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In MacBeth, Shakespeare creates characters who parallel other characters either through their words and actions, or through similarities in characters lives. Each character in the story has a double, through either their similarities, or through their differences. Each character also has something about them that makes them unique.

MacBeth and Lady MacBeth are the epitome of an interesting parallelization. At the beginning of the story, the two characters are complete opposites. MacBeth takes the feminine role, while Lady MacBeth is masculine:

That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,

And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty! Mak

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He is able to easily tell between a loyal, and a disloyal person. On the other hand when MacBeth hears of Lady MacBeths seriousness in her actions he comes back with:

MacBeth

“We will proceed no further in this business:

He hath honored me as of late, and I have bought

Golden opinions from all sorts of people,

Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,

Not cast aside so soon. Each new morn

New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows

Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds

As if it felt with Scotland and yelled out

Like syllable of dolor. They should find allies that have, or did have the same problem as themselves and go and fight MacBeth.

(I,iv, 50-53)

Lady MacBeth uses “Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark. When Lady MacBeth commits suicide near the end of the story, he pushes it off and continues with his plan to remain king:

MacBeth

“She should have died hereafter;

there would have been a time for such a word. Out, out, brief candle!

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player

That strits and frets his hour upon the stage

And then is heard no more.

This next pair, is directly related to the last one. Malcolm, however, does not have this flaw. He could not distinguish between a loyal subject and a disloyal subject. This pair deals with time frames during the story (i. Here, Malcolm is testing MacDuff to make sure he is loyal. Lady MacBeth becomes feminine and MacBeth becomes masculine. MacBeth from the Beginning, Macduff throughout).

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Approximate Word count = 1002
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

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