The Makings of a Leader Macbeth is a tragedy following the journey and resulting consequences of the titular hero’s overwhelming desire to become the King of Scotland. Throughout Macbeth, Shakespeare explores the theme of leadership; Macduff and Duncan represent prosperous leadership characteristics of humility, temperance, and experience, while Macbeth, an usurper of the throne, symbolizes a controlling and ruthless regime. Shakespeare teaches that good leadership comes from king-becoming graces, developed with experience, and cautions against the desire for power through vaulting ambition alone. Duncan, Scotland’s rightful king, represents an admirable kindness fit for God’s representative on Earth. At the highest position of the nation, Duncan demonstrates his overwhelming gratitude for his people. Near the start of Macbeth, a bleeding sergeant faithfully recounts the battle’s events to Duncan, in which he replies, “So well thy words become thee as thy wounds; / They smack of honour both. Go get him surgeons” (Macbeth 1.2.43-44). This reveals that the King truly cares about the health and well-being of his people when he takes the time to call for medical assistance to help the Sergeant, who is in critical condition. As the King of Scotland, Duncan recognizes and honours his soldiers for their brave service to him and the country, illustrating his humility and appreciation towards men of all ranks. This highly qualifies Duncan to lead a nation, as his whole-hearted
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.
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
Shakespeare effectively focuses on the cynical repercussions of ambition in 'Macbeth' and how it can lead to one's failure. Macbeth is shown as a wellborn protagonist after being regarded as "Noble Macbeth" by the King of Scotland, King Duncan after slaying the Thane of Cawdor and winning
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a tragedy in which the main characters are obsessed by the desire for power. Macbeth’s aspiration for power blinds him to the ethical implications of his dreadful acts. The more that Shakespeare’s Macbeth represses his murderous feelings, the more he is haunted by them. By analyzing his hallucinations it is possible to trace his deteriorating mental state and the trajectory of his ultimate fall. Throughout the play Macbeth is never satisfied with himself. He feels the need to keep committing crime in order to keep what he wants most: his kingship. The harder Macbeth tries to change his fate the more he tends to run into his fate. His ambition and struggle for power was Macbeth’s tragic flaw in the play.
In the play, The Tragedy of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, the main character, Macbeth, chases after power by going after the king position in Scotland. In the play, Macbeth changes from basically not worrying about whether or not he will be king, to going after the king so that Macbeth will rule the kingdom. At the very beginning, Macbeth encounters the evil witches and the witches greet Macbeth as the Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King hereafter. The funny part about this is that Macbeth is the Thane of Glamis but, not the Thane of Cawdor because the current Thane of Cawdor is still living, and Macbeth certainly is not the king of Scotland because King Duncan is king. The things the witches say to Macbeth gets into his head and this is where the desire for power originates. Macbeth decides to kill the current King and Macbeth continues to murder people. Macbeth hires goons to kill Banquo and Banquo’s son, Fleance, because the evil witches hint that Banquo will not be king but, Banquo will heir kings. Macbeth is a character that struggles to free himself from chasing after power due to him wanting to rule the kingdom and Macbeth will do whatever possible to keep the throne. Macbeth performs multiple murders just to keep his throne from falling into somebody else’s hand.
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,
Whilst the character of Macbeth is initially portrayed as a noble kinsman, his ambition and motivation, directly influenced by the witches and Lady Macbeth, ultimately transforms him into a corrupt and ruthless tyrant. William Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy “Macbeth” clearly depicts this notion of change, illustrated through Shakespeare's utilisation of literary techniques. The tragic downfall of Macbeth is mainly attributed to Macbeth’s own greed and hubris.
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a well portrayed image of a person’s struggles to not only gain their desire of having power over others, but also their struggle of freeing themselves from the consequences that it brings. Lady Macbeth is a reflection of that, and despite showing no remorse about having to do anything to get her and her husband to the throne at
William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth is about a struggle for power in Scotland. Macbeth, the main character, gets prophecies from three witches about his future accomplishments that will come to him. One of his prophecies is that Macbeth will become king, Macbeth hearing this he becomes ambitious and later kills the current King Duncan, making himself the new king. A tragic ending comes to Macbeth when the people leave him and his world collapses around him.
Macbeth’s exceptional devotion to instinctively secure the king’s survival, earned him his new title and high regard. His manliness attributes has thus then portrayed him as the perfect role model for the other men.
Macbeth is a story involving large quantities of action: magic, power, backstabbing, and murders. These actions in turn require an abundance of thoughtful plotting and planning. To accurately plan an event one must acquire knowledge to base actions upon, but most importantly, one must have power. Macbeth illustrates how power of any type may sometimes lead to the corruption of the individual.
William Shakespeare's Macbeth is a play about Macbeth, a cruel and ruthless man who will do anything to gain power, and his wife Lady Macbeth, a disturbed woman with too much evil for her own good. Macbeth’s own ambition gets to him and ultimately leads to his demise. In many ways, Shakespeare's Macbeth is relevant in today's society. Explores mental health problems, greed for power and Leadership, and lastly guilt and its effects.
Macbeth’s good nature is increasingly defeated by one of his major flaws-ambition. His ambition and desire to become king leads
Being a leader of a group of people is the biggest responsibility a person could probably ever have, he or she must be able to make tough decisions that will affect the lives of everyone. Every single decision made in power big or small will have an effect on society, therefore someone who cannot handle the pressure of being king. In this aspect of leadership Macbeth is not suited, because he does not care about the wellbeing of his people. Macbeth is very power hungry, and self centered he says, “If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs Against the use of nature? Present
Macbeth is a very complex character whom reflects man's thirst for power through the drastic changes of his personality; thus being one of the slightest reasons in which make this intriguing character, greatest of all Shakespearean’s well-known works.