Leadership In Macbeth

William Shakespeare`s Macbeth tells audience a play of murders and sleepless nights. Macbeth is the thane of Glamis and a mighty general of Scotland. Macbeth is predicted to be the king of Scotland. However, the King of Scotland,King Duncan, is alive and is a good king to not to be murder by his people. Macbeth kills King Duncan and he becomes king with the fear of everyone killing him. Therefore, he kills anyone that is suspect to kill him. Macbeth becomes progressively more evil as the play continues.

Lady Macbeth, and even Macbeth himself both share the hope of being King and Queen of Scotland. The only difference is that only one of them is willing to complete a horrible act to achieve that dream. Yes, Macbeth admits that he would like to be King, stating in lines 7-12 on page 20 (scene 4) that,” … Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires…” Although Macbeth agrees that being King would be great, he understands that murder is not the way, because of the three Weird Sisters’ predictions. If the title of Thane of Cawdor was bestowed upon him mere minutes after the witches’ foreseeing of it, then what is to stop the predictions of Macbeths’ kingship. On the other hand, Lady Macbeth falls victim to the darker side of ambition, letting it cloud her mind and judgement, leading to a plan that most normal people would never even consider. The examples presented in just the first act go to show how ambition can completely control one’s thoughts and actions.

In his shortest and bloodiest play, Macbeth, Shakespeare exhibits an ongoing theme of greed through the rise to power and the downfall of his main character, Macbeth. Macbeth is a brave Scottish warrior fighting in King Duncan’s army who, after proving his bravery in the war, is rewarded by King Duncan as Thane of Cawdor. Prior to being informed of his new title, Macbeth and his friend Banquo meet three witches in the woods who tell them their prophecies. The witches proclaim that Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and king of Scotland and that Banquo’s descendants will also be kings. At first, Macbeth is skeptical about his prophecy, however, once he learns that Duncan has named him Thane of Cawdor he begins to believe it. He believes that if the witches were right about the

To begin, the witches are the catalyst to Macbeth’s crimes because the convince him that he will become king. Macbeth first meets the witches while returning from a gruesome battle and it is safe to say that they greet him with some audacious titles. They initially greet him as the Thane of Glamis and the Thane of Cawdor, but it is their final greeting which has the greatest effect on Macbeth. The witches hail Macbeth as someone “that shalt be king hereafter!” (1.3.53). This ignites a fire inside Macbeth, who is an immensely ambitious person. He begins to fantasize about the luxurious life he would have if he were the king of Scotland and he suddenly has the temptation to kill King Duncan. Although the witches’ prediction is favourable, Macbeth has no reason to believe them, at least until one of their other predictions turns out to be true. This

Macbeth lacks not for followers nor for people to rule over, although his grasp over a usurped kingship and tyrannical rule only creates obstacles to inspiring loyalty amongst his subjects.

Macbeth's feels that his destiny is to become King and rule with all the power that goes with kingship. The three witches on his way back to the kingdom, prophesied that he would rise to kingship. They said "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis" (I, 3, 48), and then as the thane of Cawdor "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor" (I, 3, 49). At this point in the play Macbeth had just become thane of Glamis, and the thane of Cawdor is still alive. Then, the witches greeted Macbeth as the King of Scotland saying "All hail, Macbeth! That shalt be King hereafter" (I, 3, 50). This is the point in the tragedy where Macbeth starts to think as a villain. If the witches had never greeted him as King on Scotland, then he would probably never have contemplated killing Duncan in the first place. At first, he believes that he will need to kill King Duncan. Though at the end of Act 1, Scene 3, he thinks that perhaps he doesn't need to do anything to become the king saying "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me without my stir.", showing he is a man of honor and morals. Then, Lady Macbeth hears of the prophecy in his letters and decides immediately for him that King Duncan must die, showing Macbeth's doubt. An

In this world, one of the strongest human drives seems to be the desire for power. In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Thane Macbeth seeks to gain power over Scotland. Through Macbeth’s search for power, he must choose between what is morally right or his inner motives. Macbeth gains power over others through the murders of King Duncan, Banquo, and Macduff’s entire family along with his servants. After each murder, Macbeth becomes more confident in his search to gain power.

Every person possesses certain amounts of certain qualities to be a great leader. Some of those qualities are kindness, willingness and bravery. In Macbeth there are many characters in positions of power that may or may not withhold the qualities of a good leader. The king Duncan in my opinion withheld all the qualities to be a great leader. Macbeth on the other hand at one time had the qualities but then, when put into a position of power turned sour. Not very many people posses the qualities that are needed to be an amazing leader and can keep the qualities in a position of power. There are specific qualities for a good leader such as: honesty, loyalty, determined, motivational, dependable, self-controlled and broad

The Play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare is shaped by supernatural forces with the use of the weird witches, the apparition of the ghost, and the floating dagger. These forces lead Macbeth to act in the way he did and add suspense to the play. The play opens with the three witches, and later on Macbeth and Banquo encounter them. They prophesized that Macbeth will be promoted to Thane of Cawdor, and then become King of Scotland. In addition to that, Banquo was told that his sons shall be kings, but never himself. Macbeth was skeptical about the prophesies, but until some of King Duncan’s men came to inform Macbeth that that he was to be named Thane of Cawdor due to the betrayal of the previous and condemned to death. Then Lady Macbeth

William Shakespeare is known world wide as one of the greatest English writers, although many people still speculate Shakespeare's plays are just books that concedes of entertainment, drama, horror, or etc.They also objectify that there is nothing to learn from Shakespeare’s plays. But that statement is false. In the play Macbeth it teaches the audience that leadership can be challenging. For my first point, leadership can be challenging because you must be wary of everyone and not trust anyone, even if they’re allies. For my second point, there will always be someone in your way. For my third and final point, appearances can be deceiving. These are my reasons on why leadership can be challenging. Within my first point, leadership can be challenging because you must be wary of everyone and not trust anyone, even if they’re allies. Anyone can betray you in an instant, betrayal is common and adequately betray you on purpose to eradicate you from your position as a leader. Placing a lot of trust you built with someone could be dangerous, even the closest friends. Not everyone is an ally, many would take you down to simply gain the ability of leadership you have. For example, in the play Macbeth, Duncan and the thane of Cawdor. “He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust”(1. 2. L. 15-16) Duncan says. As well as Duncan and Macbeth. “Where’s the thane of Cawdor? We coursed him at the heels, and had a purpose to be his purveyor: but he rides well, And his great love,

     Once Macbeth possessed the power of being Thane of Cawdor he began to exhibit more greed. He has just been given such a huge responsibility and once he was given new power, he craved more; especially when he stumbled upon the witches. He liked the power that he had and wanted to gain more, no matter what he has to do to get it. Macbeth had an encounter with the three witches and they had told him that he will become the next king. Although the witches did say this it did not mean that it was certain, it was just a possibility. But when Macbeth realized the opportunity for power he knew he wanted to become the king. This passage was in part of the letter that Macbeth wrote to Lady Macbeth: “Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it came missives from the King, who all-hailed me ‘Thane of Cawdor,’ by which title, before, these Weird Sisters saluted me and referred me to the coming on of time with ‘Hail, king that shalt be’” (1.5.6-10). . It seems as if the power and greed now had full control over him, he is doing things that he wouldn’t do when he did not have all this power. This is the first time that we see this side of Macbeth, the side of him that is greedy for power and is willing to kill the king to do so. In the beginning of the play the thought of being Thane of Cawdor never even crossed his mind, and by no means being

Initially, Macbeth's turmoil within himself is apparent from the beginning of the play when we see that even his ambition is scattered, in a sense. Our first image of Macbeth is that of a courageous and selfless warrior by the wounded captain whom he had saved from certain death on the battlefield. But Macbeth's selflessness is

Macbeth is already the thane of Glamis and a high Scottish general, but his wife lady Macbeth contributes to him being a tragic hero as she often encourages him to do bad stuff for a good outcome. The good outcome has to do with getting more wealth and power thus, an act of greed because Lady Macbeth urges Macbeth to feel he deserves more. When Macbeth considers the murder he states, “if it were done when ’tis done, then ’there well It were done quickly . . . He’s here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself (act 1 s7) Later on when his greed tones down as he realizes nothing motivates him to kill the king other than his own ambition lady Macbeth states “When you durst do it,” she says, “then you were a man” (1.7.49) this urges Macbeth to want immediate power and

The witches start this mess by telling Macbeth about a “prophecy” that may or may not be fully told to Macbeth “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!” (1 3 67-68). The problem with this argument is that Macbeth knows that there are other people in front of him that will become king before he even has a chance. After becoming Thane of Cawdor he realizes this prophecy could be true. Greed hits him and he tries hard to get what he wants by killing people.

The acquisitiveness of one results in the torture of many. In the story of Macbeth, Shakespeare unveiled the tragic sequence of events that happened all because of greed that is found on the dark side of the human nature. In the eleventh century in Scotland, Macbeth is a well-known nobleman for his great bravery in defending the country. Macbeth is first introduced to the limits of his power and his ambitions by the witches, who greet him with three titles: Thane of Glamis, which Macbeth is aware of, Thane of Cawdor, which is actually is true at this point, but one that Macbeth has not been told of, and King, which has not yet become true. The witches are the ones who plant the actual idea of killing Duncan into Macbeth's mind; however, Macbeth was the one to perform and went further than that. In other words, avarice is proven in the play to be the root of all evil.