Ms. Campbell's English Class

See Assignment Here   2. Explain a character who drives the theme of the story, how do they change over the course of the text? I think one character who drives the story in  Macbeth was his wife, Lady Macbeth. After hearing the prophesy, Lady Macbeth encourages her husband, Macbeth, to kill King Duncan. She convinces her husband he must commit this heinous deed for them to reap the benefits of the throne in Scotland. The character changes over the text as the guilt of killing the king, hits her. After the death of the king, she becomes very strange and mad because of the torment that fills her mind. Later in the play she scrubs an invisible 'blood' stain in her dress aimlessly. Finally, Lady Macbeth is overcome with guilt to the point that she commits suicide. One can argue that Macbeth would not have went forward with his plan to kill the king without the encouragement of his wife; so, she drives the story forward a lot in this way. Along with this, Lady...

View Assignment Here  1.What do you think the theme of Shakespeare's Macbeth is? Use textual evidence to prove why you think it is the theme of the play. I think the theme of Macbeth by William Shakespeare is to watch for the dangers of ambition. Macbeth murders and commits many wrongs because his dangerous ambition. He kills the King after he was told a prophesy that he would be in power in the case of the king's death. Macbeth had a strong ambition that he went to great lengths to make happen. Macbeth even goes to the length of killing his best friend because of the prophesy. The prophesy states that his friend, Banquo's descendants will sit on the throne. Macbeth is even aware of his terrible ambition, before he kills the king. Macbeth states in Act 1 scene 7, "I have no spur/To prick the sides of my intent, but only/Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself/And falls on th’other." In these lines he is doubting his plan to murder the king and has great moral co...