Macbeth Appearance Vs Reality Essay

Within Macbeth and Hamlet, both plays, the main characters, Macbeth and Hamlet, chose to pride themselves with ambition, leading to their own tragedies and downfalls. Macbeth never halts at anything on his path to become “king”, and never is content with what he possess’. Similarly, Hamlet’s strong willingness to avenge the death of his father causes many consequences as he murders uncaringly. Macbeth and Hamlet can both be seen using ambition and vengeance as motivations to further their own…

reversed and appearance vs. reality and characterization play a substantial role on many individuals in modern day society. One can identify the way in which Lady Macbeth is not society’s ideal image of a woman. Lady Macbeth puts a spin on what a female is expected to be and exemplifies the fact that females can do and be whatever they want to without being concerned about what others think of them. In the play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, one can view the way in which Lady Macbeth…

exposes Blanche's past and when he rapes her, he turns her ‘upper-class’ upbringing (of which she is very proud) into something without any meaning. The conflict, therefore, is bigger than Stanley vs. Blanche or even male vs. female, it is the Old South vs. the new ind ustrial age and the upper-class life vs. the ‘common’ life. With Blanche, it is not only her sinful ways that causes her misery, it is her upper-class upbringing and clinging to the past that is one of the reasons for her downfall…