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The Sactum and The Tragedy of Macbeth
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The themes of both of the stories are sin and good and evil, abuse of power, and choices and consequences. | Outline |
The Sanctum is when 3 main characters Dan, Abby, and Jordan remain traumatized by the summer they shared in the Brookline asylum. Much as they'd love to move on, many questions remain, and someone is determined to keep the terror alive. | Outline |
The Tragedy of Macbeth is also quite similar to The Sanctum, but a little more tragic and unpleasing. | Outline |
The theme is sin, good, and evil. | Outline |
These two books are based around the themes of sin and good and evil. | Outline |
Sin symbolizes evil and the bad doing of others, for instance Macbeth. | Outline |
Good can be seen in the book The Sanctum because they are trying to do something good for themselves, but evil forces comes back to haunt them. | Outline |
As Dan, Abby, and Jordan begin to explore, they find it unnerving that Micah always seems to be around. They also find it creepy that Cal and other students believe Warden Crawford to have been a misunderstood genius | Outline |
The main theme of Macbeth—the destruction wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints—finds its most powerful expression in the play’s two main characters. | Macbeth Hurn, Susan. “What is the theme of Macbeth?” Enotes, 11 March 2009, |
Crawford then went on to do his own work, Dan and the others discover, by tracking down one of the former LSD test subjects to the area round Brookline. | The Sanctum Unknown. “Sanctum Themes and Motifs.” Book Rags, 2017 |
One of Shakespeare’s most forcefully drawn female characters is lady macbeth | Macbeth Hurn, Susan. “What is the theme of Macbeth?” Enotes, 11 March 2009, |
on the other hand, pursues her goals with greater determination, yet she is less capable of withstanding the repercussions of her immoral acts. | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
.One of Shakespeare’s most forcefully drawn female characters, she spurs her husband mercilessly to kill Duncan and urges him to be strong in the murder’s aftermath, | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
on the other hand, pursues her goals with greater determination, yet she is less capable of withstanding the repercussions of her immoral acts. | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
One of Shakespeare’s most forcefully drawn female characters, she spurs her husband mercilessly to kill Duncan | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
is what drives the couple to ever more terrible atrocities. The problem, the play suggests, is that once one decides to use violence to further one’s quest for power, it is difficult to stop. | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
There are always potential threats to the throne—Banquo, Fleance, Macduff | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
and it is always tempting to use violent means to dispose of them. | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
Characters in Macbeth frequently dwell on issues of gender | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
Lady Macbeth manipulates her husband by questioning his manhood, | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
and does not contradict Macbeth when he says that a woman like her should give birth only to boys. | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
In the same manner that Lady Macbeth goads her husband on to murder, | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
Macbeth provokes the murderers he hires to kill Banquo by questioning their manhood. | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
Such acts show that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth equate masculinity with naked aggression, | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
and whenever they converse about manhood, violence soon follows. | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
Their understanding of manhood allows the political order depicted in the play to descend into chaos. | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
Crawford then went on to do his own work, Dan and the others discover, by tracking down one of the former LSD test subjects to the area round Brookline | The Sanctum Unknown. “Sanctum Summary & Study Guide Description.” Book Rags, 2017 |
He killed a hypnotist named Maudire who traveled with a carnival to steal Maudire’s gemstone pocketwatch emblazoned with a bright, shining star for use in hypnosis. | The Sanctum Unknown. “Sanctum Summary & Study Guide Description.” Book Rags, 2017 |
As these facts are uncovered, a secret society donning skull masks and red capes known as the Scarlets hone in on Dan, Abby, and Jordan. | The Sanctum Unknown. “Sanctum Summary & Study Guide Description.” Book Rags, 2017 |
The three friends must outwit the Scarlets, who they come to realize include Micah, Cal, and Lara. | The Sanctum Unknown. “Sanctum Summary & Study Guide Description.” Book Rags, 2017 |
who they come to realize include Micah, Cal, and Lara. | The Sanctum Unknown. “Sanctum Summary & Study Guide Description.” Book Rags, 2017 |
All of them have been brainwashed, but Micah and Lara have been fighting it | The Sanctum Unknown. “Sanctum Summary & Study Guide Description.” Book Rags, 2017 |
They try to help Dan, Abby, and Jordan, and are both killed by the leader of the Scarlets, Professor Reyes. | The Sanctum Unknown. “Sanctum Summary & Study Guide Description.” Book Rags, 2017 |
At the same time, however, the audience cannot help noticing that women are also sources of violence and evil. | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
The witches’ prophecies spark Macbeth’s ambitions and then encourage his violent behavior; | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
Lady Macbeth provides the brains and the will behind her husband’s plotting; and the only divine being to appear is Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft. | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
the only divine being to appear is Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft. | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
Arguably, Macbeth traces the root of chaos and evil to women, which has led some critics to argue that this is Shakespeare’s most misogynistic play. | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
While the male characters are just as violent and prone to evil as the women | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
the aggression of the female characters is more striking because it goes against prevailing expectations of how women ought to behave. | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
Lady Macbeth’s behavior certainly shows that women can be as ambitious and cruel as men. | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
Whether because of the constraints of her society or because she is not fearless enough to kill, | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
Visions and hallucinations recur throughout the play and serve as reminders of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s joint culpability for the growing body count | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
When he is about to kill Duncan, Macbeth sees a dagger floating in the air. | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |
Covered with blood and pointed toward the king’s chamber, the dagger represents the bloody course on which Macbeth is about to embark. Later, he sees Banquo’s ghost sitting in a chair at a feast | Macbeth Harcourt, Mifflin Houghton. “Macbeth major theme” CliffNotes, 2016 |