Macbeth Good Vs Evil

She begins to explain to Macbeth what her plan is, “When Duncan is asleep-- whereto the rather shall his day’s hard journey soundly invite him-- his two chamberlains will I with wine and wassail to convince that memory, the warder of the brain, shall be a fume and the receipt of reason A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep their drenched natures lie as in a death, what cannot you and I perform upon the unguarded Duncan?” (Act I sc. vii lines 61-66). Her master plan is to kill Duncan while he is asleep by sneaking into his castle and getting the guards drunk. Since she came up with the plan to kill Duncan, it shows that she is the one at fault. If Lady Macbeth had never compelled her husband to go along with her plan, he would never have thought about murdering King Duncan and things could have gone in favor for Macbeth instead of how they actually played out. More proof that she was to blame for the death of Duncan was when Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were preparing to kill him. Lady Macbeth said, “The doors are open, and the surfeited grooms do mock their charge with snores. I have drugged their possets, that death and nature do contend about them, whether they live or die” (Act II sc. ii lines 6-10). Lady Macbeth had just told Macbeth that she had poisoned the wine and that the guards were fast asleep. Even though Lady Macbeth

“...it's true that some of the most terrible things in the works are done by people who think, genuinely think, that they're doing it for the best” (Terry Pratchett). In Shakespeare’s play, The Scottish Play, Macbeth is driven by selfish desires to take his fate into his own hands and go to extremes to obtain the title of King of Scotland. At the start of his pursuit for power his actions are planned and his first murder has real meaning behind it. Next, Macbeth targets the man who will father future kings. Finally, Macbeth becomes so paranoid and overcome with guilt that he has innocent women and children murdered. What starts as selfish ambition can quickly grow into an all consuming force, causing one to abandon one's honor, lose friends

Due to her ambition to become queen, Lady Macbeth persuades her husband to murder king Duncan.

While Macbeth is hesitant before and during the process of murdering Duncan, Lady Macbeth remains persistent and encourages Macbeth to “only look up clear. To alter favour ever is to fear.” (1.5.78-79). She then proceeds to say, “Leave all the rest to me.” (1.5.80). Before Lady Macbeth is aware of Macbeth’s prophecy, she is considered a pure, honest and a genuine woman. But after Macbeth shares his future, Lady Macbeth develops a greedy aspiration for being crowned Queen. In order for her dream to come true, Lady Macbeth forces her husband to carry out King Duncan’s murder by saying, hypothetically if she had made a promise with Macbeth, even if it was to kill her own child by “dash(ing) the brains out…” (1.7.62-64), she would not withdraw her promise. It is evident at this point the extreme measures Lady Macbeth is willing to pursue in order to fulfill her own selfish ambition. Lady Macbeth’s honest and pure personality transforms her into a selfish, highly driven and manipulative woman. Like Macbeth, Lady Macbeth struggles to deal with the guilt she experiences as a result of her actions, yet she is unable to disguise her guilt with selfish ambition. Her mental stability begins to diminish, which is particularly evident in Act 5. Her guilt becomes noticeable when she begins sleepwalking and sleep talking about

Macbeth, a character in the novel “Macbeth” written by William Shakespeare is a brave Scottish general, and powerful man who lacks virtuous. Macbeth’s wife, Lady Macbeth is a deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power and place. Both are the key to the majority of murders that took place in Macbeth. In the play there are many evil deeds that Macbeth committed. These include the murders of Duncan and Banquo, Macduff and her son. Starting off he had no trouble killing an old man who was asleep in his bed. In addition, a weakling move is made by Macbeth that he allows his wife to force him to do something that is clearly against his will (killing king Duncan). Using Lady Macbeth to dilute her husband's responsibility only adds shame to his guilt.

Good and evil are symbolized by light and darkness in the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare. When there is peace and good, Shakespeare mentions light; whether if it is the sun shining brightly or merely a candle giving light. On the other hand, when there is evil and disorder, he mentions darkness; a shadow or a horrible thunderstorm. Witches are known for evil, chaos, and conflict. Since Witches are known to be evil, whenever they appear, the weather is usually horrible. Shakespeare utilizes light and darkness in order to portray when good or evil will take place.

However, it is ultimately Macbeth who plunges a dagger in Duncan's heart. He decided to give in to his wife's devious plan, even though he could have resisted. Although Lady Macbeth came up with the idea, Macbeth executed it and is therefore also to blame. Instead of standing up for righteousness, he gave in to ambition's temptation.

Despite her hard exterior, Lady Macbeth does love her husband. The two were very intimate. Then Macbeth’s world became so consumed by securing his title of king that he is no longer the Macbeth she loves. He is distant towards her and they are no longer the passionate lovers they once were. These feelings of melancholy take a turn for the worse when she learns of the murders of Banquo and Lady Macduff. She is so overcome with grief and guilt that she begins sleepwalking and sees hallucinations of her hands being soaked with blood. She knows her greed for the queen’s crown led to Macbeth becoming a callous murderer; therefore she is tormented by endless guilt. This is a major transition from gleefully plotting King Duncan’s demise. Unable to cope with the despair, Lady Macbeth commits

Banquo’s sons were the next in line to take the thrown after Duncan, and Macbeth was not going to sit back and let that happen. Two murderers were hired by Macbeth to take Banquo out. Macbeth stated that it was “concluded” for Banquo, and that “thy soul’s flight,/ if it find heaven, must it find out” (III. i. 140-141). Macbeth thrived from the power that he was gaining, and felt relief that he was able to become the new king. Even though he assuaged his guilt in the wrong ways, Macbeth could not stop the rampage he was on. He later on took out Macduff’s family, meaning “his wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls/ that trace him in his line” (IV. i. 152-153). Lady Macbeth, who was now starting to feel a ton of guilt started to slowly go insane. There was a doctor hired to look at her while Macbeth was away, and the doctor came to examine her behavior. She would constantly talk to herself and wash imaginary blood off of her hands that was already gone, exclaiming “Out, damned spot,” (V.i.28). Subsequently, no matter how much she tried to wash the guilt away, it would always be present. Nothing was worse than how she was feeling at that present moment; some theories suggest that the evil that had once possessed her finally let her go. Whatever the case may be, it eventually caused her to commit suicide from strain. Meanwhile, Macbeth continued to prosper from this hubris and flaunt his power around. He believed that no man born from a woman could defeat him. When, Macduff found out that Macbeth had his family killed, he challenged Macbeth to a battle. Macduff had reigned victorious and Macbeth was slain. Macbeth’s excessive pride was finally put to

First she says that she is going to plunge the knife into Duncan along with Macbeth. Then, she says she will be there next to him, and then finally she backed out completely because she claims the king looks like her father while he is sleeping. After the murders that she causes, Lady Macbeth is made crazy by her guilt. Even though she persuades Macbeth to carry out the murder, she regrets it deeply because it makes her whole life spiral out of control. Just as Lady Macbeth convinces her husband to kill the king, Lady Macbeth is indirectly persuaded to convince Macbeth.

Nonetheless, it's impossible to bypass that even with the impedance of so called "pre-destiny", Macbeth should be entirely aware since he acts as the first to embraces the evil deeds. As he can never renounce his free-will, however, he chooses to practice atrocities in the name of protecting vanity, especially pride and ambitions, which he displays apparent sensitivities through the commitment of crimes. For instance, in the stage of scheming on Duncan's Murder, it's surprising to discover that Macbeth could be easily stimulated. And after being questioned that "Art thou afeard/To be the same in thine own act and valour/As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that/ Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life,/And live a coward in thine own esteem,/Letting

Macbeth is described as “a brave soldier and a powerful man, but he is not virtuous. He is easily tempted into murder to fulfill his ambitions to the throne, and once he commits his first crime and is crowned king of Scotland, he embarks on further atrocities with increasing ease. … He shows at the beginning of the play that he knows right from wrong, and chooses to do wrong without being able to justify it to himself.” (Sparknotes, ix) Macbeth is the one that is not virtuous, he cannot blame not having high moral standards on his wife. From the beginning, Macbeth’s ambitions are wrong and once he starts his murder spree, he continues with ease feeling no guilt.

Macbeth furthers his self destruction by participating in multiple murders of innocent persons. Despite Macbeth questioning his motives behind killing Duncan, Lady Macbeth was able to convince him otherwise. Late in the night Macbeth goes to Duncan and murders him. When Macbeth returns to his wife he tells her “I have done the deed” but he fears that Duncan’s servants may have heard what he had done (II.ii.14). Lady Macbeth also fears the servants heard something so she goes and kills them once Macbeth returns. As Macbeth’s power craze increases, he decides that his once good

“Blood is perceived as being simultaneously pure and impure” (Roux 985). It has both the elements of life and death. It depicts the age old battle of good versus evil. It is both day and night; light and darkness. Blood is shown throughout William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and plays a key role in the building of the story’s conflicts. Blood represents life, but Shakespeare depicts blood in the alternative dark version, showing where there is life there is death and without death there is no life. In Macbeth the main characters are faced with many challenges and struggles. Blood can be seen as the choices or sins that Macbeth and his wife has made; as the play goes on Shakespeare shows how sin stays with the characters and how it consumes many entirely.

Lady Macbeth continues to convince and persuade Macbeth into thinking her plan will pay off. Eventually Macbeth decides against the murder of his king but Lady Macbeth shames him for not being able to murder, threatening to take away her love from him if he does not. This threat shocks Macbeth into saying “yes”. Lady Macbeth outlines her plan to kill King Duncan while asleep as a guest in their castle.