A Great Debacle: A Look Inside Macbeth’s Intentions

Selfish desires and ambitions can have great sovereignty over one's actions as their thirst for power only grows. In the play, a loyal, honourable hero transforms into an evil murderer which is driven by his greed and ambition. Macbeth is portrayed as a brave, loyal and courageous nobleman who is incapable of committing evil deeds. Nevertheless, this changes when the witches prophecies are introduced which causes macbeth to think about his aspirations for power and his nobility ranking. He betrays king Duncan when he kills him and obtains the Scottish throne for himself. An example of his loyalty in the beginning of the play in the place when king Duncan thanks Macbeth for his bravery and victory in the battle; Macbeth responds and says, “The service and loyalty I owe, In doing it, pays itself. Your Highness’ part is to receive our duties, and our duties are to your throne and state children and servants. Which do what they should, by doing everything safe toward your love and honour” (I, iv, 25-30). Macbeth is pleading a great deal of loyalty by expressing that serving him is its own reward and

Macbeth first defies nature when he murders Duncan by deceiving Duncan of his trust and loyalty. Macbeth’s character drastically shifts from being loyal and heroic to becoming a selfish and over-ambitious

Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’ is about the leading male protagonist succumbing to his ambition and need for power. Though Macbeth is liable for his own actions, he is not solely responsible for the events that eventually result in his downfall. Macbeth is corrupted by his wife, Lady Macbeth, as well as the three weird sisters. Macbeth’s contribution towards his downfall is his strong ambitious nature. Lady Macbeth is the person who induces Macbeth to assassinate King Duncan. The three weird sisters (witches) play with Macbeth’s ambitious nature and sense of security. Macbeth’s downfall is due to himself and two external factors.

He is considered a great warrior to men of the upper class and nobleman. During battle with Norway, Macbeth was a ruthless killer that could not be taken out and even eliminated traitor Macdonwald. He led King Duncan’s army into a great victory resulting in messages of praise to the King. King Duncan is in great thanks to Macbeth’s great leadership and even names him Thane of Cawdor for his great courage and bravery. There is no denying the fact of Macbeth’s loyal and moral image at this point. He is still strongly intact with his morality by fighting for his men and honoring his country under the king’s order. During the praising of Macbeth to King Duncan, Sergeant speaks of Macbeth’s great bravery and honor saying, “For brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name-Disdaining fortune, with his brandish’d steel, which smoked with bloody execution, like valour’s minion carved out his passage till he faced the slave”.(35-39) This truly displays the irony within the transitions in Macbeth’s ambion because as easily seen, he is without a doubt still seen in moral belief but as the story travels along he slowly gains interest in his ambitions and ends up continuing his plan to kill King Duncan for his own greed of power. He ends up becoming a completely different person in a way. For example, he ends up murdering more people to keep the assurance of his thoning placement such as hiring thugs to murder Banquo and Malcolm. He even loses such remorse that he orders the

After hearing the prophecy that he will become king, Macbeth resolves to leave his future up to fate proving his pride and prestige are very important to him. Once he is told of Malcolm being named successor to the throne, Macbeth decides that if he is going to reach his goal he cannot leave it up to luck. Again Macbeth’s resolve to murder Duncan wavers when he leaves the grand banquet to assess his situation and decide whether he wants to proceed. His arguments include wishing to keep his honor and not kill Duncan for Duncan is there ‘in double trust’. Thus, Macbeth is shown to be clinging to his honor. Finally, Macbeth must stand his ground one last time against his wife who uses tact to emasculate Macbeth. In his final attempt to stop the whole ordeal before it can start Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth that he does not want to ‘cast aside’ the honor he has just recently received. Unfortunately, Lady Macbeth will have none of what her husband is saying and so convinces Macbeth to follow through with his plan of murdering King Duncan. Hence, the audience is given the first example of how powerful selfish motives are and how quickly they can spread to others along with cause them to perform unthinkable

Despite his fearless character in battle, Macbeth is concerned by the prophecies of the Witches, and his thoughts remain confused, both before, during, and after his murder of King Duncan. When Duncan announces that he intends the kingdom to pass to his son Malcolm, Macbeth appears frustrated. When he is about to commit the murder, he undergoes terrible pangs of conscience. Macbeth is at his most human and considerate when his masculinity is ridiculed and degraded by his wife. However, Macbeth has resolved himself into a far more stereotypical villain and asserts his manliness over that of his wife. His ambition now begins to spur him toward further horrible deeds, and he starts to disregard and even to challenge fate. Nevertheless, the newfound resolve causes Macbeth to move onward.

Imagine doing whatever it takes to make it to the top. Would you risk it all? Or would you play it safe? In Macbeth, Shakespeare makes control a demand for all of the characters. Macbeth is the thane of Glamis who is killing to have another title. He goes to extreme measures to become the king of Scotland. His wife, Lady Macbeth, wants this just as much and she tries to manipulate his actions to gain control over him. After the death of Duncan, Malcolm and Macduff flee to another country which makes them look like suspects and Macbeth has an advantage over the title as king. After Macbeth becomes king both him and his wife encounter a downfall that causes both of them to die with a guilty conscious. All of the characters want to get to the top of the social class but only a few will go to the extreme to get there. Macbeth has the most power throughout the whole play because even when things became pathetic for him he always knew he was in charge of his own destiny.

In the play Macbeth, Macbeth goes completely insane. At the very beginning of the play, the three witches tell Macbeth what his future holds. Later in the play, Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth that he needs to kill Duncan. Even further into the play, Macbeth loses his mind and goes on a rampage killing Macduff’s castle and his family. How Macbeth loses his mind though, is up in the air. It is a mixture of of external and internal influences from other people and himself. The downfall of Macbeth can be blamed on the witches, Lady Macbeth, and Macbeth himself.

In the tragic Macbeth play, a battle takes place in Scotland. Macbeth leads his soldiers to victory so he sets out on a journey back home after winning the battle. On his way, back he comes across three witches tell Macbeth he will become the Thane of Cawdor and the king of Scotland. Macbeth tells lady Macbeth that he will become king and she tells Macbeth to kill the king. However, at first Macbeth was loyal to king Duncan, but he becomes overcome by greed and ends up killing king Duncan. After Macbeth becomes the king it is clear he is obsessed with gaining powering and is willing to kill anyone standing in his way. Macbeth tries to avoid facing the consequences of his murder of Duncan, and while doing so he also kills Duncan’s Servants,

As the play starts, Macbeth is depicted as a mighty warrior who is adored. However, immediately after the murder of Duncan, he goes on to be brutalwith an aim of protecting his position. Committing murder becomes part of Macbeth’s leadership to a level of killing a grown man and Macduff’s entire family. All his action is based on self-interest as he says in scene three that all he does is to kill for pleasure. His selfish nature makes him such a hated tyrant who was once a loved Thane.

One of William Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies is that of Macbeth. It is also known as “the Scottish play,” primarily because of its Scottish setting and because it is based loosely after the life of a real King Macbeth of Scotland. (Mendham) This play is considered a tragedy because the protagonist of the play, Macbeth, will suffer a terrible downfall as the result of his actions. From the beginning of the play, Shakespeare effectively establishes the atmosphere of the play as one of doom and despair, where even nature is at war with itself. The main themes of this tragedy are power and betrayal. Throughout Macbeth, Shakespeare explores aspects of the human conscience. He pays particular attention to our sense of right and wrong,

Shakespeare’s Macbeth follows the journey and downfall of the titular protagonist, and it illustrates the effects of Macbeth’s descent into villainy on his once loving and close relationship with Lady Macbeth. As their initially mutually trusting and co-dependent relationship deteriorates through the progression of the three great crimes, Shakespeare demonstrates how murder can permanently destroy a person and their relationships. Leading up to the murder of Duncan, Lady Macbeth is an influential and spirited figure as she persuades Macbeth into committing the crime, however, her sanity weakens with guilt after the murder. This contrasts Macbeth, who becomes bolder in his descent to ruthlessness as his

I am truly thankful that you have gathered here to watch me take my rightful place as king. I know that this kingdom has been through a lot in the pass with having Macbeth as a ruler of Scotland, but I stand before you today to ensure you that the pass shall never repeat itself for as long as I am ruler. I guarantee better protection for my people and will never let being in power corrupt me like it did Macbeth. For the thanes that left because of Macbeth I promise that you are safe now and that I will not let any harm come your way. As, king my job will be to rule with fairness and be loyal to my kingdom. I realize that Macbeth has caused a lot of grief and corruption in Scotland, so now I will right all of the wrongs that he has caused and

In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, Macbeth, a once honored and valiant Thane, abandons all virtue after three meddling witches prophesize his ascent to the Scottish throne. Consumed by his ambition and encouraged by his malevolent wife, Macbeth sets forth on a downward spiral of murderous treason and tyranny that subsequently leads to his own demise. This Shakespearean tragedy explores betrayal, manipulation and the blood lust that adjoins a relentless climb for power. Hovering behind the narrative are various supernatural forces and visions that seem to be present during each terrible act. Subsequently, a question prevails whether Macbeth’s downfall is result of his own flaw or if these forces possess a vice-like hold over

At the start of the Tragedy of Macbeth, Macbeth is president to the audience as a brave and heroic character who is returning from battle. He is greeted by three witches that inform him of their visions, one of which is that he will become king. Upon receiving this news he writes to inform his wife of what 's to come. Macbeth and his wife were the likely pair but through a unfortunate turn of events they slowly but surely take on the characteristics of one another. Macbeth’s ambitious thoughts of becoming coming king gradually becomes evil when he realizes that he will have to do what every takes to gain the role he so desperately wants.