Macbeth Good Vs Evil
We have all experienced it before: a story that centers around a conflict between good and evil. Shakespeare’s Macbeth is no exception; it follows Macbeth — who at the beginning of the story is Thane of Glamis — as he progresses through many acts of “evil” on his way to becoming King. The antagonist on the other hand, Macduff, is written out by Shakespeare to appear as “good” to the audience. In the end it is he who avenges the mostly-destructed Scotland by killing “evil” Macbeth.
Let’s take a look at Macbeth: the play’s protagonist. He actually in my opinion was not evil at all throughout the whole play. At the very beginning, then-king Duncan and a few others discuss the heroic acts of Macbeth in a battle against Norwegian forces. A bloody captain who had just returned from the battle states, “Brave Macbeth, laughing at Luck, chopped his way through to Macdonwald, who didn’t even have time to say good-bye or shake hands before Macbeth split him open from …show more content…
He didn't show up to Macbeth’s banquet for one, and eventually escaped to England—leaving behind his family. In Act IV Duncan’s son, Malcolm, asks Macduff, “Why did you leave your wife and child vulnerable—the most precious things in your life, those strong bonds of love? How could you leave them behind?” (Crowther) Later he learns that Macbeth and his murderers have killed everyone he left behind. Like the witches causing the evil to grow in Macbeth, this causes the hero to grow in Macduff. He travels back to England and ends up killing Macbeth—who was told by the witches could not be killed by a man born of a woman—because, “they cut me out of my mother’s womb before she could bear me naturally.” (Crowther) (To me, this is completely crazy. He still was born of a woman, the only difference was it wasn't a natural birth.) In the end it seems that the great Macduff has come out as a total hero, and Macbeth a dead
Let’s take a look at Macbeth: the play’s protagonist. He actually in my opinion was not evil at all throughout the whole play. At the very beginning, then-king Duncan and a few others discuss the heroic acts of Macbeth in a battle against Norwegian forces. A bloody captain who had just returned from the battle states, “Brave Macbeth, laughing at Luck, chopped his way through to Macdonwald, who didn’t even have time to say good-bye or shake hands before Macbeth split him open from …show more content…
He didn't show up to Macbeth’s banquet for one, and eventually escaped to England—leaving behind his family. In Act IV Duncan’s son, Malcolm, asks Macduff, “Why did you leave your wife and child vulnerable—the most precious things in your life, those strong bonds of love? How could you leave them behind?” (Crowther) Later he learns that Macbeth and his murderers have killed everyone he left behind. Like the witches causing the evil to grow in Macbeth, this causes the hero to grow in Macduff. He travels back to England and ends up killing Macbeth—who was told by the witches could not be killed by a man born of a woman—because, “they cut me out of my mother’s womb before she could bear me naturally.” (Crowther) (To me, this is completely crazy. He still was born of a woman, the only difference was it wasn't a natural birth.) In the end it seems that the great Macduff has come out as a total hero, and Macbeth a dead