Emotions of Macbeth The play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare is a play full of emotions that lead to war. The play shows how emotions can affect how people act in situations. One of the characters that lets his emotions control his decisions is Macbeth. Macbeth’s actions are strongly led by the fact that his emotions are full of guilt, confidence and fear, because there are a lot of scenes where he shows all three of these emotions. First off, Macbeth shows his fear when he and Lady Macbeth are planning to kill Duncan and Lady Macbeth is trying to persuade him and calls him a coward if he doesn't. A quote that supports this is “Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting …show more content…
Second off, guilt is a major emotion that controls Macbeth's actions. An example of this is when Macbeth is hallucinating and sees a bloody dagger before he kills King Duncan. This shows his guilt, because he is haunted by his own thoughts. A piece of evidence to support this is when Macbeth says, “Will all of great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?”. Act 2 scene 2 line 59. This line shows that he is overwhelmed by guilt and the consequences of his actions. Third off, confidence is another emotion that controls him throughout the play, when he believes the witches prophecies and he begins to believe he is invincible. One piece of evidence that supports this is, “I bear a charmed life, which must not yield to one of the women born.” (Act 7, scene 5 line 42). This shows his invincibility, showing his confidence. Also, Macbeth's confidence is intensely shown when he decides to fight Macduff, saying that no man born by a woman can kill him. Which eventually leads to his downfall. In conclusion, Macbeth is a character who is heavily guided by the emotions of guilt, confidence, and fear. His guilt is shown through hallucinations. His confidence leads him to make decisions and think he is better than his
Macbeth's Emotions In the play macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is a play of a Scottish general named Macbeth who is given a prophecy from three witches that he will become King. He does a lot of things that hurt the people he loves. He is fueled by ambition and is controlled by his wife, Lady Macbeth. He is also a character that changes a lot.
Complexity of Fear - Macbeth Fear, a quality that can motivate one to success as well as to downfall and provides the incentive to act upon matters. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, fear plays as an influencing factor of Macbeth’s actions throughout the play. It all starts when Macbeth is told of his prophecies by the Witches, the future that he awaits emerge into an intense desire for power; leading to fear that someone else will eventually take that power away. Macbeth exclaims in his soliloquy, “...Our fears in Banquo/Stick deep, and in his royalty of nature/ Reigns that which would be feared” (Shakespeare 3.1.53-55).
Shakespeare has shown us guilt by creating imagery that it has controlled us. We see this when Macbeth kills King Duncan after Lady Macbeth forces him. As Macbeth wants to become the King, Lady Macbeth orders him to kill King Duncan. Just before Macbeth kills King Duncan he goes into a soliloquy as his mind is playing tricks on him imagining the dagger. “ Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.” His consciousness is playing tricks with him as he kill King Duncan. Shakespeare shows the imagery of blood and it shows us the guilt that Macbeth is feeling after killing Duncan. “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?. Macbeth is thinking if any of the water can wash off the blood of his hands as he has killed King Duncan. He is guilty of committing the crimes he has made and nothing can make the guilt go away. We see that Macbeth cannot stop thinking about what he did and continues to regret. But Lady Macbeth doesn't care about him killing King Duncan and practically told him to shrug it off. "A little water clears us of this deed" showing that he will forget about it and he won't feel the guilt anymore. Shakespeare shows how Lady Macbeth doesn’t have any guilt and she believes it is easy to hide it. This shows the relationship is destructive as Lady Macbeth takes control of Macbeth to kill King Duncan, and tells him not to be a coward and forget about that he killed Duncan. The dagger is that he sees is his weapon which he cannot take off his mind. Everything he has done, he is regretting it now. In our society today guilt is very powerful as it makes us think of what has happen and it haunts us. It’s our human nature to feel guilt when we do something we’re not supposed to do, since it’s not the right
Specifically, the murder of Banquo. Ultimately, looking past the bold attitude that Macbeth had with his ambition and greed to become king, the guilt eventually overwhelmed him and was always in the back of his mind. To conclude, Macbeth shows off many different emotions in the play, but none are more important than his ambition, greed and guilt. He shows off the ambition when he and his wife become very eager about the possibility of him becoming king and begins to plot as well as when the two come up with the whole plan to execute to become king and queen. Furthermore, Macbeth proves his greed when he makes sure that he is the only one in power and others that have the possibility of taking his throne were dealt with and continuously running back to the witches to know anytime they have new prophecies.
After Lady Macbeth is told about it in her eyes he is cowardly because he’s not willing to do whatever it takes to make the prophecy come true and she expresses that a lot in the text. For example after he told Lady Macbeth she did everything to convince him to go for the throne but he was still hesitant to do anything. After she told Macbeth this plan, Macbeth didn’t think it was right and didn’t want to do it, but Lady Macbeth was persistent. To conclude, Macbeth in the beginning of the play had morals and felt it was wrong to murder someone for his own personal gain, but that doesn’t last long.
The Emotions of Macbeth In the play Macbeth, by Shakespeare, Macbeth is a deeply flawed character who descends into murderous depths upon hearing a prophecy that he will become king. Macbeth, once a noble, honored warrior of Scotland, was convinced by his wife to kill king Duncan in cold blood to take his place as ruler of the land. This led him to spiral, becoming a danger to himself and others. He was eventually slain by his ex kinsman, however, he created a lake of blood before his killer, Macduff, managed it. Throughout, his actions become more and more dramatic, fueled less and less by logic and more reactionary.
Macbeth and his emotions In the play Macbeth, written by Shakespeare, we get introduced to this character named Macbeth. Macbeth is a wonderful character and really brings a lot of action throughout the play. As we get further into the play, you can start to see how Macbeth's emotions take effect. Macbeth's actions start to take place as to how it is effecting him throughout the play.
In Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”, the title character, Macbeth, experiences an extremely wide range of emotions as the story progresses. These changes can be clearly seen by the great lengths he goes to in order to have even greater power. As the play goes on, Macbeth’s emotions vary greatly however, three emotions that sum up what he experiences are ambition, guilt, and fear. Macbeth’s perhaps most overpowering trait is his ambition. Macbeth states in Act 1, Scene 7, “If it were done when it is done, then it was done quickly.
Lady Macbeth’s Emotions Taking Over In Macbeth by Shakespeare, one of the main characters, Lady Macbeth, has made her mark in the play. She has shown to be ruthless and brave and influenced Macbeth into doing a few things that will alter his personality and the rest of the play, as well as causing guilt between the two. This all happens because Macbeth, a brave soldier, gets a prophecy from three witches that he will become king one day and he does everything in his power to make sure that happens. In the play, Lady Macbeth is controlled by the emotions of greed, guilt, and anger. Lady Macbeth goes through a bunch of different emotions throughout the play, one of them being greed.
In the play “Macbeth” written by Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth experiences many emotions throughout the play. These emotions are the reason Lady Macbeth does things she shouldn't. Lady Macbeth's choices and actions are controlled by emotions such as stress, love, and evilness. Lady Macbeth's actions were due to many emotions, one of these emotions being love.
Macbeth feels taunted by his own conscience due to his previous actions. The second emotion Macbeth shows is that he feels taunted. “Then comes my fit again. I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble, Found as the rock, As broad and general as the casing air. But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in saucy doubts and fears.
Rather than stopping at the thoughts of impulsion and staying attuned to his moral beliefs, Macbeth, after persuasion from his wife, follows through with the plan to murder Duncan. Lady Macbeth knows her husband, and knows that he had the desire to pursue what he wanted, yet he didn’t have a heart cruel enough to do so. “That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false… And that which rather thou dost fear to do,” Act 1 Scene 5. She repeatedly calls him out, and she causes him to grow weak in his morals, demasculinizing him in order to manipulate him. Macbeth gives in; however, once he is done, Macbeth feels overwhelmed with guilt. He can’t bear to think of what he’s done. “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand?” Macbeth thought he could never wash off what he had done, and that he didn’t deserve to live. He obsessed over what he’d done, convinced he would never sleep again. This began his overwhelming sense of paranoia and guilt, which he expresses in the quote “Whence is that knocking?-- How is't with me, when every noise appals me? What hands are here? Ha! they pluck out mine eyes!” from Act 2. Lady Macbeth encourages him to get stop feeling guilty and insists “These deeds must not be thought/ After these ways ; so, it will make us mad”. (II ii pg 45-46)” Macbeth’s feelings of
The mind of each and every individual is unique in its own special way; some, of which, are steadfast and can roll with the punches, while others bend, conform, or break with the many psychological and physical influences in life. In the play The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is introduced by the wounded sergeant as a person of battlefield valor and who showed great loyalty for his king, Duncan. His mind, at the time, expresses an authentic adamant and patriotic persona which seems hard to be swayed. It is later revealed that Macbeth expresses a lack in strength of character and is easily corrupted by his lust for power. Encouraged by his wife, nerve racked by the witches, and plagued by his thirst for authority, his
To one of woman born” (Crowther, 5.8.12-13). By believing the witches’ prophecy that declares Macbeth undefeatable by any man he will encounter, Macbeth exhibits his self-assurance. Ultimately,
Throughout life, emotions prove to be vital for maintaining steadiness, yet often remain the most volatile aspect of human life. With this instability, the actions people take have undeniable consequences, and the decisions characters make have an immense impact on their future emotions. Shakespeare utilizes this phenomenon of self-ignited cause and effect throughout his story of The Tragedy of Macbeth, as Macbeth’s murder of King Duncan affects his emotions, in both the immediate and long term, to a great extent. In the events following his drastic decision, Macbeth can be seen to obtain traits of anxiety and greed he had not previously possessed. Spontaneous results are not always common, but in major events can be extremely telling upon