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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts two pivotal lines in the play, then discusses how Shakespeare’s use of language helps to reveal Macbeth’s changing state of mind. No additional sources are used.
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action of his plays, and is the reason his characters continue to mesmerize generations of readers and theater audiences. There was no Shakespearean character more fascinating or complex than
Macbeth, who was based on the real-life Thane of Cawdor whose murderous ambition secured for him, albeit briefly, the Scottish throne. However, it was Shakespeares interpretation of the man
and his actions which serve to define Macbeth for historians and students alike. By using the tool of language, Shakespeare was able to chip through the layers of cultivated
veneer and probe deeply into his soul. Act II, Scene III immediately followed Macbeths shocking murder of King Duncan. It is recommended that the student who is writing about
this topic should consider that prior to this scene, with considerable encouragement from his equally opportunistic wife, Macbeth boldly decides to influence his own destiny and fulfill the witches prophecy
(and his own desire) to become king. This is, in spite of the fact that his disrupting the natural order of divine succession. After being informed of Duncans
death, Macbeth, ever the savvy politician and superlative actor, feigns shock, and muses, "Had I but died an hour before this chance, / I had lived a blessed time, for
from this instant / Theres nothing serious in mortality. / All is but toys; renown and grace is dead, / The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees
/ Is left this vault to brag of" (100-105). He is so convincing when speaking these relatively simplistic yet moving words, that one almost believes that the gravity of
what he has done has genuinely affected this cold and calculated one-time Scottish war hero. However, if one considers the images conjured by these words, Macbeth is cultivating illusions,
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