Play Essays

The initial thing that I must do is try to define what is meant by the descriptions; “dead butcher” and “fiend-like Queen”. Of course “dead” and “Queen” need no explanation as the characters were plainly these things. By butcher I think it is meant to signify that the speaker of …

Lady Macbeth is the wife of Macbeth. After concerning a battle Macbeth accidentally bumps into three witches, his life drastically changes after this gathering. The witches predict he will hold three important roles in the future, “All hail Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis! Hail to thee, thane of …

Macbeth is renowned as playwright Shakespeare’s, most famous and bloodiest tragedy ever written. Within the tragedy are elements of various themes, such as love, ambition and power, combining to make Macbeth a very engaging play which is most satisfying to the audience. The play revolves around an ambitious Scottish warrior, …

The issue of Kingship was such an important issue of Shakespeare’s time because there is a change of ruler, which will affect the lives of the population. Queen Elizabeth was a benevolent Queen who strived for peace. She was the virgin Queen and was, in effect, married to her country; …

Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ is a storey, which tells us about the downfall of ‘Macbeth’, who was a brave Scottish Warrior. To become King of Scotland he kills his King as a result of the predictions witch the three witches had made to him. The play ‘Macbeth’ represents power, evil, ambition and …

My primary impressions of Lady Macbeth at the beginning of the play are that she is a Lady unlike any other. She has her own mind and is literate opposite to most women who were nice to look at but moronic. In Act 2 scene 2 her character is constant …

As one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, Macbeth portrays the untimely end of its main role at the hands of what appears to be his own ambition. However, Shakespeare carries the audience through a series of strange events that lead the viewer to question images used by the three witches, effectively …

In this version of Macbeth, the story will be set in Ancient Egypt and around 500 B.C. and a Proscenium will be used. I chose Ancient Egypt because according to my knowledge, the Egyptians were extremely superstitious and they believed that they will be punished if they commit a great …

The play I have been studying is Macbeth by William Shakespeare. It tells the story of a Scottish thane who rises to the thrown of Scotland by committing terrible murders. He follows the prophecies of three supernatural sisters (the witches) and becomes the king of Scotland, and his reign is …

I plan to show you how William Shakespeare uses dramatic techniques to develop tensions between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, as you can probably tell my source of evidence will be Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. Upon the audience’s earliest encounter with Lady Macbeth, their initial reaction was most probably that she was …