Macbeth Theme Of Integrity

How far is one man willing to go to fulfill his desires? William Shakespeare wrote the drama titled “The Tragedy of Macbeth”, which took place in Scotland1606. The main character, Macbeth receives a fateful prophecy that causes a conflict in the various interactions of the main characters. One of the main themes of Macbeth is honor vs. disloyalty, and it affects mostly everyone in the story. Throughout this drama, it tends to focus on the disloyalty from Macbeth towards the King, Banquo and Macduff.

To be loyal to the king is to have integrity, to show this in a tragedy such as William Shakespeare’s Scottish play Macbeth, the use of literary devices is mandatory. Shakespeare showcases a variety in character and plot development; he manipulates this ability he possesses to dissolve the character’s integrity within the play. The overall thematic message of the play is ‘Disloyalty to the king means to lose integrity, and to lose integrity is to be destroyed.’ Macbeth shows his integrity in Act one, Scene two. Shakespeare proves Macbeth possesses integrity in Act one, Scene two. Macbeth’s integrity becomes undone in Act two, Scene two, consequently, the complete destruction of his honour is delivered in a killing blow in Act Five, Scene eight.

Integrity is having a standard of morals and ethics, and living by them. It is a willingness and ability to do the right thing even when it is hard. The story To Kill a Mockingbird is filled with integrity. For example, many of the people in Maycomb share a prejudiced sense of integrity when it comes to its racist views. However, it is Atticus Finch’s integrity throughout the novel that really embodies the idea of moral and ethical principles. He puts into action every moral idea that he supports. Atticus is a role model to not only his children, but to the whole town of Maycomb, and his integrity is a great part of what makes him such a good example. Integrity

Macbeth tells the story of a man named Macbeth and his struggle for power. He and his friend Banquo are told by three witches that Macbeth will become King and Banquo’s children will become king as well. Macbeth, content with his prophecy, goes home to tell his wife. Lady Macbeth, his wife, tells him that he should just go kill the king and take control of Scotland on his own. Hungry for power, he kills King Duncan, frames Duncan’s chamberlains for the murder, and takes his throne. He then feels threatened by the others in line for King, so he tries to kill banquo and his son. Banquo is killed but his son escapes. Macbeth continues to indulge in murdering people who are a threat to his tyranny.

Integrity can be defined as "an uncompromising adherence to a code of moral, artistic or other values, utter sincerity, honesty and candor, avoidance of deception, expediency, artificiality or shallowness of any kind" (Webster's 3rd New International Dictionary 1174). In simpler words this means to maintain high standards and follow the rules, even when no one is watching. Integrity is very important in our everyday life if we wish to be good people. The sad thing is that if you ask some people what integrity means to them they will probably tell you that it doesn't mean much and some may not even know what integrity is. Certain people feel that in order to get ahead in life they need to break certain rules. It is

“O worthiest cousin, the sin of my gratitude even now was heavy on me!”(I. i. 347) the king cannot repay him for what he has done for their kingdom. Macbeth is a highly respected warrior because he is loyal, trusted, and honest man. Macbeth is a vulnerable man; he is weak. Letting other people make decisions for him, he becomes more incapable of resisting how people will view him as a “loyal” soldier since he cannot follow through. In the film Macbeth the setting is right in the middle of war. Macbeth has held the enemy facing him, but he hesitates and looks at his soldiers for the okay to kill the enemy. With that being said, he is seriously self conscious and lets others makes the decisions for him. Before he is going to kill King

Conspiracy, corruption, death and a fanatical tyrant. Sounds like something straight out of a modern day movie thriller doesn’t it? Well actually it's not, it's just everyday occurrences in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy Of Macbeth. (Still sound boring?).

Murders, evil spirits, and manipulation make it evident that something, or rather somebody, is corrupt in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” All of the evil acts can be blamed on two specific people: Lord Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, but whose fault is it really? Lady Macbeth is more morally corrupt than Lord Macbeth, because she is the root cause of all of the evil within their country. Lady Macbeth is the first character to have corrupt thoughts; She started all of the evil shenanigans. After reading the letter, she realized that in order to be King, Macbeth would have to kill King Duncan – something she knew her husband was not capable of, so instead, she instigated it.

"'Shakespeare uses his central characters to explore issues in his plays'. To what extent is this true of Macbeth?" William Shakespeare's timeless play "Macbeth" is a complex tragedy which depicts the downfall which follows after the preoccupation of power. The protagonist, who shares the name of the play, struggles with his ambition of attaining greater power and status and succumbs to attaining it through murder and deceit. Lady Macbeth also has deep ambitions to acquire status and power, however it is shown clearly that she is more responsive and vulnerable to the pull of temptation.

From the start of the play it seems already as if Macbeth is under the

The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play written by English author William Shakespeare. The play explores the physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek it and is chock-full of bloodshed and corruption. The title character in the play, Macbeth, clearly demonstrates this corruption throughout the plot, but is he solely responsible for the way the plot unfolds? Lady Macbeth, his wife, pushes him to take the first action in what becomes a chain reaction of unfortunate events. She might actually be the root cause of events in Macbeth and the reason the play is the way it is.

Throughout William Shakespeare's tragic play, Macbeth portrays an ordinary thane, by the name of Macbeth. He is constantly prompted by supernatural forces to forgo an unethical duty which pushes his morals to obtain goals. Macbeth’s willingness to submit to the persuasion of supernatural forces causes him to fulfill goals, while also becoming filled with regret and remorse. If it was not for the righteous prophecies, moral compass, and ethical stages of life, Macbeth may still uphold his title of King.

I watched as he leaped out the window. He promised that it wouldn’t come to this. That he wouldn’t leave me alone. But I guess what they say is true, everyone eventually breaks their promises at one point. And there was no exception for my own brother as well.

The Captain explains to Eddie that he needed to make this ‘sacrifice’ in order to give Eddie and the other the soldiers a chance to live, as if it weren’t for The Captain ending his own life Eddie and the other soldiers would have driven over the land mines and would have been killed instantly. The Captain tells Eddie “Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you’re not really losing it. You’re just passing it on to someone else. ”(98), this quote symbolises the idea that when you sacrifice something it may offer opportunities to others, Eddie realises that by The Captain bravely sacrificing his own life it gave Eddie and the other soldiers the opportunity to continue living. This instant of sacrifice really resonated with me even though the sacrifices I have made cannot even be compared to The Captain’s.

The story of Macbeth is filled with themes, examples, and quotes of ambition, guilt, and examples of things are not what they seem, and nature versus unnatural. These are explained and shown throughout Macbeth. While ambition can help drive dark deeds that help destroy us, the deeds will also produce guilt, through the deeds it is easy to be misled, especially when there is guilt and fear behind you and with those unnatural incidents can be created. As they all come together they can lead to things that there will be no turning back from.