'Macbeth William Shakespeare Essay\r'

'(i) â€Å"Shakespeare’s Macbeth invites us to cypher into the world of a man control on by ruthless emulation and tortured by regret.” Write a response to this horizon of the play, Macbeth, supporting the points you grant by reference to the text.\r\nMark ex 60 by reference to the criteria for sagaciousness using the following breakdown of marks.\r\nP18\r\nC18\r\nL 18\r\nM 6\r\n60 marks A+ B C D E-\r\n100% 60 †51 42 33 24 23 †0\r\n30% 18 †16 13 10 8 7 †0\r\n10% 6 †5 4 3 3 2 †0\r\nExpect candidates to respond by treating of both intake and regret, though non necessarily equally. Allow that candidates may view Macbeth as a man â€Å"goaded on” by the ambitions of others in his world, e.g. skirt Macbeth, Malcolm, Banquo, and so on. Expect the focus of discussion, in such cases, to centre on the electrical shock that the ambitions of others make upon Macbeth. Code A for ‘ambition’, R for ‘regret’, and A/R for points combining the two. Possible points:\r\nAmbition:\r\n†his tidal bore response to the witches\r\n†the killing of Duncan and Banquo\r\n†his obsession with ‘curvet ambition’\r\n†he embarks on a tyrannical rule, determined to hold on to power †Lady Macbeth, however, questions his capacity to be ruthless †his soliloquies repeatedly qualify the cruelness of his character etc.\r\nRegret:\r\n†Macbeth wrestles with his scruples\r\n†he is plagued by visions of his evil whole shebang and their consequences †following the murder of Duncan he is incoherent and tormented †he is haunted by the realisation that he has achieved a ‘ unserviceable crown’ and a ‘barren threshold’\r\n†his mind is ‘full of scorpions’\r\n†for him life becomes more and more more empty and worthless Etc.\r\n'