The devil, or the evil spirits, take up many disguises, one of which is through Lady Macbeth. Our tragic hero does not realize that every murder will come back to haunt him. We begin to see the slippery slope Macbeth slides down as he promptly kills his best friend, Banquo, and attempts to murder Banquo’s only child, Fleance, without any outside influences. He was content killing his closest ally because he worries about the witches prophecy that “the seeds of Banquo’s kings, rather than so, come fate into the list, and champion me to the utterance…” (III.I.70-73). Even when you believe Macbeth cannot be any worse he slaughters Macduff’s entire family when he hears Macduff has fled to England; he said that he would “give to the edge o’the sword his wife, babes, and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his line”.
Macbeth by William Shakespeare Macbeth is known as one of the most tragic and bloody plays ever written by William Shakespeare. The first we see in the play is a conversation between three witches who our protagonist encounters on the way home from a great victory with his friend Banquo. The three witches tells Macbeth and Banquo a great prophecy, Macbeth will become the king one day. Because of this prophecy, Macbeth becomes consumed by the idea of ruling, and tells about the prophecy to his wife whom we do not know the name off. Lady Macbeth is a frightening and aggressive woman so to say.
In Macbeth the word blood has several meanings to it. It is used as a symbol of honor, guilt, murder, life, and family; or it can simply be actual blood itself. Many people in this play have died by murder, except one; Lady Macbeth. In the end of the play she ended up taking her own life out of fear and guilt. Lady Macbeth is a coward.
Ambition brings about the success and downfall of Macbeth; Lady Macbeth’s ambition got Macbeth started on success, then his own ambition led him the rest of the way to his eventual downfall. In Macbeth it is arguable who has the most ambition throughout the story but also proves too much ambition can be a bad thing. So how much ambition is too
First Macbeth sees the dagger that he will use to kill Duncan. Then, he sees the ghost of Banquo who he had murdered. Last, Lady Macbeth was confessing her sins in a sleepwalking trance. The three scenes are important because they demonstrate a theme in the play. Word Count:
A lust for power already existed in Macbeth, but it was his encounter with the three witches on his return from battle that triggered his thirst for the throne, and subsequently the deaths of many, Macbeth among the deceased. The witches told Macbeth that he would become the Thane of Cawdor, and when he did, he became obsessed with the idea that he will become the King of Scotland; “prophecy” said so. With the encouragement of his wife, Macbeth murdered King Duncan, and Banquo, who was a comrade of Macbeth. Macbeth then orders the deaths of Macduff’s wife and children, because he fears that they stand a chance of taking the throne. Upon hearing of his families’ death, Macduff returns to Scotland to confront Macbeth, who is slain.
Ashley Demerac August 24th, 2015 01.07: Macbeth – Character Disintegration Topic Choice #2: Explore how Macbeth changes over the course of the play. Macbeth changes quite significantly during the course of the play. In the beginning, Macbeth is a valued general, a dear husband, and an ardent subject of the king. When the first revelations are made by the witches, Macbeth shows his more aggressive side, leading to his murder of the king. Since Lady Macbeth set him up to this by insulting his manhood, Macbeth took a turn for the worst when he started experiencing fear and guilt.
After the act of regicide, it is Lady Macbeth who has the soundness of mind to plant the incriminating evidence on Duncan's guards. And yet, her firmness disintegrates gradually as the play progresses, leading to nightmares that haunt her and ultimately drive her to suicide. In this regard, Lady Macbeth appears to switch characters with Macbeth midway through the play. Although most famous for her cruelty and lines such as "unsex me here," the decline of Lady Macbeth is also of great interest and certainly a mysterious aspect of Macbeth. 1.
Fear is an emotion that motivates us to do many things no matter if they are right or wrong. In the play of Macbeth, it was fear that was the main motivating factor which creates more fear and finally influenced the outcome of the play. Macbeth, the character is a man living in fear who cannot escape the continuous cycle without creating more and more fear as he deepens himself even further into a situation from which he cannot possibly escape. However, Macbeth is desperate to become King and thinks that by being totally loyal to Duncan, he will achieve this objective. And when the time Duncan announces that his son Malcolm will be his successor as king of Scotland, Macbeth is angry and yet fears of not being king.
Immediately after murdering Duncan, Macbeth experiences a combination of remorse and panic. He says that he has heard a voice saying “Sleep no more! Macbeth doth murder sleep.” He was so scared and so out of sorts that he has left the bloody dagger he used to kill the king at the scene of