Examples Of Fear 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.

It becomes a downward spiral as Macbeth is then forced to kill the chamberlains. It goes further until he kills his best friend Banquo, as the witches had prophesized that the children of Bonquo would become kings, but the son of Banquo manages to flee. After the ghost of Banquo visits him he fearfully visits the witches’ cave and they tell him more about those who stand in the way of his continued reign as king. It becomes the story of a hero trapped with the obsession of power, where a good man of glory becomes the villain. In both stories the hero dies, but after his tyrranical reign the loss of Macbeth against a vengefull man named Macduff, the man who’s land Macbeth took and had his family

Throughout the play we see the character of Macbeth change, not only from the way he thinks and speaks, but from his actions as well. Killing Banquo and having Lady Macduff and her children murdered show the insecurity that is present in Macbeth’s character.  After the murder of Duncan, Macbeth becomes paranoid.  This paranoia leads to his killing the guards to help secure the place that he has found for himself.  Macbeth is also very superstitious, which becomes evident when he allows the witches’ prophecy to convince him that Banquo’s offspring would become Kings.

     Lady Macbeth is canny and masterful as she propels Macbeth to kill  Duncan.  She binds Macbeth's attention to the throne of Scotland, but never to the severity of the crime.  Lady Macbeth is clever when she constantly urges Macbeth to forget about his torments and the brutal death he has caused.  Before the actual murder, Macbeth is shrouded with fear;  Banquo can see it on his face.  Although Banquo does not know about the planned murder, he asks, "Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear/ Things that do sound so fair"(I.iii.58-59)?  Macbeth ponders what would happen if the murder scheme fails, and discusses this possibility with his wife.  As Macbeth struggles with fear in the presence of Lady Macbeth, she constantly reassures him that there is nothing to fear and that the murder will be for the better.  This fear demonstrates that Macbeth realizes the difference between right and wrong, good and evil, and the consequences thereof.  However, the

Macbeth feels he has become a desperado. No crime he commits after this is of any consequence when in comparison to his first great sin of murdering King Duncan. He may as well derive what satisfaction he can get out of his kingship while he is still alive. His first step is to eliminate Banquo. He will rule by terror, since he cannot, like "the gracious Duncan," rule by love. The witches will encourage him to be "bloody, bold and resolute."

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.

Macbeth’s desire to become King begins with the three witches. The witches predict Macbeth to be King and his friend Banquo to produce kings. Macbeth is seduced by the thought of being King so much that he decides to kill King Duncan. Macbeth is completely aware of his wrongdoing. “I have no spur/To prick the sides of my intent, but only/Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself/and falls on the other” (Act I, Scene VII, page 16). He realizes there is no justification for the crime. He states reasons for not killing him but his drive for power feeds his ambition to kill Duncan anyway. This leads Macbeth to continue to make mistakes and has Banquo killed. Macbeth sees Banquo as a threat to his legacy from fear that Banquo’s sons will overthrow him. Macbeth wants to kill all possible threats to him being King. He becomes paranoid that Banquo may want him dead so that his son’s can become King. Macbeth manipulates two murderers he has hired that Banquo has done them both wrong. His ambition for power lacks all morals and Macbeth reached a point where it was hard for him to cease such horrible actions. “For mine own good/All causes shall give way: I am in blood/Stepp’d in so far that, should I wade no more,/Returning were as tedious as go o’er” (Act III, Scene IV, page

What follows illustrates Macbeth feeling guilty. He cannot sleep, he feels that he has murdered sleep. In Shakespearean times sleep represented innocence. Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth that if he washes his hands there will be no reminder of the murder.

The fear of the crown being taken away from him creates, “Horrid” images and “Murderous thoughts” of men that could possibly hinder his pursuit of the crown (Holt). Fearing the supernatural contrived Macbeth to murder families and even friends for his right to the crown. He no longer could trust his friend so he ended murdering Banquo and tried to kill Banquo’s

Have you ever been walking down the street and thought someone was behind you. That is paranoia, now you are not the only person who is paranoid even the great Macbeth suffers from paranoia. Everyone is paranoid every once and awhile. We see the trait paranoia on a larger scale in Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Holinshed’s Chronicles by Raphael Holinshed, and even in real life. Paranoia is a trait that is shown in the play Macbeth by Shakespeare.

Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, is a tragedy takes place in Scotland where two of the main characters, Macbeth and Banquo, are acknowledged for their dedication in the war between Scotland and Norway. Soon after the war, Banquo and Macbeth meet The Weïrd Sisters, who give them a prophecy that Macbeth will be the future king of Scotland and Banquo’s children will become king as well. The Witches also declare that Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor. Not knowing what to think of The Weïrd Sisters, Macbeth then receives news that he is appointed Thane of Cawdor by King Duncan. Now that part of Macbeth’s prophecy has come true, it is proven to him that The Witches are accurate, and that Macbeth will become King next.

The play the tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare is about grief/paranoia and reveals that killing someone will leave you feeling guilty and then lead to paranoia. Macbeth throughout the play shows that he is losing his mind. For example, Macbeth proceeds to say, “Is this dagger which I see before me…”(2.1.34-35). This is when macbeth is imagining a dagger in front of him and it is haunting him. When he is imagining the dagger it shows that the paranoia is setting in and he is beginning to go crazy. By imagining the dagger Macbeth decides to proceed with their plans and kill Duncan. After Macbeth kills duncan he receives the crown but soon realizes he has no sons and Banquo's children will get the crown after his death. Macbeth exclaims,

“The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within that endangers him, not the storm without.” Ralph Waldo Emerson stated this to illustrate the fact that dread is nothing more than a state of mind that can be overcome just as easily as any other hardship. I believe that trepidation is simply an ailment of the psyche primarily for the reason that it warps perception and can be controlled.

The first place of peripety is found right before when Duncan is entering Macbeth’s house. It is inevitable for the reader to not fear for the coming murder of the king. We fear with every second that Duncan is at the Macbeth’s table. We scream inside of us, “Macbeth, do not do it!” and on other hand we also scream, “Duncan, fly away right now and save your life” When the murder is consumed, is when the feeling of fear is substituted by the feeling of pity. We feel pity for what happened to the king and for how he was killed. We feel that Duncan did not deserve to be murdered and either less by someone he trusted in. At the same time Macbeth words, “Macbeth shall sleep no more,” and “Will all great Neptune’s oceans wash this blood clean from

Lady Macbeth brings out Macbeth’s tragic flaw when she proposes the idea of killing King Duncan and he states, “I have no spur . . . but only vaulting ambition” (1.7.25-27). Once King Duncan has been murdered, this flaw is revealed because his actions reflect on his ambition to stay king. Macbeth begins by planning on killing Banquo and his son because the witches told Banquo “thou shalt get kings, thought thou be none” (1.3.68). Macbeth must kill Banquo and his son, so no one will have the opportunity to take the crown away from him. When Macbeth sends murderers to kill them, Fleance can get away while Banquo is brutally attacked; however, luckily for Macbeth, Fleance is never heard from again. When Macbeth goes to visit the witches again and the first apparition tells him to “beware Macduff” (4.1.71-72), he then realizes he must eliminate any other obstacle that could potentially keep him from staying king. He says he will “give to th’edge o’th’sword his wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls” (4.1.150-151) just to ensure his throne. By doing these horrible deeds, Macbeth proves he is willing to go above and beyond to remain king until his