Grief In Macbeth

A decision you make can lead to the disastrous fate of others. When Macduff left for England he left his wife and child vulnerable. Lady Macduff's frustration at Macduff when he left both her and her child is conveyed through the criticising line of: "To leave his wife, to leave his babes, His mansion and his titles in a place From whence himself does fly?". It portrays how abruptly Macduff fled to England in  search of Malcom. Consequently Macbeth hires assassins to kill both Lady Macduff and her child. Macduff blames himself for this as if he hadn't have left his wife and child would still be alive. This is portrayed in the grim line " They were all struck for thee! Naught that I am, Not for their own demerits, but for mine, Fell slaughter on their souls". This conveys how Macduff feels guilt towards his wife and child's death. Therefore

The Tragedy of Macbeth is definitely a tragedy, but not just specifically for Macbeth, but also for many of the other characters. The play is a tragedy for characters such as; Banquo, Macduff, Duncan, Malcolm, and Donalbain. A tragedy is when a character and or several characters are suffering from a considerable amount of catastrophe, affliction, adversity and pain. This is normally not the characters fault, but while the audience is being entertained from the suffering of these characters, or at least feeling bad for them. Each of the characters mentioned before had experienced some type of suffering, whether it was their own death, or the death of another character could be someone very close to them. For example, the audience feels calamity

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth’s ultimate downfall is due to the guilt he feels over everything he has done. The motif of supernatural forces, specifically the hallucinations and lack of sleep that Macbeth experiences, project the force of the guilt that eventually causes Macbeth’s destruction. Shakespeare uses the motif of supernatural forces to express how the force of the guilt Macbeth feels eventually leads to his final demolition in the play Macbeth.

This quote shows the urgency of Macduff to go see the King right away even though he does not know what has been done Duncan. Shakespeare does this right after the murder to show the presence of Macbeths evil is what brought Macduff to existence in the first place and to cement a future hero in Macduff.

Shakespeare’s plays and books consist of many emotions such as sadness, anger, joyfulness and curiosity. It is also filled with people who like to prey on innocent human beings, such as Lady Macbeth. Throughout this whole book Lady macbeth is tampering with Macbeth’s manhood, using him like à sock puppet to play with his emotions. Lady Macbeth is à very pessimistic and gloomy person, and this side of her personality often comes out when she is alone with Macbeth. The main emotion of Macbeth anger, anger comes into play when Lady Macbeth wants Macbeth to be à man and kill Duncan so she can become queen. When he becomes king but when he tries to chicken out, she starts to bash him by questioning his manhood and calling him all kinds of cowards. So the question we ask ourselves is how can us women made of innocence and purity possibly commit à crime and fall into the role of à bully.

Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’ is about the leading male protagonist succumbing to his ambition and need for power. Though Macbeth is liable for his own actions, he is not solely responsible for the events that eventually result in his downfall. Macbeth is corrupted by his wife, Lady Macbeth, as well as the three weird sisters. Macbeth’s contribution towards his downfall is his strong ambitious nature. Lady Macbeth is the person who induces Macbeth to assassinate King Duncan. The three weird sisters (witches) play with Macbeth’s ambitious nature and sense of security. Macbeth’s downfall is due to himself and two external factors.

The story “The Tragedy Of Macbeth” also called The Scottish Play was written in 1606, by William Shakespeare. The story takes place in Scotland where King Duncan is in charge the country. Macbeth who is the Thames of Glamis, will go on an adventure to take leadership of the country of Scotland, while he also battles with his personal insanity along the way. Macbeth will eventually be King of Scotland and have a miserable reign due to his guilt, inadequacy and tyranny.

Macduff's ambition in this play was to be loyal to his country by taking out Macbeth. Too much of his time is spent plotting against Macbeth, which throws off Macduff’s values. He abandons his family and left for England to find Malcolm so he could wage war against Macbeth. Later, Macbeth hears that the recent absence of Macduff at the banquet and at Duncan’s funeral was because he had fled to England, to find Malcolm. So Macbeth reacts to this by sending murderers to kill Macduff's family. Once Macduff finds out that his family is dead, he starts to exhibit some emotion. At this time he is about to wage war on Macbeth with Malcolm; Malcolm say's to Macduff "Dispute it like a man"(4.3.259). Macduff then replies,

In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth the reader watches as Macbeth changes gradually as the play endures. He are transforms from a loyal person with a loving and loyal disposition with other people, into a tyrants who are willing to kill in order to keep himself on the throne. He is tormented with fear, regret, and guilt. When someone does something they know is wrong it causes them to fall prey to their own emotions.

Before Macbeth meets with Macduff, he thinks of ways to handle Macduff so he would no longer be a problem. Macduff was considered to be a problem because he left the kingdom in order to assist an opposing force. Macbeth states “Then live, Macduff: what need I fear of thee? But yet I’ll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate.” (Act IV scn i, ln 82-84) He wants to make sure Macduff will not be a problem; he wants to keep Macduff out of his way. In this scene Macbeth is attempting to discover ways to inforce his superiority through the phrase “The castle of Macduff I will surprise; seize upon Fife; give to th’ edge o’ th’ sword his wife, his babies, and all unfortunate souls.” (Act IV scn i, ln 150-152) He hired men to kill Macduff’s family, so he will be depressed and will grieve; he wants to keep Macduff out of the way of him still being King. The main reason he did this, however, was to exert his leadership over Macduff and send a message. This paragraph explains how Macbeth was disloyal to Macduff and how he did anything to keep Macduff out of his way, but things did not turn out as he

When Macduff’s son in line 81, says to the murderer, “Thou li’st, though shag-eared villain,” and the assassin murders him and Lady Macduff, it will become the boiling point. It was at that moment where you know, that Macbeth will sure get what he deserves. Macbeth will become the ultimate villain because he will, at this point, have murdered not only men, but innocent woman and children as well. In the next scene, Macduff will hear this news, and he is determined to bring Macbeth to

While Macduff is in England, Macbeth learns of the abandonment of Macduff's family and resolves to have them murdered. When Macduff learns of the murder of his family, he is motivated by Malcolm to get revenge. It is this that pushes Macduff to the edge and forces him to go after Macbeth himself. The power of Malcolm's taunting that he must take it like a man and his own love for his family makes him hate Macbeth to the fullest extent, and eventually he succeeds in killing him.

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

Macduff is also a character that deals with guilt. He is guilty of leaving his entire family behind in Scotland which is eventually why they are killed. He uses this guilt to drive him to bring Macbeth down. If Macduff would have thought to bring his wife and children they wouldn't have died. This shows that every action has consequences and those consequences must be taken into consideration.

Thirdly, the audience must feel pity or fear for the hero. This is an example of the third trait a tragic hero must exhibit, called catharsis. The audience feels pity and fear for Macbeth at least twice throughout the play. The first time the audience feels pity and fear is when Macbeth kills Duncan and is having nightmares and trouble falling asleep. Hiding the “tender eye of pitiful day” (3.2.52) with the “bloody and invisible hand” (3.2.53) was meant to bring peace to Macbeth.