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    years of experience that people that are Thanes always want to be king some day no matter what it takes. With the witches knowing this‚ they make Macbeth think that he is to be king or made king by saying "All hail‚ Macbeth‚ thou shalt be king hereafter!"(I‚ iii‚ 50) Therefor most of what the witches say they know because the have many years of experience and wisdom under their sleeves. Banquo‚ knowing what the witches had said‚ has to be dealt with by Macbeth. So Macbeth hires a hit man to

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    he would be king in Act 1 Scene 3. I believe that it is the witches are more responsible for Macbeth’s downfall than he is.<br><br>In Act 1‚ Scene 3‚ the witches tell Macbeth that he is thane of Glamis‚ thane of Cawdor and that he "shalt be king hereafter". Immediately after hearing the witches prophesise that he will be king‚ Macbeth thinks that he must kill the current king to become king himself. I believe that before hearing the witch’s prophecies‚ Macbeth had never in his wildest dreams thought

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    withes. As it turns out fate saved the day and allows Fleance to escape meaning Banquo will be the father for future generations of Kings. Another example is in “All Hail Macbeth Hail to thee‚ Thane of Glamis…All Hail Macbeth that shalt be King hereafter”. The use of foreshadowing in these lines creates the controversy and dilemma which unfolds throughout the play. The effect of foreshadowing on the audience creates suspense as the audience will now want to know how this or that will occur‚ that

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    of the world. The commandments are there not only to guide His creatures to proper belief‚ but also to show them the proper way to live their lives. Islam says that its practices are for benefit of the followers‚ benefit in this world and in the hereafter. The ethical and moral degeneration of the western society and the predominance of suicide‚ drug abuse‚ and crime‚ seem to clearly indicate that spiritual health of an individual and a community is as important as physical health. The factors

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    Macbeth becomes careless and insensitive towards his wife. Malcolm and Macbeths men are preparing for the war while Lady Macbeth is losing her sanity. Lady Macbeth commits suicide and as Macbeth finds out he says emotionless‚ ‘’ she should have died hereafter‚ / There would have been time for such a word.” This shows that Macbeth is a bad husband because he does not care what happens to his wife. In the quote He is saying that Lady Macbeth’s death is actually a nuisance that a problem and he is also saying

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    the story. The three witches were the first supernatural occurrences in the story. Macbeth started to get thoughts of killing the king when the witches said “All hail‚ Macbeth! Hail to thee‚ thane of Glamis! / All hail‚ Macbeth… thou shalt be king hereafter!” (1.3. 51-53). Macbeth is getting these thoughts because when he got the news from Ross that he would be thane of Cawdor then he started to think if the witches were right and if he was really going to be king. Macbeth then has doubts about killing

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    Shakespeare shows the influence of the witches by using paradoxes such as “Lesser than Macbeth and greater” and “Not so happy‚ yet much happier.” Shakespeare also uses imagery in act 1 scene 3 when he says “Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?” Shakespeare uses different live variations of lines such as in some lines he writes in prose (free form writing)‚ that of a poem (where the lines end in rhyming couplets) and iambic pentameter which is the common metrical forms in English poetry today

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    Duncan. The play would have had the same conclusion if Lady Macbeth was absent from the play for a number of reasons. Firstly Macbeth didn’t care if Lady Macbeth was there or not. This statement is justified by him saying “She should have died hereafter” which shows that the play could have gone on without her. Secondly if Lady Macbeth was not there one could argue that the murders would still take place because Macbeth begun to murder without her influence later in the play. Thirdly although Lady

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    re-injection (requiring transfer permits) are not covered by permits or approval under Environmental Guidelines and Standards for the Petroleum Industry in Nigeria [17] and the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency Act 2007 (hereafter NESREA Act) empower NESREA‚ amongst other things‚ to enforce compliance with regulation on the handling and disposal of chemicals and waste except in the oil and gas sector (10). References Anwuli Irene Ofuani‚ (2011). Environmental Regulation

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