Essay On Destiny In Macbeth

His desire to stay in power overcomes him as he realizes that Banquo’s son may take his place. Shakespeare reveals Macbeth’s feelings about his best friend after becoming king in another soliloquy: “To be thus is nothing; but to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo stick deep, and in his royalty of nature reigns that which would be fear’d…” (3.1.48-51). Macbeth’s fears of Banquo are expressed, and it all started because he heard that prophecy about Banquo. Macbeth does not see much point in becoming king if he in not “safely thus”. In order to preserve his power, he feels the need to sacrifice other people’s lives. The murderous path he has chosen will only lead him to death, as people will find out and kill him for it, contributing to the theme that death is inevitable. In conclusion, Macbeth’s desire to stay in power is what made him choose to take another life; however, if it was not for the witches, he would not have felt a need to carry out any of the deeds he has done.

     The character Macbeth in the story of Shakespeare’s Macbeth faces decisions that affect his morals. He begins as an innocent soul, dedicated to serve his kingdom and its king, Duncan. As time passes and opportunities present themselves combined with the deception of the evil witches, Macbeth begins his descent into madness. Macbeth’s innocence and loyalty are completely corrupted due to his over confidence, guilty conscience, and the inevitability of human nature. Macbeth looses sight of what is morally right to do in life because his logical choices are changed by these factors.

At this point you can say that Macbeth’s ambition took over his actions completely. His obsession with power led him to think that murder was the only answer. First he killed Duncan, the King, his own blood. Then he had to eliminate the threat so he killed his partner in battle, Banquo, because he knew about the prophecy and he knew that Macbeth would stop at nothing to get to the throne. Macbeth also tried to kill Banquo’s son, Fleance, because the prophecy stated that he was going to be future royalty, but he escaped.

At the very beginning of knowing his fate of becoming king, he forgets his own moral sense and let Lady Macbeth persuade him into murdering Duncan to become king when he could had work his way to be king since he was a cousin of Duncan. Throughout the first half of the play, Macbeth let Lady Macbeth opinion of him decide his own fate which will be his own free will for listening to her. Macbeth downfall begins at the thought of murdering Duncan to take the throne and letting his wife decides everything for him and instigating his mind of not being man enough to murder. “From this time such I account thy love. Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem’st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem, letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would,’ like the poor cat i’ th’ adage?” (Act 1 scene 7 line 38-45) The words that Lady Macbeth said to Macbeth started his own downfall because he could had chose not to listen to her and listen to his own conscience when he decided not to kill Duncan. He was a cousin of

The play of Macbeth is all about power and greed. It is about ambition overriding inhibitions and the conscience of a good man. We know that most people consider Macbeth to be a good and a brave man at the start of the book, for example King Duncan himself refers to him as “O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman!” He is admired for his skills in battle by everyone. It is hard to say what driving force underlies the events of the story, and it is equally hard to know what emotions or convictions drove the characters to do what they did. Parts of the text give us detail and insight as to the relation and power balance in the marriage of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, this can be interpreted and used to try to

William Shakespeare is the author of a play titled The Tragedy of MacBeth which took place in Scotland. In the story, the main character MacBeth was starving for the throne of

    Macbeth is victorious; he has just returned from the battle ground as a brutal warrior; courageous, but what is more, heroic.  At this point in the play, Macbeth's reputation is rapidly growing with the rampant spread of the word of his good deeds at war.  This climaxes when his actions are acknowledged and rewarded by the title given to him by King Duncan,

"is this a dagger which I see before me, let me clutch thee." (II, i)

Macbeth tells the story of a Scottish thane, who, after receiving prophecies from witches, murders the King he was once loyal to and ascends to the throne with the pressure of his wife, Lady Macbeth. Macbeth’s desire to maintain his imperial authority leads to countless deaths and murders to suppress potential challengers, but the witches soon return, with prophecies suggesting his imminent downfall. The story of Macbeth is one of guilt, corruption, greed and ambition, and one that challenges the way we look at life in the eleventh century.

If you know the story of Macbeth, you know he was a noble soldier, until 3 witches came and visited him telling him he was going to be the next king. To become the next king he had to get rid of the king ruling in his place, Duncan. Macbeth’s wife, Lady Macbeth came up with the idea to kill him. Any man or woman in their right mind would be against killing another human being. But when asked if he was a man, he decided to go with the plan. Once becoming king he became paranoid: “Methought I heard a voice cry ‘Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep’, the innocent sleep” (1.2.45). Madness could be a good reason to lose all your marbles. Ambition, paranoia, and pure fear.

Macbeth’s tragic flaw of ambition is one of the main reasons of his downfall. This flaw of ambition was placed in Macbeth’s life by the people who influence him the most, which are the 3 witches and Lady Macbeth. Macbeth would not have gotten the intention of becoming king if it were not for 3 witches, when he first meets them they proclaim, “All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter” (1.3.53). When the 3 witches state this it sparks up the idea of becoming king in Macbeth’s mind. This simple idea of becoming king is one of the first reasons for Macbeth’s downfall. The idea is then enhanced by Lady Macbeth. She uses her tricks and tries to convince Macbeth into committing the murder of Duncan when she says, “Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem’st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem, letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would” (1.7.43-48). Lady Macbeth is initially calling out Macbeth saying he is not a man and he is a coward, this angers Macbeth and starts triggers the series of events that happen afterwards that are part of Macbeth’s tragic

Shakespeare’s Macbeth details the outside entities which hold complete influence in the title character’s rise to the Scottish throne and his following demise, ultimately arguing that we have no power to create our own destiny in the real world.

reference to Act 1 Scenes 5, 6 and 7 and Act II scene 1. Also, I

In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the influence of two different forces cause the main character, Macbeth, to be torn between his desire for power and his sense of loyalty to his king and country. Macbeth already holds a place of power when the play begins, being the thane of Glamis, and later gains power as the thane of Kordor, given to him by his gracious king Duncan. However, when his fortune is told by three witches who told him he will be king, instead of being gracious for what the king has already given him, he thirst for even more power. These split in Macbeth’s desires drives the idea that seeking to much power is more harmful than good.

So it was there sitting around this long medieval table. Macbeth ", hallucination." Lady Macbeth, trying to hide her relationship with this whole issue. I, holding him together, but dying almost on hold, enjoying the wine with my cup, shows the situation in a nutshell.