Who Is There Bully In Macbeth
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After reading Macbeth the story showed the audience who the characters really were. Some of the characters were able to be compared to a bully due to their actions and what they said to other characters in the story. Wanting to harm/kill someone out of anger, jealousy or just to do it like a bully would. Betraying someone they pretended to be friends with so they would trust them. Forcing people to do things they don't want to do. Those are always the characters relate to a bully.
Macdonald is the first man Macbeth kills although we only hear about this action but MacDonald was a rebel force.Macbeth decided to kill king Duncan for all of his power and glory. This was more than likely done out of jealousy but he was encouraged by the three
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how macbeth showed the audience who the characters really were. some characters were able to be compared to a bully due to their actions and what they said to other characters.
- Analyzes how macbeth kills macdonald out of jealousy, but he was encouraged by the three witches to kill king duncan for all of his power and glory.
- Analyzes how macbeth and lady macbeth were the masterminds behind the murders. they betrayed king duncan even though he swore his allegiance to him.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth taunts and bullies the king, making him rethink his decision. the three witches forced him to kill duncan to cover up his murder.
- Analyzes how macbeth used physical violence to intimidate young siward. he also denied that he was the murderer after killing king duncan.
He decided he didn't want to follow through with the plan then lady Macbeth began to question him and insult him in a way trying to make him rethink his decision. The three witches forced Macbeth to kill king Duncan, in the beginning, they made him evil and once he did kill the king all types of bad things began to happen to the world. Macbeth gradually became eviler as he killed more people to cover up his first murder. It was all the witches fault they got in his head and made him want to kill then he did. The three witches and lady macbeth forced Macbeth to do something he didn't want to do like a bully would force a person to do anything they want them to do. There are plenty of ways people can be bullies. Some of the characters macbeth, mainly showed several of the methods. He was trying to intimidate Young Siward with just his name. Him and Lady Macbeth wanted to have all the power so they could rub it in other faces more than likely. He used physical violence on a lot of the characters. He also denied that he was the murderer after he killed king Duncan. Macbeth was a sadistic bully and Lady Macbeth was a impulsive bully as well as the witches. As a bully there are a lot of things that are done out of anger or any emotions. As the story progressed more and more ways of bullying popped up mainly in the characters who were the bad
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