Lady Macbeth Greed Quotes

In the book “Macbeth” is about a man called Macbeth who was a great soldier that had slain many people that stood in his way. One day Macbeth got a prophecy from three witches that claimed he would become the thane of cawdor and one day king. Once the prophecy of him becoming “Thane of Cawdor” came true he desired more. Macbeth believed that taking the throne would better improve his life. Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth plotted to kill the king in his chamber and blame in on some guards. After Macbeth killed Duncan (The King), he was in fear of what he had done. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth believed that no one would suspect him of killing the king until Macbeth had realized that his best friend Banquo was with him when he was given the prophecy. After he hired a couple of bandits to do away with Banquo to keep his secret. When the time came of Banquo’s death it would haunt Macbeth his entire life which soon led to his downfall. Instead of Macbeth helping others he choose to help himself which led

Although Duncan is out of the way now, Macbeth finds out that Banquo’s sons are the next in line to become King. With this realization, he says, “To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings!/Rather than so, come fate into the list,/And champion me to th' utterance.” (3.1.75-77). Now that Lady Macbeth has convinced Macbeth that he is destined to be King, his statement shows how he is going to do everything in his power to make it happen. He feels that he has to prove to himself and to others that he is not womanly, and is capable of performing ‘manly’ tasks. In order to prove this to himself, he says, “There’s comfort yet; they are assailable./Then be thou jocund.” (3.2.44-45). Here Macbeth is saying that he finds comfort in knowing that he can simply kill Banquo’s sons so he can become king. This further represents his transition to becoming in full control over the events that take place in the play. This is because he is planning to commit a tragedy, in this case, a murder, in order to fulfill his desires. Lady Macbeth persuaded him in the beginning, but now it is completely his own doing. By saying he feels comfortable with murder, which contradicts his belief from the beginning, it may be noticed how this is a clue that he will hold responsibility for more tragedies in the near

The theme “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” means that everything is not alway what it seems.

Act 2 and 3 summary: (1) Act 2 starts out with Banquo saying how the King is in a good mood and Macbeth is nervous about killing the king. (2) Then Macbeth has killed the king, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are worried that someone woke up. (3) Macbeth brought the daggers out instead of leaving them for evidence, so Lady Macbeth puts them back. (4) Then Macduff and Lennox come to get King Duncan to find that he is dead and Macbeth killed the servants so they could not say they did not do it and the king’s sons run away. (5) Finally, and old man talks of all the weird things that happened the night Duncan died. (6) So, Act 3 begins with Macbeth Hiring Murders to kill Banquo and Fleance. (7) Banquo is killed and buried, but

Leading by greed, this talks about how Macbeth is a tyrant and is sending the kingdom into darkness. This huge tragedy that is coming to kick everyone’s butts. He wants all of the dominance, it is not healthy and the more he wanted, the more greedy he became with the things around him. “This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, / Was once thought honest.” (IV.III.12-13)

Lady Macbeth is known to be ruthless, but in act 2 scene 2 we see that she still has some humanity when she says “Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done ’t”. The picture of a father and daughter represents her humanity and guilt. The next symbol I chose was Pinocchio because she lied a lot in the play. A perfect example of this would be the welcoming scene in act 1, where Lady Macbeth lies to everyone about their plans and tricks Duncan and his men into a state of false trust. In act 1 scene 7, Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to kill King Duncan by not letting him have an opinion.

Fate can be greatly determined by external pressures and ambition, as a result of the environment around you. We want a prosperous fate and future, which is as a result of temptation and greed. Greed will keep building, and will not stop until it is satisfied, along with temptation. MacBeth follows through with murder for building greed. Early on in the book he is already Thane of Cawdor and is very wealthy, has a family, and anything he would ever need. His building greed is a want for money, power, but most importantly ambition. His greed is planted inside his head by Lady MacBeth, as he never really had any intentions to become king in the first place. As Lady MacBeth’s greed grows throughout the story, his ambition does as well. This

This angers Macbeth and enables him to follow Lady Macbeth's scheme to kill the King easier. Macbeth's first murder is definitely a trying experience for him. However, as the play progresses, killing seems easy and the only solution to maintain his reign of the people of Scotland. Macbeth becomes increasingly ambitious as the play goes on. The witches prophecies and Lady Macbeth's influence intensifies his ambition and drives Macbeth to obtain and maintain his title of Scotland by whatever means, even murdering his best friend, Banquo. "Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, ...no son of mine succeeding. If't be so, for Banquo's issue have I filed my mind; For them the gracious Duncan I have murder'd; ...To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings! (Act III. sc.I) At this point Macbeth's passion becomes more and more extreme to the point where no one stands in his way. His greed, violence, and hunger for power drastically declines his character. The witches prophecy, Lady Macbeth's influence, and Macbeth's own ambition all contribute greatly to his deterioration of character which results in his downfall, which was death. All the causes link to one another. If it wasn't for Macbeth's strong will and passion, Macbeth would still be his ordinary self. Because of this, Macbeth's curiosity of possibly becoming king was brought out which led to Lady Macbeth's controlling influence. Macbeth's ambition then builds and causes him to commit a

In the play, written by Shakespeare, Macbeth has received prophecies about him becoming the thane of Glamis, the thane of Cawdor, as well as the future king. While he was already the thane of Glamis, it soon came true to him being crowned the thane of Cawdor so naturally he assumed that the second prediction would come true, but decided to rush the process instead of waiting for it to come his way. While Lady Macbeth, his wife, and the witches certainly play a significant role in Macbeth’s corruption and downfall, it is ultimately he himself to blame for his easy acceptance of his fate by the Witches, his vulnerability to his wife's manipulations, and his tragic flaw bringing him to his demise. “All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis… Thane of Cawdor… that shalt be king hereafter” (Act 1 Scene 3 46-48) would be the words that would spark the fire under Macbeth.

Macbeth was a kind man who in the beginning would never think of murdering his own king whom he served; at least before he meets the witches. Before he was not very ambitious at all, he was very loyal even got name Thane of Cawdor. It was when the three witches gave him this weird prophecy about Macbeth being king did he start to become a bit more selfish. Almost afterward even after Banquo warned him that those witches are nothing but trouble Macbeth was still thinking“I am the Thane of Cawdor: I should be happy but why am I getting all

Macbeth began the play as a loyal, noble villain, but power started to take over his life. Banquo begins to act suspicious of King Duncan’s murder; therefore Macbeth demands murder upon Banquo. Macbeth ordered the murderer’s to execute Banquo and they accepted the task, “It is concluded. Banquo, thy soul’s flight, /If it find heaven, must find it out tonight” (3.1.143-144). This is the first act that Macbeth had made since becoming king. His power on the throne continued to take over his mind, which made Macbeth order around to kill one of his former friends. If Macbeth stayed Thane of Cawdor, would he of demanded the killing of Banquo? No, Macbeth being king did not benefit him in any way; it only put negative acts upon him. As the play went along, and Macbeth attained more power, Macbeth’s language started to get malicious. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is a respected villain by all, but with him being victimized by all of his surroundings, his character started to transform. Macbeth says many spiteful lines, one being, “Go prick thy face and over-red thy fear/Thou lily-liver’d boy” (5.3.15-16). As the play advanced, it is almost as if Lady Macbeth and Macbeth switched characters. Lady Macbeth at the beginning of the play was cruel and manly, but as soon as Macbeth’s royal ambitions were achieved, Macbeth became merciless. Macbeth is a victim of power because when he was not on the throne, he was a well respected man, but when he became king he

In a fantasy-like universe, the length and outcome of one's life also known as destiny is most of the time, predetermined by the external forces. In Macbeth, the Witches represent this influence. The play makes an important note, this is that Fate may determine what will be, but how that destiny comes to be about is a matter of chance and of person’s own life decisions. The witches claim Macbeth as king when they all chant, “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” (Line 50). Although Macbeth is told by the 3 witches that he will become king, they do not tell him how to achieve the rule of king. Here, Macbeth says to the trio of witches, “Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more” (Line 70). This is up to Macbeth on how he wants to approach this goal. We cannot put blame on him for becoming future king, after all, it is his Destiny. But we can blame him for the way on which how he chooses to become king. Macbeth decides to slaughter his way to the throne, which is not how his fate was to be determined.

Shakespeare’s characterization of Macbeth and his consequences reveals his warning about ambitions and its downfalls. Macbeth begins as a noble man who’s ambition ruins him and his true self, leading to his inevitable death. In Act I, Shakespeare presents Macbeth as an accomplished man whose lust for more is fueled by his wife’s ambitions. At this point in the play, Lady Macbeth commonly challenges his masculinity to drive his ambition to kill King Duncan and acclaim the throne of Scotland: “Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art desire?” (P. 29). Conversely, by Act III, Macbeth’s ambition is self-driven because of the prophecy making him loses his sense of morality, and become corrupt. One such action is the murder of Banquo, Macbeth’s “noble partner” (P. 17): “Who wear our health but sickly in his life, which his death were prefect” (P. 56). Banquo’s murder serves as the beginning of Macbeth’s crumbling edifice, as for each murder he commits, he falls deeper into the world of deception.

Macbeth was first introduced into the play as a warrior, a soldier, who had won great honour from the kind due to his actions on the battlefield. Macbeth was then led to wicked thoughts by the prophecies of the three witches, especially after the prophecy of that Macbeth will be made Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth then commits his first crime by killing Duncan in order to take the crown and become king. Macbeth is willing to do anything necessary in order to maintain his position in power. Macbeth commits his second crime by ordering others to kill Banquo, to do his own dirty work for him. Macbeth had felt that he was a threat to him. Throughout

“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it” (A. Einstein). Evil is a destruction that causes people to commit unnatural actions of harm. The play is centered on the coexistence of good and evil. The evil of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is so great that it ultimately destroys both of them. The human soul cannot endure such evil; it destroys the soul. It is incompatible with humanity. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth was presented with three prophecies, one being that he would become king. This specific prophecy was the first thought Macbeth had to kill. However, Macbeth is known for lacking character and ambition. He knows right from wrong, and he isn’t comfortable with his role as a criminal. At this point, it is where we see Macbeth’s conscience start to override his ambition, but his wife, Lady Macbeth, convinces him into killing King Duncan. She summons evil spirits and persuades him into doing so. She has a deep ambition and lust for power. Throughout the play, she seems to link masculinity to ambition and violence. Lady Macbeth is more evil and more responsible for the murder of king Duncan due to the fact that he came up with the idea to kill him, she manipulates her husband, and she persuades him to perform terrible deeds.