Macbeth Coursework

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Jc Trapani

English Coursework: Macbeth

Throughout the all of the play, we can see Macbeth' s morals being questioned and his integrity slowly declining.

The Soliloquies are the internal queries and conversations that Macbeth has with himself hence help us to see his moral fluctuations.

In Act 1 Scene 3, Macbeth measures up the moral implications of the three witches prediction. "This supernatural soliciting cannot be ill, cannot be good". It is also possible to see the first signs of Macbeth' s ambition and determination, "two truths are told, as happy prologues to the swelling act". This is the first of many inner debates to come throughout this play. Already Macbeth has thoughts of murder summering in his brain. "Whose murder yet is but fantastical?" He is thinking of it, but isn't convinced yet that he will commit the crime. Most importantly he's scared of what is going through his mind, and so at this point in the play, Macbeth retains moral dignity, which will soon dissipate and become greed. "Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair". We can already see that his thoughts are perceived as supernatural, he doesn't know what to make of his imaginings and feels that he is not human, "shakes so my single stare of man is smothered".

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In Act 1 Scene 7 , Macbeth is reasoning with himself, starts of the soliloquy by saying that if he knew that all was going to go well, he would kill Duncan without hesitation. The words used in the first sentence helps the reader to recreate the confusion and difficulty with which Macbeth must make his decision, "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly.". He then counts down the reasons why he shouldn't commit this crime, "Bloody instructions return to plague the inventor", this is one of the more selfish reasons. Here ...

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