evidence beyond reasonable doubt that justifies the accusation of Macbeth murdering Duncan or Banquo. Lady Macbeth claims that her hallucinations and disease are from the guilt of the death of her Siamese cat. The time period of Macbeth was the 11th century and the Siamese cat was not bred until the 15th century, thus, Lady Macbeth lied about the reason for her hallucinations. The guilt she was feeling was not for the death of her cat, the cat was a cover-up for Duncan. Though Duncan said that he saw Macbeth discreetly, there is no way he is 100% sure that Macbeth was the one who committed the murder. As a noble I feel as though Macbeth would have loved to have power, along with his wife. In the trial Lady Macbeth says that she doesn't think that Lady Macbeth is power hungry but stated that she likes the idea of power. While the prosecution was not really able to get the Macbeth to say much in the trial, Lady Macbeth was proved to commit a crime, and there is not more beyond reasonable doubt about the accusation of Macbeth murdering Duncan or Banquo.

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 For my collage, the background is splattered blood because of all of the blood shed because of Macbeth's quest to become king and maintain being king. The first picture is a person caring "heavy guilt", I chose this image because it is what haunts the Macbeth's for the remainder of the play after the major deaths that they caused. Duncan's death haunted Lady Macbeth till the very end, her hallucinations are a prime example. She continued to wash her hands because she still felt that there was blood on the palms of her hand. My next image is a crown, this is what everyone is after. Every wants power and to rule. It is everyone's motivation throughout the play, causing most of their ambitious acts. My next image was someone getting stabbed in the back, I thought that this was a very important image to include because it's essentially what Macbeth does throughout the play. Almost everyone he is supposed to be loyal to, he kills either directly or indirectly all for the throne. This also showed Macbeth's priorities in life, and how his ambition is unstoppable. His is willing to betray a friend for power. My next image is a bloody dagger. This is one of the more significant images, it is what the whole play revolves around. It seems as though in order to get what you want in life, you must kill, blood must be shed. My next image is a woman holding her baby upside down. I relate this image back to when Lady Macbeth was convincing Macbeth to follow through with the murder of Duncan. She said that she would not go back on her word, even if it were to kill her own offspring while she was breast feeding it. Lady Macbeth was one of the stronger characters throughout the play. The next image is hands holding puppet strings attached to the word manipulation. Lady Macbeth manipulated Macbeth into Duncan's death. Macbeth's conscious was telling him not to before and Lady Macbeth told him he would be much less of a man for going back on his word and not carrying through with the plan. This leads into the next image of gender stereotypes being switched. Typically you would see the boy playing with a truck and a girl with the dolls. In Macbeth we see Lady Macbeth questioning the validity of Macbeth's masculinity. She has the image of a man being unmerciful and full of ambition, stopping at nothing to achieve their wants. These characteristics are more prominent in Lady Macbeth then Macbeth to begin with. She seems to be much more masculine than her husband.


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media type="youtube" key="IUGzY-ihqWc" height="155" width="294" Eyes on Fire—Blue Foundation

I think the most important/relatable lyrics in this song are "I'm not scared of your stolen power." I think this is most significant in scene 5 because this is when Malcolm, Macduff and their army really go after Macbeth. Malcolm was the rightful heir to the throne and Macbeth kind of just took that away from him because he felt he was more worthy.

media type="youtube" key="FjY1GQmbbD0" height="250" width="308" Brand New Me—Alicia Keys

This song represents the change in Macbeth's character. Lady Macbeth was surprised by the amount of ambition Macbeth had in act 3. He was just killing everyone he had the slightest suspicion of. In this song it talks about it's partially the other person's fault that they are changing. Lady Macbeth has a role in the reason Macbeth is acting the way he is. She should expect him to change under the circumstances.

media type="youtube" key="OX1e4iBQTAc" height="251" width="308" Heartless –Kanye West

This songs talks about how a guy loses his soul to a woman that is heartless, and then they are both lonely in the end. Macbeth was not very fond of the idea of Duncan's murder to begin with, but he loses himself in Lady Macbeth's manipulation

media type="youtube" key="grqrlGwoOU0" height="219" width="294" Wicked Game – Phillip Phillips

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">In this song I like the lyrics "it's strange how desire will make foolish people do." In act 5 people were starting to think that Macbeth was going crazy because of his behavior and irrational decisions. Menteith said "Who, then, shall blame His pestered senses to recoil and start, When all that is within him does condemn Itself for being there." (5.2.21-24).

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">media type="youtube" key="MStoUfrsCig" height="219" width="294" <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 1.5;">I Want It All—Queen

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">I think this song sums up the ambition we begin to see arise out of mainly Lady Macbeth and later Macbeth for power. Lady Macbeth sees that Macbeth has been pronounced Thane of Cawdor and she thinks why not king? She wants all the power she can get.

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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Movie Poster **

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">For my movie poster I chose to have a dagger through a crown. Everyone's ambition and the reason nature is so out of order is because of the desire to be king. All of the blood shed throughout the place is order to take the throne or maintain the throne. the dagger that he kills Duncan with that makes him king. The two go together. I used the tag line "the evil that you do remains with you.." I chose this tag line because it doesn't just relate to the main character Macbeth, it also related to his wife who had a huge part in his decision making process. It seems that Macbeth's continues to pick off people's lives because of fear. The ghost of Banquo haunts Macbeth almost immediately after he dies. Though Banquo's physical body is gone, his spirit haunted Macbeth., and he could not escape it. Lady Macbeth's hallucinations are caused by the guilt she feels for the death of Duncan. She knows that it's her fault she she is incapable of getting over it. Closer to the end of her life, the signs of guilt are prominent as she washes her hands over and over against claiming that she sees/feels the blood of Duncan on her hands.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Dramatic Structure Quote Chart**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">I chose these quotes because I feel that they are the most important parts, the play could absolutely not do without these quotes. My first quote is where we see Lady Macbeth's ambition at one of it's peaks while Macbeth doesn't seem as excited about the whole idea of killing the king. Though it doesn't seem that significant, he changes drastically very soon. My second quote is when Macbeth kills Duncan. Obviously a big part of the play, but we see Macbeth feeling immense guilt for his actions, which shortly changes. In act 3 Macbeth really starts to take a turn for the worst. He kills Banquo, betraying one of his dearest friends simply because of the possible threat to the throne he posses makes Macbeth feel uncomfortable. The strong loyal quality Macbeth once had, he now lacks greatly. At this point, Macbeth's ambition has surpassed his wife's. In act 4 Macbeth has almost gone psycho. He has no mercy on anyone and is incredibly paranoid about his security of the throne. My last quote it when Macbeth dies, he realizes that Macduff wasn't born from a woman in the way that the witches were talking about. It's a relatively interesting way for Macbeth to die


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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**M**aking abrupt choices

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**A**s he continues his surge to become king.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**C**ould care less about the relationship’s he’s destroyed

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**B**ecause everyone knows it’s lonely at the top anyway.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**E**ven though the witches have told him it was his fate to become king

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**T**he patience Macbeth lacks and the crimes he commits are

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**H**orrific and unjust.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**B**eloved friend of Macbeth

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**A**nd a hero as well.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**N**ot only was he betrayed

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Q**uite violently but

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**U**njustly too.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**O**ver time it’s his ghost that continues to haunt Macbeth.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**L**oving and caring is what a wife should be

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**A**nd instead her character fails to let her act this way.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**D**oing evil and mysterious things is the way she behaves,

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Y**et little did she know that everything comes back to haunt you.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**M**any believed it was all Macbeth who came up with such horrific plans for power

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**A**nd that a woman could never be so manipulative.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**C**unning and unmerciful a person she is,

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**B**elieving she was manlier than her husband

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**E**ven though she was mistaking masculinity for cruelty.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**T**hus, we learn that power is not everything and when we gain the

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**H**atred of everyone, it proves to be not worth it in the end.