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Macbeth

William Shakespeare · 1623

A general murders his king after a witches' prophecy and falls, a tragedy of ambition and guilt.

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  1. Part 9Macbeth hears exactly the words he wants to hear. Why are people drawn to messages that make them feel safe?
  2. Part 13"Life's but a walking shadow." Why does life seem meaningless to Macbeth now, and do you agree with him?
  3. Last partHow does ambition destroy Macbeth? Was his fall decided by fate, or chosen step by step?

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  1. Lesson 1Free"Fair is foul, and foul is fair." Can a prophecy change a person just by being heard?Start
  2. Lesson 2SubscriptionWho is really pushing Macbeth toward the crown: the witches, his wife, or his own desire?Locked
  3. Lesson 3SubscriptionMacbeth lists good reasons not to kill Duncan. Why do reasons sometimes lose to desire and pressure?Locked
  4. Lesson 4Subscription"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand?" Can a guilty conscience be washed clean?Locked
  5. Lesson 5Subscription"There's daggers in men's smiles." When everyone performs grief, how can we tell whose sorrow is true?Locked
  6. Lesson 6Subscription"To be thus is nothing; / But to be safely thus." Why does getting what he wanted not give Macbeth peace?Locked
  7. Lesson 7Subscription"What's done is done." Can a person really put a crime behind him, or does it come back?Locked
  8. Lesson 8Subscription"I am in blood / Stepp'd in so far." Is there a point where turning back from wrongdoing becomes impossible?Locked
  9. Lesson 9SubscriptionMacbeth hears exactly the words he wants to hear. Why are people drawn to messages that make them feel safe?Locked
  10. Lesson 10Subscription"To do harm / Is often laudable; to do good sometime / Accounted dangerous folly." What happens to a country when good and evil are turned upside down?Locked
  11. Lesson 11Subscription"I must also feel it as a man." What does it mean to be truly strong in the face of grief?Locked
  12. Lesson 12Subscription"What's done cannot be undone." What happens to a conscience that has been silenced for a long time?Locked
  13. Lesson 13Subscription"Life's but a walking shadow." Why does life seem meaningless to Macbeth now, and do you agree with him?Locked
  14. Lesson 14Subscription"That keep the word of promise to our ear, / And break it to our hope." Who is finally responsible for Macbeth's fall: the witches or Macbeth himself?Locked
  15. Lesson 15SubscriptionHow does ambition destroy Macbeth? Was his fall decided by fate, or chosen step by step?Review · Final essayLocked

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