How Does Macbeth Show Honor

The writer, Shakespeare, illustrates to the audience that the consequences do not just affect the person who have the ambitions, but it also affects the people around them. He does this by expressing the ambition through the characters of Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are shown to be ambitious and their ambition feeds off of each other. Macbeth is initially shown to the audience as a brave and selfless soldier who is loyal to his king till the day he dies. But, once Macbeth hears the prophecy of the three witches’, (that he will become the King of Scotland), Macbeth changes. He develops a deep, dark and horrible ambition of ruthlessly murdering the king and taking his place. Macbeth then writes to Lady Macbeth telling her of his ambitions. This leads to Lady Macbeth provoking Macbeth’s ambitions instead of telling him to forget about it. As she provokes Macbeth the audience can clearly see that this woman is bad news. “Was the hope drunk?Wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since?... and wakes it now, to look so green and pale which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting 'I

I've known Macbeth since his early years, and he has always shown compassion and understanding beyond that of any other man I know. During his childhood years, he always displayed a rampant ambition, and a kindness rare among young men. His friendship was something to be treasured. Our many days spent together are some of my fondest memories, and the loss of such days fill me with profound sadness and grief.

Macbeth defines his emotional state as painful and troubled when he inquires “I am sick at heart”. The word “sick” is interpreted as being affected by a specific type of illness, which in Macbeth’s case is mental illness. The use of the word “sick” shows that Macbeth views his guilt as curable. Macbeth is exhibited to be unsatisfied with life and perceives it as a burden, when he declares “I have lived long enough”. Shakespeare implements figurative diction and a depressed tone is established with the use of words such as “sick”, “poor”, “curses”,and “deny”. Macbeth is shown to be hopeless towards life when he implements a simile when he compares his withering life to a yellow autumn leaf as he explains, “my way of life Is fall'n into the sear,

In spite of this they decide to play create a false sense of security with Macbeth, “security is mortals’ chiefest enemy”. To do this they made the aspirations that Macbeth sees, sound like nothing can hurt, kill or dethrone him, “none of woman born can harm Macbeth”. The witches are responsible for Macbeth’s downfall because they make it seem that he cannot be killed by anything, thus enhancing his sense of security. This heightened sense of invincibility causes Macbeth to kill MacDuff’s family, and then fight with the thought that no one can hurt him. Macbeth is not totally responsible for his downfall, the witches twisting of words cause Macbeth to misinterpret the message, which causes his eventual death.

Motifs are used with the intent of revealing the character’s true intentions by giving the reader an idea of what message the author is trying to convey through the characters. This helps us understand the play better and apply it to our lives to do better. In “Macbeth”, ambition and integrity are two colliding motifs that different characters display throughout the play. As for one character, he expresses ambition to reach his ultimate goal through wrongdoings while another character expresses integrity by doing the right thing. Shakespeare uses the motif of ambition and integrity to reveal to us how the human mind can be manipulated by ambition contrary to having integrity, hence doing what is right.

To be loyal to the king is to have integrity, to show this in a tragedy such as William Shakespeare’s Scottish play Macbeth, the use of literary devices is mandatory. Shakespeare showcases a variety in character and plot development; he manipulates this ability he possesses to dissolve the character’s integrity within the play. The overall thematic message of the play is ‘Disloyalty to the king means to lose integrity, and to lose integrity is to be destroyed.’ Macbeth shows his integrity in Act one, Scene two. Shakespeare proves Macbeth possesses integrity in Act one, Scene two. Macbeth’s integrity becomes undone in Act two, Scene two, consequently, the complete destruction of his honour is delivered in a killing blow in Act Five, Scene eight.

Lady Macbeth’s strength of will persists through the murder of King Duncan as it is she who tries to calm Macbeth after committing the crime by declaring confidently that, “a little water clears us of this deed,” (2.2.67). Afterward, however, Lady Macbeth’s strong and ambitious character begins to deteriorate into madness. Her first sign of weakness occurred when she confessed that she could not have killed the king, revealing a natural woman’s feelings, “had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done’t” (2.2.13-14). Just as ambition has affected her before more so then Macbeth before the crime, the guilt plagues her now more effectively afterward as she desperately tried to wash away the invisible blood from her sin, “Here’s the smell of the blood still: all the perfume of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand,” (5.1.48-49). Lady Macbeth’s

“How now, my lord, why do you keep alone, of sorriest fancies your compassion making, using those thoughts which should indeed have died with them they think on? Things without all remedy. Should be without regard; what’s done, is done.” Macbeth starts to lose interest to interact with people around him. He is focusing too much with his thoughts.

William Shakespeare introduces readers to the complex and twisted character of Lady Macbeth in his tragic play, Macbeth. In this play, Lady Macbeth proves herself to be a manipulative, ruthless, and ambitious character through her significant actions and personal relationships with other characters in the play. To start, Lady Macbeth displays her skills of manipulation in her interactions with her husband, Macbeth. Upon her discovery of the prophecy that declares that Macbeth is to become the future King of Scotland, Lady Macbeth’s ambition for power drives her to start plotting the murder of King Duncan. She convinces Macbeth to “...look like th’innocent flower, / But be the serpent under’t...”

Lady Macbeth was Macbeth’s wife – and also a deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power and position.

In a quote, from Chris Kyle a former sniper of the United States, he says, “It’s about being a man. And it’s about love as well as hate.” In the tragedy, “Macbeth”, by William Shakespeare, the main character, Macbeth must choose to kill his king that he fights for. Macbeth is criticized by his wife for being scared to kill the king, however he lives up to my perception of masculinity and bravery. After the battle, the captain reports “For brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name -”(1.2.16). Just going to war is being brave and fighting well makes someone even more manly. It is also very honorable for someone to be called brave by a captain, not just any soldier. During the battle Macbeth faced off against the enemy, and the captain described

The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare recounts Macbeth's meteoric rise as a soldier and promising future leader whose megalomaniacal ambition led to his tragic downfall. In addition to Macbeth's ambitions, which initially enable him to be strong leader and soldier, he is influenced heavily by his wife, Lady Macbeth, and the three witches that prophesize his ascent to the throne, as well as warn him of his eventual demise. It can be argued that it is Macbeth's ambition that allows him to succeed in his endeavors, however the goals to which he is working toward influence the results of his hard work. Macbeth's ambitions help him to become a war hero, and as his goals change, his ambitions drive him to become a tyrannical villain.

In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is the true villain of the play as she is evil, ambitious and eventually insane. Lady Macbeth masterminded the idea to kill King Duncan and planted the vision into Macbeths mind, she convinced Macbeth to commit such a crime, and her love for her husband was eventually overruled by her determination and lust for power. Throughout the play she starts to show her true colours and the destructive force of her ambition, which inevitably results in nothing but disaster.

Macbeth, while not believed to be inherently evil by most, falls to his tragic flaw, his ambition. Macbeth’s ambition develops over the course of the play as the witches make more predictions pertaining to his power. His ambition turns him into a cold blooded killer, and a paranoid dictator. He ultimately meets his demise as a result of his lust for power. Macbeth’s ambition and eminent downfall make him a classic Shakespearean tragic hero.

Macbeth’s character begins as an extremely respectable and an extraordinary soldier. All the men respected him and praised him, the Captain told King Duncan of his valor in battle: