Examples Of Poor Unfortunate Soul In Macbeth

Throughout life, many of us will find ourselves in some of the worst situations that leave us wondering who’s to blame. The truth is that the misfortunes that befall us are due to our own actions and sometimes due to fate or bad luck. Fate is one person's destiny and it can not be understood by simple mortals but a greater power beyond human comprehension. Fate is so powerful that it can control a person's outcome on life before it happens. Many people tend to become victims of fate in which they catch a glimpse of what their future is going to look like, but do not totally take hold of the outcome. Macbeth can not fully realize the possible outcome of his fate because he is human, and therefore is a victim to his power driven

In William Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth,' he shows us a world without compassion and mercy. Macbeth is a story about a Scottish army general who is visited by three witches after winning a paramount battle in a war against the Netherlands and England. The witches had given him , and a dear friend of his, Scottish general Banquo a prophecy stating Macbeth would become Thane of Cawdor and the King of Scotland and the told Banquo his Son’s would become Kings but not him. This prophecy can be seen as a catalyst to the lack of compassion and mercy portrayed in the world of Macbeth. Examples of such instances and behaviors are throughout the book.

Throughout the play “Macbeth” Shakespeare uses multiple examples of strong diction, paradox, metaphors, and imagery to demonstrate the theme that fate is inevitable. These examples also help emphasize that the witches are in control of Macbeth's severe and hostile actions throughout the tragic play. Without the witches prophecies the idea of murder would have never crossed Macbeth’s mind. After the witches informed Macbeth that he would soon become king he was willed to do anything to make sure this bizarre prophecy would come true.

To avoid telling the truth, be it for our sake or for another’s, we take on the role of equivocators. To equivocate means to use words ambiguously in order to avoid telling the truth without necessarily telling a lie. In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, the method of ambiguity to avoid telling the truth is used by the witches with the final three prophecies to make their plan to make Macbeth overconfident succeed. Macbeth becoming overconfident is important because his overconfidence restores natural order in the end. To prove that the witches’ plan did succeed, I will be analyzing quotations from the play Macbeth that exhibit Macbeth’s dependency on the witches, Macbeth’s own interpretations and Macbeth’s resulting overconfidence. After the banquet, Macbeth speaks to Lady Macbeth

In the play “Macbeth”, William Shakespeare uses belief in the existence and power of witches to create and influence the audience’s understanding of the play. Our initial impression of Macbeth is one of a brave and capable warrior, however once we see his interaction with the three “evil sisters” (Shakespeare, 1996) we realises that his physical audacity is coupled by an intense amount of ambition and self doubt. It is believed that the witches are the motive behind this ambition which eventually leads to his tragedy, however strong diverging arguments are in existence. The intensity of Macbeth’s tragedy is dependent on whether or not the witches are “professed to be able to control the naïve, innocent Macbeth” or whether he is to blame

They tell Macbeth that Lady Macbeth has died. He knew it was going to come to her eventually.

Hecate accurately predicts and sets in motion future events to her liking. After the battle in Act I, the witches chant “All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!...” (Doc A), using their prophecies to awaken Macbeth’s bloodthirsty and greedy nature. Throughout the play, Hecate uses her witches to cultivate Macbeth’s ambition, inciting him to “Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth” (Doc D). A literary analysis aptly states that “The witches bring dark thoughts into being and give flesh to the forbidden and unacknowledged demons of the unconscious from which no one is free” (Cohen 7). Guiding the plot without consequence, Hecate is granted the ultimate

The initial mistake of Macbeth is adhering to the witches and what they prophesied. The temptation and desire of becoming

The reveal of Macbeth’s fate confuses his moral compass, creating an internal battle between his thirst for power and his righteous beliefs. Once the witches unveil his future, Macbeth’s mind starts turning. Despite the prophecy’s seemingly glorious outlook, Macbeth quickly recognizes its bloody implications. In an aside, he reveals that the prospect of killing the king makes his, “...heart knock at [his] ribs,/ Against the use of nature…”

Macbeth is a heroic character at the beginning of this play "unseaming men from the nave to the chops." He has much potential as a warrior, and has great love and respect for his country. Coming back from battle one day, he is greeted by three witches, who are known to have great and terrible powers to foresee the future. They meet him with predictions when they greet him as

As the story goes we can see how Macbeth has felt powerful, thinking he could do anything he wants without fearing the consequences of his acts. Macbeth had not realize that his actions today would affect his future, not only

After victory in stressful battle, an encounter with witches predicting the future would leave any soldier yet more dazed and confused especially if the promise of kingdom was within grasp. And, as with any master wielding their craft, the weird sisters in Macbeth reveal quickly verified detail which tantalises prospects of the grand prize as certitude - but can fate be trusted to take control of proceedings or will decisive action be required? Enter the wife; the ruthless wife tipping the balance in favour of murderous intervention, the possible downside consequences of which, perhaps due to lack of time, greed or vaulting ambition, are not meditated upon. The snake is merely scorched. Despite inner torment, regret and eventual despair about man’s place in the cosmos, what’s done is done and there’s no way but down in the spiralling helter-skelter of ensuing mayhem. The stage is set for one of literature’s greatest tragedies.

Macbeth, whom we have known to be a hero of war, was originally a person of trust, who had no wish to harm the King. However, his ambitious character grew, as he got put under the influence of other characters of the play. In the first act of the, a trio of mischievous witches decided to perform an evil deed against Macbeth, simply out of bad intentions. In order to start off their mischief, they encountered the main character and informed him that he would soon be King of Scotland. Despite the great joy and curiosity brought to him by the Three Witches, there was a catch to their news. Macbeth’s best friend, Banquo, immediately noticed that the witches did not intend to help his friend in any way. Instead, as Macbeth was blinded by the witches’ “positive” prophecies, Banquo stated: “The instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray's, in deepest consequence.” (act 1, scene 3) Although we do not realize it from the start, this line is a foreshadowing of the effect that the witches have on Macbeth’s mind; they feed him with ambition, overpowering his ability to think rationality and to consider the consequences that follow his future actions. An even

It is human nature to be intrigued by all things mystical and dangerous. We fear the unknown but seek it nonetheless out of greed. Most of Shakespeare’s works hold an element of the supernatural and the play Macbeth is no exception. In this play we see a contemporary morality that warns of the dangers of trafficking with instruments of darkness; the witches in the play prophesize of Macbeths future as king, and Macbeth blinded by his hunger for power fails to recognize that the witches prophecies are luring him to evil . In act 1 scène 3 we see the effect that the excitement of the prophecies has had on his imagination as he begins to contemplate murdering the king. As Macbeth gets closer to

Purpose: This dramatic irony is to show Macbeth’s belief that the witches speak the truth and are responsible for his success. This belief can, and does, influence his future actions.