He made sure to put on a façade which would lead the King’s men to believe he was still a respectful and loyal man. He even went as far as killing another man to show his respect for the king and his (fake) anger about the king’s murder. Macbeth made quite a transition between the first two scenes of the play. Power was the catalyst for the change from a loyal to greedy man. People will do many things to claim power.
25-26) Banquo sees the opportunity to figure out the dream that fate has given him and takes it, illustrating his free will in life trying to make sense of the fate he was given. I. iii. 154-155 “If chance will have me King, why,/ chance may crown me,/ Without my stir.” After encountering the Weird Sisters with Banquo, Banquo cautions him not to give the creatures’ words much credence. Though, within minutes Ross arrives to tell Macbeth that the king has bestowed the title Thane of Cawdor upon him as the witches had predicted. Macbeth then begins to ponder the power of fate.
If a character does a noble deed, will he/she be rewarded? As is represented in the play Macbeth, justice always prevails due to the guilty character's developing sense of remorse and/or the character receiving fair punishment. For every action there is a reaction and whatever the result is, it is meant to happen and it is just. The first malevolent decision chosen by Lady Macbeth and her husband Macbeth was to kill King Duncan. The death of Duncan would mean the birth of a new Macbeth, King Macbeth.
* Often certain things trigger specific human behavior, for example, Macbeth’s reaction to the witch’s predictions triggered instant doubt, and left him vulnerable to his wife influence. After committing the first crime, Macbeth’s behavior ultimately became over confident, and evil, and this was ultimately due to the reaction that was triggered by the witch’s predictions. * However, prior to the beginning of Macbeth’s self destruction, Macbeth had morals and was a very loyal man * Another message that can be taken from this play is that even the best of the characters can fall and ultimately become the villain. * “Quote” * Link to topic Para 2: Desire and hope for power can be dangerous * Macbeth’s hunger for the throne of the kingdom took over him, and his morals, which prevented him from doing otherwise. * When someone is so desperate for something like this, usually they will do anything to reach their destination.
Macbeth is then killed, and his head is put onto a pole, and then presented to Malcolm; who becomes the king of Scotland. In concluding this essay from reading the novel readers will realize greed takes a toll on a person’s personality. Greed will turn a non-violent person, into someone who becomes violent in order to get what they want. A person will become ambitious to get what they want and make sure they are the only person with it. In the novel Macbeth wanted all the power to himself, and did whatever he could to get it.
Macbeth’s Character Macbeth is superstitious and curious about the witches. ‘stay you imperfect speakers, tell me more…speak, I charge you’ this shows that already the idea of becoming king is in Macbeths mind, and is feeding his ever-growing ambition. The imperatives in the quote show that he already thinks that he is superior to others as he is very imposing and demanding, this would also mean that he is self-centered and will do anything for the benefit of himself and his own success. Macbeth is superstitious and ambitious but doubtful of himself and the witches. ‘why do you dress me in borrowed robes?’ this quote shows that Macbeth is superstitious as it tells the audience that he has believed the prophecies they have told him.
The witches make 2 predictions about Macbeth: that he will be thane of Cawdor and eventually, king. Banquo is surprised to see Macbeth looking frightened, asking why he would “seem to fear/ Things that do sound so fair…” (1.3). Banquo then demanded the witches speak to him. They told him that his children would be kings (“Thou shalt get kinds, though thou be none…”). After all this, Macbeth was still skeptical and curious of the predictions they had made, and asked them to explain.
However by the end of the soliloquy, Shakespeare has Macbeth speaking in masculine iambic pentameter to show that Macbeth has persuaded himself to kill Duncan. “Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives”. The quote shows this because when said in front of an audience would sound firm and sure. This shows the he has overcome the doubts and fears he had that his conscience would be always reminding him of
The witches predict two things:- that Macbeth will become the thane of Cawdor, and that he will be king hereafter. They also predict two things for Banquo that he will be lesser than Macbeth, and greater also he shall get kings, though be none meaning that he will not become king but his children will. When Macbeth hears of the witches predictions that he will become thane of Cawdor, he is scared we know this by what Banquo says to Macbeth ;" Good Sir, why do you start, and seem to fear " But after they have spoken more, he wishes them to stay and tell him how this can be true as he does not see how this is possible. They vanish in to the air and Macbeth says he " Would they had stay,d ? " which means he wished they had stayed to find out what they meant .
This new event come to reduce Macbeth’s anxiety but increase his hesitation: his speech is full of opposition and wonderings « Cannot be ill, cannot be good [..] why do I yield to that suggestion ». Macbeth, after having known his future according to the prophecy, seems not sure about his feelings his ambition and cannot dissociate bad and good. He is self satisfied of his new position but he was also with the older position; so that uncertainty, created by the witches’ prophecy, makes him uncomfortable. Lady Macbeth, after having read his husband’s letter informing her about the witches’ prophecy and its partly reliability, saw her passion and lust come into play; she is sure about the prophecy effectiveness and seem ready for nothing in order to make those predications true. First she doubt of her husband’s ambition and rigorousness and she’s afraid of