A common phrase is "everyone makes mistakes." How this phrase is debunked usually is that justification is more important. However, justification and sympathy aren't directly correlated and both are possible to achieve simultaneously in a juggle of understanding the good and bad. In William Shakespeare's written play Macbeth, the main character is Macbeth who, in historical context, commits the worst crime thinkable—killing a king. What prohibits his immediate punishment is secrecy and tactfulness but his ultimate downfall isn't the crime but the sympathy he lacks. Macbeth deserves sympathy because he's wrongly influenced, he shows emotional remorse, and he is ultimately led to proper punishment anyway.
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Who first initiates the idea of Macbeth becoming king to the reader were the three witches who randomly appear to Macbeth and Banquo. They introduce the prophecy to Macbeth by chanting, "all hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!" (Act 1, Scene 3). The witches purposely call Macbeth this, clearly leading him to think of what this could mean and how it could be implemented Without them, it's very much likely that Macbeth would not even have thought to take power from the king as he did. Obviously, Macbeth begins, after the witches' prophecy, to actually consider this and his wife, Lady Macbeth, desperately tries to persuade him into killing Duncan. Endlessly, Lady Macbeth tries to use different persuasion methods to convince Macbeth; however, the seemingly successful method is threatening an already-ambitious man's masculinity. Lady Macbeth challenges Macbeth by arguing, "What beast was't, then, that made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you …show more content…
Right after he murders the king, Macbeth immediately feels guilty when he goes to tell his wife. He shows obvious nervousness and anxiety when coming back to see Lady Macbeth and even when she welcomes him and asks him to mask the evidence, he says, "I’ll go no more: I am afraid to think what I have done; Look on ’t again I dare not" (Act 2, Scene 2). This evidence is very powerful because Lady Macbeth shows extreme pride in her husband for going through with the murder; and yet, as she commends him, Macbeth is solemn and full of disbelief. Not only does Macbeth feel bad for what he did, but shows lack of extraneous emotion towards his wife, even in her highest of praises—a foreshadowing of what's to come. Additionally, with the gradual loss of emotion through Macbeth's guilt and grief, he shows the zenith of his own lack of morality; he doesn't react whatsoever when his own wife dies. As Macbeth transgresses moral codes of all kinds and murders even more people, he shows an especially numb side of him when Lady Macbeth's death is told to him and he responds, "she should have died hereafter" (Act 5, Scene 5). Though a cold-hearted and ignorant response may establish itself as corrupt, it's really a sign of a total lack of care. Macbeth has undeniably shifted in emotional responsivity as in the beginning, he showed immediate guilt and fear to a death; but now, feels indifference and ignorance to death, even to that of which would
Here shows how Lady Macbeth was not hit by guilt like Macbeth was. Macduff is the one to announce the murder of the king, and when Lady Macbeth comes out as the trumpets screamed because of such an acquaintance he tells her, “Oh, gentle lady, ‘tis not for you to hear what I can speak. The repetition in a woman’s ear would murder as it fell.” Lady Macbeth acts as if she could not believe and fakes a faint with the most common and normal behavior as if nothing had happen, as if she was not the brain of such a cruel crime. Her cold blood and fakeness is incomparable on the beginning of the novel. Lady Macbeth does not understand why Macbeth is so guilty and is not enjoying his throne and power that were recently earned. As a “good” wife she tries to calm him down by saying that what he had done was nothing that it was all okay.
He also realizes soon after killing Duncan that he made a bad decision and immediately regrets it. This quote also shows how Macbeth did not know what to do from all the information he was taking in about the death of his king. The second quote shows Macbeth talking to his wife about how shocked he is from all that had happened during that day. “Methought I heard a voice cry “Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep”—the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care, The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, Chief nourisher in life’s feast.
After hearing the weird sister, his ambition got the best of him .He considered murdering Duncan and the morality of the murder. Guilt plays a large role in how he acts after he commits their crimes. But guilt isn’t so obvious with Macbeth ,before he kill’s Duncan ,Macbeth feels guilt and consider backing out of the murder, but lady Macbeth won’t let him, “But Screw your courage to the sticking place, And we’ll not Fail “,(I, IV,70-71).Once again Macbeth sees that what he is doing wrong ,but he doesn’t let that stop him. As Duncan led him to feel paranoid and a lust for power, he kills the king despite his better judgment. Throughout the scene there are several quotes that show this “Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more: Macbeth shall sleep no more”, (II, II, 51-52). This shows the amount of guilt his feels. He describe by saying “who was that thus cried? Why, worthy thane, you do unbend your noble strength, Go get some water And wash this filthy witness from your hand.” (II, II, 58-61). As Macbeth seeks to free himself of guilt he realize he suffer guilt as he seeks for ambitions
Have you ever done something you knew was wrong? You felt guilty afterwards, didn’t you? Macbeth, too, feels guilt after he murders his friend and King, Duncan. Guilt haunts him until death. Even his wife, who did not actually kill anyone, was guilty because she’s a part of the plan.
In act three we see Lady Macbeth’s weaknesses coming through, by her, surprisingly. We see that she is troubled by guilt ‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy’, saying that they never should have murdered Duncan. Macbeth too is racked with guilt, ‘Better be with the dead than on the torture of the mind to lie in restless ecstasy’, saying he would rather be dead with Duncan that alive with his guilt. But despite the fact that both are feeling guilty, Lady Macbeth tries to remain strong in front of Macbeth ‘what’s done is done’. This shows Lady Macbeth again telling Macbeth that the murder has happened and that he should get over it, as nothing can be done to change it. There is however a hint of remorse in Lady Macbeth’s voice, showing how she is losing her power over Macbeth, mainly because she is finding it hard to get over her guilt. But we see when Macbeth cries out ‘O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife’ shows how despite Lady
The Life Lesson that Macbeth, Montag and I learn is you learn more from your failures than your successes. If you don’t follow this life lesson two things will happen to you. First, you will never improve at improving yourself. Second, you will be afraid of making mistakes. In Act 1 of Macbeth, Macbeth makes the mistake of trusting the witches.
Macbeth shows this when he kills King Duncan.The events that continue after the king’s death are as follows: Malcolm and Donalbain (Duncan’s sons) flee Scotland to England and Ireland, Macbeth is crowned king and he orders the death of Banquo, Macbeth becomes a corrupt and vicious tyrant over Scotland, Lady Macbeth becomes insane and commits suicide, and finally, Macbeth dies at the hands of Macduff. From this chain of events, the ruling passions that Macbeth had reached a point where they took over any bit of innocence and guilt that he may have had over the things that he had done. He felt no remorse when he ordered the death of his close friend Banquo, and he also did not feel any sadness when he had the family of Macduff’s killed. The only time Macbeth had any rational feelings was when he became aware of the death of his wife and even then, he still pushed away those feelings to fight the armies that were approaching his castle. The prophecies betrayed Macbeth; this should have been realized at an earlier time. His passion blurred the fine line between moral and immoral actions that caused his untimely demise.
The “Tragedy of Macbeth” by William Shakespeare tells a tale of deceit, murder, and ambition, beginning with a cutthroat rise to power, followed by calamitous downfall. At the start of the play, Macbeth is a brave and loyal captain in King Duncan’s army, but after three witches prophesize that he himself will become the king of Scotland, and that those born of a friend, Banquo, will be king after him, Macbeth is overtaken by ambition and gluttony. Instigated by his wife and his own lust for power, he murders Duncan, assumes the throne, and subsequently sends mercenaries to kill Banquo’s sons. While awaiting battle, Macbeth addresses the death of his wife in Act V, scene 5. Throughout the
Macbeth instantly feels remorse over his killing of Duncan as he can only look at his bloody hands and say, “This is a sorry sight” (2.2.21). He sees his evil actions as wrong, although guilt is on the drugged guards as Duncan’s is smeared blood on them, imposing them with false guilt. Lady Macbeth’s guilt comes in sleepwalking as her parts in the murders had “stained” her and that “all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, oh, oh” (5.1.35,36). She couldn’t find relief from any of the murders, especially Macduff’s family’s murder seen as Lady Macbeth alludes to this with, “The Thane of Fife had a wife” (5.1.30).
Macbeth is confused as he is arguing with himself on what he should do. He states reasons not to kill Duncan, because Macbeth is his noble kinsmen and the act would bring dishonor. However, he also states reason why he should kill him, because Macbeth will then become king and fulfill the witches ' fortune. Lady Macbeth, who appears in the beginning as the driving force for the murder of King Duncan, also develops internal conflict. At first, Lady Macbeth seems to be a woman of extreme confidence and will. But, as situations become more and more unstable in the play, guilt develops inside her. For instance, she exclaims; "Wash your hands. Put on your nightgown. / Look not so pale. I tell you again, Banquo 's / Burried; he cannot come out on 's grave" (Shakespeare V, ii, 65-67). Lady Macbeth sleepwalks and frets about her evil wrongdoings because she is extremely guilty of her influence on Macbeth to commit the murder. Lady Macbeth reacts emotionally and dwells on her actions as guilt eats at her soul.
At times man is prone to call into states of disillusionment, whether it be their own fault, or that of others, and this may cause them to commit grievous errors. The character of Macbeth suffers from a delusional view of the world. The diluted ways in which he interprets many of the prophecies foretold by the witches brings forth a detrimental effect upon many of his peers and acquaintances and leads him to execute grave mistakes. It is Macbeth’s choice to interpret things in a more literal meaning, rather than a prophetic one, that becomes the downfall of many characters in the story. The meddlesome witches can not be left dry of blame, for it was their prophetic truths that led Macbeth to take such a literal
It is easy to blame someone for what you do, but it is very hard to accept the consequences that this can unchained. Throughout human history, there has been a believe of a mythical force that some call god, others fate and others universal order. But all of the eras, humans have believed in a superior force; and they think that the reason they exist is to feel secure. Personally, I’m a catholic that believes in god, but I think god gave us humans the most precious gift, Decision. This Decision power making can be a humongous advantage or a problem depending of how you use it. The negative trait of a decision is the consequences you get for it. In Macbeth from Shakespeare, Macbeth is predicted by some witches that he will be king. Macbeth after
A deadly combination of ambition and guilt poisons both Macbeth and his wife and leads to their deaths in the end. Ruined by her desire for power, Lady Macbeth’s descent into madness is more vivid and guilt seems to affect her more than her husband, even though he is responsible for more crimes. Her request to the spirits to “unsex [her] here,/ And fill [her], from the crown to the toe, top-full/ Of direst cruelty!” is contrasted as the more guilty she feels, the more weak and sensitive she become, a polar opposite of her usual masculine and bold self (1.5.44-46). As a result, she is unable to cope with the guilt and meets her ultimate demise by taking her life. This has an immediate effect on Macbeth: the almost always apparent tension of ambition and guilt disappears. He does not seem interested in living and is ready to face death in a manner more relatable to his former self rather than the murderer he has become. Moreover, Macbeth’s final remark is “Arm, arm, and out!”,
But he wasn't the only one feeling guilty. Once everyone hears that King Duncan is murdered, Macbeth kills the chamberlains with rage. Lady Macbeth start to sleepwalk because she overcomes with the actions she has caused in killing the King. She washes her hands over and over because the blood won't come off her hands but it's really just her mind thinking that. She later commits suicide because of the crime she did. Macbeth didn't seem very bothered on her suicide. He says ‘She sound have died
The witches cannot be blamed, nor Lady Macbeth, for Macbeth himself acting on his ambition and making his desires become reality. When the witches tell Macbeth of his future, his first thought is how murdering Duncan would be "fantastical". This shows that Macbeth is prepared to kill simply to climb the hierarchy. Although the witches give predictions and Lady Macbeth persuades him, neither have actual control over Macbeth. He recognises that he is "so far" in blood but instead of changing his ways, he decides that it would be "tedious" and pointless. He realises after killing many people, he can never go back to the man he was before. His ambition continues to drive him forward and he embraces evil. Macbeth chooses not to tell his wife about his plans and slowly begins to cut off connection to her. Even when she dies, he shows little remorse by saying "she should have died hereafter". This demonstrates that he has little human emotion left. By the end of the play, Macbeth has fallen from a hero to a