Discuss the role of insanity and paranoia in the unfolding events of Macbeth.

The power-hungry Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to kill Duncan in his sleep. The first instance of insanity occurs with Macbeth’s monologue as he asks “is this a dagger which I see before me?”. This symbolizes the beginnings of the way power will drive him mad. After killing Duncan, Macbeth returns with blood on his hands and Lady Macbeth goes to hide the murder weapons. As they look at the blood on their hands, she tries to console him as he realizes what he’s done. Macbeth later kills Banquo and then sees Banquo’s ghost appear before him at a dinner party he throws after becoming King of Scotland (no one else can see the ghost. It’s Macbeth going insane). Macbeth also kills the wife and children of MacDuff, a man who turned against him. Later, Lady Macbeth goes insane from the guilt of taking part in and encouraging murder and cries “out out black spot” while scrubbing at the spot on her hand where Duncan’s blood had been. Lady Macbeth later kills herself to escape her own mind/the guilt that drove her insane. Macbeth’s power-driven murders were caused by a curse that three witches set on him, which explained that he would be King (which is why he killed King Duncan), but no child born of a woman would kill him. But, MacDuff was born by C-Section and would be the one to kill him. This curse frightened Macbeth and was the soul reason he killed Duncan, Banquo, and MacDuff’s family. Macbeth’s paranoia over losing power drove him to insanity, which sparked his terrible actions. At the end, MacDuff came to fight Macbeth after hearing that he killed his family and, after a long fight, he eventually kills Macbeth.

Explanation:

today we'd use social media to quickly spread a controversial idea, but in the eighteenth century, the printed pamphlet was highly effective. and thomas paine took full advantage of it. on january 9, 1776, when paine published his pamphlet, "common sense," he wanted to push the american people toward independence from britain. it ultimately ignite the american revolution. thomas paine argued that the monarchy was evil and should be rejected as a form of government. to underscore his point, he cited the bible to argue his case -- in judges 8: 22-23: "the israelites said to gideon, 'rule over us, you and your son and your ' gideon told them, 'i will not rule over you. the lord will rule over you'" (nrsv).

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)