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Abuse Of Power In Macbeth

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“Macbeth” is a drama written by William Shakespeare back in 1606. Macbeth is a story about a scottish general who becomes king from killing the king and slowly descends into madness. The theme of the play is how over ambition causes the downfall of great people. Macbeth is consumed by greed and power which causes him to lose touch with his own humanity. Blood is spilled to feed Macbeth’s madness and is the major imagery throughout the play. People begin to turn on each other and slowly thirst for blood, showing the cruelty in humanity. Fate blinds many with riches and power.

Many famous people have met their demise from their ambition for power, love, money, and etc. Whenever somebody gains enough fortune with something, they begin to have thoughts of going beyond what they have earned, how risking it all can be extremely rewarding at the end. Macbeth …show more content…

From the very beginning, where the very first line from king Duncan is “What bloody man is that?” and the very end, where Macbeth’s head is stuck on a pike. Blood is usually represented as a stain of guilt during the play. A good example is when Queen Macbeth is sleepwalking and saying “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!”. The spot is blood and can be compared to the guilt and Queen Macbeth is trying to get rid of the guilt and wash away the stains of time. Macbeth also shows the guilt of him killing the king by having a vast amount of it on his hands when he walks out of the kings chambers, after killing the king. Blood becomes what Macbeth craves for and proceeds to kill off Macduff’s family and friends as a sign of fear. Macbeth goes from a heroic figure to a bloodthirsty tyrant by the end of the play, showing Macbeth’s true cruelty lurking beneath himself. The cruelty of Macbeth is shown by how rude he is to everyone in the later acts, and by how murderous he is. Unfortunately for Macbeth, he is not able to learn from his situation that power is not suited for all to

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