Power In Lady Macbeth, And The Weird Sisters
Everyone in this universe seeks power. The more powerful a person gets, the higher rank they are in this world. In the theater play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, he exemplifies power throughout the entire play. The three main characters that had power was Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, and The Weird Sisters. In Macbeth, power is the main thing that everyone in the play wants to achieve but in order to achieve power a person must also have control. Throughout the play Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, and The Weird Sisters are in control when they each take matters to their own hands.
Lady Macbeth is in control when she takes on her husband’s role. In the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth would plot the murder of King Duncan. She knew that her husband would …show more content…
They had power at the beginning of the play. In the beginning Macbeth met The Weird Sisters and they would state “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth! That shalt be King hereafter.”(1.3) They would persuade him that he would become all of these magnificent things. At first Macbeth was hesitant but with the witches disappearing like they did and leaving no trace behind, Macbeth would trust their fortune telling and kill King Duncan. Without the witches telling Macbeth all this information there wouldn’t have been a storyline to continue with but by telling Macbeth a simple fortune telling he would turn from this innocent human being to as bad as the devil himself. Slaughtering the king and killing his friend Banquo all for the sake of power. Corruption has started to seize control of Macbeth. Even when Macbeth was the king he still didn’t have all the power to himself. Macbeth needed the witches to tell his future. In order for Macbeth to become the absolute king he needed to know what his shortcomings were. Later in the play, Macbeth would meet up with the witches again and get his fortune told again. That was when the witches would use their magical powers and brought up three apparitions. The first one would state that “Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff; beware the Thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough.”(4.1) The second apparition would state, “ Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.”(4.1) The third apparition would state “ Be lion-mettl’d, proud, and take no care WHo chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are: Macbeth shall never vanquish’d be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him.”(4.1) Macbeth was told to be careful of Macduff and that he will never die of someone who is born from a
Lady Macbeth is in control when she takes on her husband’s role. In the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth would plot the murder of King Duncan. She knew that her husband would …show more content…
They had power at the beginning of the play. In the beginning Macbeth met The Weird Sisters and they would state “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth! That shalt be King hereafter.”(1.3) They would persuade him that he would become all of these magnificent things. At first Macbeth was hesitant but with the witches disappearing like they did and leaving no trace behind, Macbeth would trust their fortune telling and kill King Duncan. Without the witches telling Macbeth all this information there wouldn’t have been a storyline to continue with but by telling Macbeth a simple fortune telling he would turn from this innocent human being to as bad as the devil himself. Slaughtering the king and killing his friend Banquo all for the sake of power. Corruption has started to seize control of Macbeth. Even when Macbeth was the king he still didn’t have all the power to himself. Macbeth needed the witches to tell his future. In order for Macbeth to become the absolute king he needed to know what his shortcomings were. Later in the play, Macbeth would meet up with the witches again and get his fortune told again. That was when the witches would use their magical powers and brought up three apparitions. The first one would state that “Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff; beware the Thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough.”(4.1) The second apparition would state, “ Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.”(4.1) The third apparition would state “ Be lion-mettl’d, proud, and take no care WHo chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are: Macbeth shall never vanquish’d be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him.”(4.1) Macbeth was told to be careful of Macduff and that he will never die of someone who is born from a