Macbeth/Macduff Essay Macbeth is the main character, but also ends up being the antagonist. At first the reader tries to understand what he’s doing and have sympathy for him but as the play progresses we lose faith. Macbeth is a very bad character, but there are also other “foils” which we can compare to him. Macduff is portrayed as the good, respectable and loyal protagonist of the book, juxtaposed to Macbeth, who is evil, deceitful and a traitor. Macbeth’s wrongdoings are amplified by the kindness and loyalty of Macduff and the legacy Duncan left as a great king.
Once he finds out this is true he blinds himself and banned his self from civilization forever. He is the most tragic hero because fate was a main part of the tragedy. Oedipus rose to be king then fell to become a blind person who committed incest. Hamlet main goal was to avenge his father. Hamlet’s father’s ghost appears to Hamlet telling him what happened and to avenge him.
Someone has murdered their father and they are going to run away seems very childish which is why the audience thinks Malcolm and Donalbain are cowards. Not only does this make Malcolm and Donalbain a coward, but it also makes them suspects of the crime. Some of the characters become suspicious of them. Therefore, the audience finds Malcolm and Donalbian as being cowards. 400 years age, killing was a part of everyday, natural life.
However, the need and urge for power overcame his senses and he was disloyal to both of them. Deception and dishonesty are a big role in this play also. Without deception, there would be no betrayal. Macbeth is deceptive whenever he pretends to be a trustworthy person to the king, the king’s son, and also Banquo. However, all the while he is greedily planning their deaths.
This is ironic because right after this Duncan puts all his trust in Macbeth who ends up killing him – the king appears to have his vision clouded by the “fog” which prevents him from singling out betrayal (he is a poor judge of character). However, unlike their father Donaldbain and Malcolm sense deceit, after their father is announced dead they decide to flee Scotland in fear of murder. As Donaldbain says: “There’s daggers in men’s smiles; the nea’er in blood, /The nearer bloody.” They notice the concept of deceptive appearances and know that if the murderer had no problem with killing the king then they will be murdered without a second thought – as long as they are close to murder, theirs is inevitable. Donaldbain associates daggers with blood which is connected to the first scene in this Act where a dagger appears to Macbeth. This association may also suggest that the two brothers subconsciously know that Macbeth killed their father – this relates to Freud’s iceberg metaphor which is that the fully conscious
The leader of Iraq, a very corrupt man did everything in his power to become the leader. Once he became leader all he wanted was money and power. He kills anyone who tries to get in his way. The theme that Shakespeare gives us in his play is exactly what happened in Iraq. Shakespeare’s theme was letting us know that we need to have high standards for the person in power or else it will become corrupt as seen in his play.
Macbeth allowed his ambition to overwhelm him and became a murdering, paranoid maniac, killing King Duncan and everyone else in his way to the throne. Although he succeeded with seizing the throne, things went downhill for Macbeth as his wife committed suicide and as Macduff confronted Macbeth and eventually beheaded him. Julius Caesar, another Shakespeare's famous tragedy, talks about Caesar, a great military and political leader, who achieved his goal of uniting the country under his rule, but his lack of humility and insight gradually caused the glory of his victory to fade. As a result, he was murdered by his fellow politicians and countrymen, including Brutus whom Caesar loved dearly. Therefor, though Caesar succeeded in gaining power and uniting the country, the glory of his success blinded him and lead him down a path full of misery.
Instead , he murdered the king to take his place. Opting not to wait to see if Banquo would be loyal to him, Macbeth had his companion murdered. His impatience led Macbeth to listen to his wife, the witches , and his darker side. He again informed people what a good man was not. In the end, Macbeth did regain a shred of his previous distinction when he faced his adversaries like a true warrior.
Here The Misfit indicates that he is going to kill the family because they have seen him and verified his identity. At this point O’Connor is setting up the readers for the twist in the story. In addition to foreshadowing, O’Connor also uses imagery to
The reason about this is because before doing something Hamlet wants to makes sure that he is right and not judging his uncle and mother in the wrong way. After that he judges his mother and decides to kill Polonius in a desperate situation. This change occurs because he was not conscious about himself, taking into account that minutes ago he discovered the truth about his father’s murder. Finally he takes revenge and kills the king. This change occurred because at this point