Macbeth Is Evil

Macbeth’s first excuse for killing Duncan was that three witches who could see into the future told him of his fate. “All hail, Macbeth, who will be King later on!” (1.3.291) as one of the .witches put it. However, Duncan had already been crowned before Macbeth was told this. Macbeth took matters into his own hands, killing Duncan in order to receive the crown sooner than fate had it. If the witches were right, Macbeth would have been king even if he hadn’t killed Duncan, making it unnecessary to kill Duncan. Macbeth’s unruly decision to kill is an insight as to whether or not he’s solely guilty.

Humans will go to great extents to achieve want we want especially power. We understand right and wrong but we choose wrong or cruelty if it helps us achieve our goals, but how do these choices affect the people around us and us? In the tragedy Macbeth, William Shakespeare develops the idea how the cruel choices taken by the characters came with consequences that could not be escaped, this was presented through the characters: Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, and Macduff.

On one hand, this shows a lack of moral character and integrity of Macbeth as he did not keep his ground when he knew what was right. On the other hand, however, this shows that Macbeth was truly in love with Lady Macbeth and would do absolutely anything for her own happiness. As well as this, considering the fact that Macbeth did not want to carry out the plot to murder King Duncan after much thought , his decisions and actions were truly not in his control. As this is the case, the blame for his own downfall should not be placed on Macbeth, but rather the stronger person to person interactive forces around him that caused him to make the tragic decisions

To most people who know him, Macbeth is a valiant and noble general, however it’s his caring, nice personality, and his gullible, easy-to manipulate character that will form his final decision to kill Duncan, after reading Macbeth’s letter proposing Duncan’s regicide, Lady Macbeth mutters to herself regarding Macbeth: “Yet I do fear thy nature; It is too fill o’ th’ milk of human kindness.” (1.5.17-18). This quote alone tells the reader that Macbeth is too gentle to make rash decisions. He can not think for himself and was easily convinced into murdering Duncan.

In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the tragic hero Macbeth, descends into evil after a prophecy from three witches sparks his ambition and tempts Macbeth into committing horrible deeds out of paranoia, arrogance, and spite. Macbeth begins his chain of murders due to the fact that he wishes to become the King of Scotland. In Act One, Scene three of Macbeth, three witches arrive and prophesize that Macbeth will become the Thane of Cawdor and the King. Soon after the witches disappear, Macbeth is delivered the news that he was named Thane of Cawdor. This occurrence causes Macbeth to believe each part of the prophecy and he allows his ambition to take control of his thoughts, which leads him to deciding to kill King Duncan. Macbeth acknowledges the fact that he has no other reason for killing Duncan, besides ambition, when he states, “I have no spur/ To prick the sides of my intent, but only/ Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself/ And

and continues to develop itself throughout the play. Throughout the play, evil grows into a tool

William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth takes place in medieval Scotland. Macbeth starts off the play as a good man who fights loyally for his king. Macbeth is a good man who was placed in the worst possible position which brought the worst out of him. Macbeth shows caution about taking hold of the prophecies and putting his future in his own hands, but pushed by others he does. Macbeth, although foolish about how undefeatable he is tries to spare Macduff, and he also realizes that he went too far with everything he had done. Macbeth is a tragic character whose downfall was the result of a no-win situation. It can be argued that, at the very least, Macbeth was not a terrible man.

When a character is portrayed as “evil” the person is not evil just for the hell of it, they are persuaded by events or actions done to them that therefore leads to evilness. Nobody in history has just been evil.. There are many reasons a person is the way they are. When life begins a baby does not automatically seem evil. No trait or characteristic of a baby determines their identity and role in society. Children have no real sense of the world around them. In order for a child to grow and come to realize what is going on, they are usually taught a certain way to live, or rather not taught the correct way to live. Children base their future in life on the way they were brought up. When people experience things in life, they learn to live with it or lash out with vindictive actions or thoughts. Many people in history or stories, have a certain background in life that leads them on the path to evilness. “We are all good, but corrupted by society: (Jean- Jacques Rousseau). This theory is defined rule, which has preceded throughout history.

Compare the presentation of villains in ‘Macbeth’ and a selection of poetry from the studied anthology. Do their writers present their characters with heroic qualities?

A universal paradox states, “You are free to choose, but you are not free from the consequence of your choice.” In other words, a person has the free will to decide what he or she wants, but he or she does not have control over the consequence of his or her actions. Virgil once said, “Fate will always find a way.” Fate will somehow always make true to its promises, sometimes even in ways people don’t expect. In the book The Tragedy of Macbeth, Macbeth encounters three witches, who represent the supernatural of the play, and tell of three prophecies, two of which pertain to Macbeth and one to Banquo. The witches prophesize that Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor and king of Scotland. Some believe that Macbeth was under the inevitable fate

In this article, it talks about how Shakespeare uses some sort of trick in the play which made it difficult for the readers to know what was being talked about. It really just talks about the complexity of blame in Macbeth was. The Tragedy of Evil talks about the real tragedy that happened to Macbeth and his ambition. The qualities that Macbeth shows are through his goals and temptations. It also talked about how Macbeth started off as a good man but changed so quickly for the lust of power.

If you plant a tree it will grow, however, if that seed is never planted nothing at all will develop. The same is true with evil; evil begets evil. A spark of evil can snowball into further evil. The spark the witches produced caused Lady Macbeth’s corrupt side to come about and she instigated Macbeth into killing Duncan. The witches are held responsible for all these evil events.

In Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest,” Prospero asks his daughter Miranda to visit Caliban, their servant. Miranda replies, “Tis a villain, sir,/ I do not love to look on” (1.2.312-313). The Oxford English Dictionary describes the word in two ways. The modern definition of villain is “an unprincipled or depraved scoundrel; a man naturally disposed to base or criminal actions, or deeply involved in the commission of disgraceful crimes” (OED Online). However, Miranda doesn't call him a villain because of criminal action. The second definition looks at an earlier interpretation of the word. It says that villain originally meant “a low-born base-minded rustic; a man of ignoble ideas or instincts” (OED Online). This definition is far more applicable

Macbeth takes place in a society full of treason, flaws, and corruption. This culture of evil is reflected onto William Shakespeare’s main character, Macbeth. Macbeth’s thoughts and actions are influenced by a society full of chaos and dismay. Evil starts to feed off of his morals, turning him for the worse. Macbeth’s main qualities – guilt, pride, and ambition – push him towards sin and evil rather than good. These characteristics could propel Macbeth to do wondrous things, yet as the play reveals, this is not the case. Guilt, pride, and ambition direct Macbeth towards a path of destruction and eventually lead to his inevitable downfall. This downfall is forecast by Cawdor’s scaffold speech at the beginning of the play; “foreshadowing the

In The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the corrupt nature of humankind creates a basis for Macbeth’s downfall. It shows how his desire to have power and become king ultimately destroys him. The nature of evil in Shakespeare’s play comes from the immoral actions of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, and the witches. This evil starts with only an influence; however, Shakespeare shows that evil truly originates in ones own heart. There are multiple outside influences that drive Macbeth into insanity, such as the witches. They plant diabolical ideas into Macbeth’s head and these ideas become reality when Lady Macbeth turns an idea into an action. Evil functions as a linear progression beginning with one action which leads to another then to another