Many people have hopes and goals that they would like to accomplish. They may desire powerful positions or jobs, while others may desire prosperity and riches. This is known as ambition, the spell binding force that leads people towards success. However, ambition may result in harmful acts to get their satisfaction. In William Shakespeare’s tragic play, Macbeth, the protagonist, Macbeth, is described as a very loyal and noble soldier. As the play progresses, Macbeth’s character dramatically changes because of several different factors. These factors influence Macbeth greatly and cause him to make numerous bad decisions. The influence of the witches’ prophecies, the influence of Lady Macbeth, and Macbeth’s blind ambitions are the most important factors that lead to Macbeth’s tragic deterioration.…
Everyone as a human being has both good and bad characters, and they will also change as they grow old and some people also learn from their mistakes. In the play, “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, the character of Lady Macbeth depicts both good and evil tendencies, particularly her evil tendencies can be seen at the beginning of the play. Over the course of time, Lady Macbeth changes adequately from the lust of power to more of an anguished person. The consolidation of the fatal influence by the witches and Lady Macbeth on Macbeth is what mustered for a disaster.…
Character: Macbeth’s impulsive character is demonstrated here. Macbeth is saying that he will no longer be reflective and contemplative regarding his actions but will act immediately.…
I think that it is very possible that Macbeth has PTSD otherwise known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Throughout the story, Macbeth seems to show symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is an emotional illness that usually develops as a result of a terribly frightening, life-threatening, or otherwise highly unsafe experience.…
You never know who you should trust because someone will end up betraying you. Much like Macbeth did to Duncan, Banquo and the whole land of Scotland in order to gain power and become Thane of Cawdor and eventually King. Macbeth betrayed Scotland, but he wasn’t the only one at fault. Lady Macbeth and the three witches took a role in the destruction and betrayal that went on in Scotland. Also, Macbeth shows his betrayal by befriending Duncan and Banquo then plotting against them and killing them in order for him to become Thane of Cawdor and King. Finally, Macbeth shows his betrayal throughout Scotland for putting the blame of the murders on someone else but having the guilt.…
* 14-year-old Burl Crow has a father who is violent. His mother struggles with mental illness. When he follows his father to his secret fishing spot he learns that his father is having an affair. Burl's cover is blown and his father beats him. As his father strikes blow after blow, a helicopter flies overhead, carrying a piano, distracting them both.…
Quatrain 3: YET, happily i think on thee. Scorn to change to change with kings, doesn’t even want to be a king because he would have to lose the person he loves.…
Blood is a recurring symbol in the Macbeth play. Representing honor, disloyalty, and guilt, Shakespeare uses blood to describe Macbeth’s desire to destroy his king, leading to the eventual downfall of his country.…
Macbeth is a play filled with murders and lies, but it is not the murderer who is responsible for the most evil in the play. The main character Macbeth kills two important characters in the play, and is responsible for the death of a third. Macbeth is still only the instrument carrying out these evil actions. Other main characters in the play are the three Weird sisters, or the three witches. They are supernatural creatures that prophesize that Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor and eventually king. They stir Macbeth’s ambition to ascend the throne. Lady Macbeth is Macbeth’s strategic wife that plans the murder of King Duncan. She uses Macbeth’s ambition to acquire more power. Lady Macbeth is responsible for the most evil in the play because she convinces Macbeth to kill the king, and sends Macbeth on a path of destruction.…
Macbeth is one of the greatest tragedy themed plays by William Shakespeare. One of the main themes of Macbeth is that Ambition does not stop once you start thinking about it.…
The main theme in Macbeth “the Corrupting Power of the Unchecked Ambition” is the most powerfully portrayed in the play’s two main characters, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. Macbeth is a pathologically ambitious Scottish general who is pushed to commit evil deeds for his desire of power and fortune after three witches foretell his future saying that he will become the King. In such grand plan Lady Macbeth’s determination was instrumental and even stronger than her husband’s. Evidently being the Queen was an irresistible temptation for her power-hungry personality. She spurs her husband to kill mercilessly King Duncan and urges him to be strong in the murder’s outcome. Lady Macbeth becomes a spokesperson for the pair’s ambition and does whatever is necessary to gain a new position for his husband and ultimately herself. Macbeth is left to follow his wife’s instructions but still being the waverer, not sure he wants to proceed with his initial plan. The play also introduces the potential threats to the throne which were ambitious Banquo, Fleance and Macduff. Facing this possibility Macbeth used violence to further his quest for power being tempted to dispose of them.…
Macbeth is a very famous play by William Shakespeare, written in 1606 and first published in 1623. In Macbeth, the supernatural elements are the integral parts of the play as Shakespeare uses the theme of supernatural events to enhance the drama of the play. They appear in different forms including the three witches, the floating dagger, the ghost of Banquo and the prophetic apparitions throughout the play. The supernatural gradually provides a catalyst for the action, the mindset or insight into the character, the transition and interaction between the Macbeth’s spiritual world and the “real” world, and as the variables to the impact of many important scenes. Because of the greed and huge ambitions, Macbeth, the main protagonist, has to make choices from a brave warrior becoming a king with his unscrupulous killing. During his decision making process, the supernatural generates multiple significant influences on Macbeth’s decision, which can be found from the beginning to the end of the play.…
The witches have changed how Macbeth thinks and until his death, he made decisions that the old Macbeth would never have considered. Macbeth acts irrational and spontaneous after the death of the King. The old Macbeth would have told his wife everything while the witches' Macbeth hid from his wife that he sent people to kill Banquo. The witches have influenced Macbeth to change his way of thinking and act irrationally. Macbeth became reliant of the witches' prophecy causing him to return to them to request more. He became dependent and used the prophecies to figure out what would happen to him. This led to his downfall, all because he became reliant on the witches' power. Macbeth turned into a power hungry king by the end of the play due to the witches' powers. They perceived him to believe that he could be a great ruler when they predicted that he would be Thane of Cawdor. Once he realized that their predictions were right, he started to believe that he was going to earn the title of king as they had prophesied. He turned power hungry in the pursuit to be king which ultimately led to his downfall. The witches influenced numerous characters throughout the play of…
Shakespeare’s masterpiece of a play, ‘Macbeth’, carefully depicts that Macbeth’s character was not ruined by fate but rather by damaging errors in his personality. Macbeth’s dangerous quality of ambition brings about his downfall as well as his treachery against his king, his tyranny and also his imaginativeness that eventually lures him into the murder. Although Shakespeare suggests that Macbeth’s decisions were greatly influenced by other characters in his text, it was Macbeth that ultimately decided to listen to these influences due to the many faults in his character.…
Throughout the play, the witches challenge Macbeth’s fate by removing his free will. However, it is equally possible that the witches just revealed a destiny to Macbeth instead of planting “prophecies” or ideas in his head. Either way, Macbeth’s actions were heavily influenced by the words of the witches. Because Macbeth felt that his life was predestined by fate, he lived his life by the words of the witches. The prominent theme of “fate versus free will” not only set the tone for the story, but also is a key reason why Macbeth is such a classic story to this day. The question of whether people’s actions are driven by fate or free will may just be…