The Lure of Evil in Shakespeare's Macbeth

Her suppressed feeling eventually eats up Lady Macbeth in her dreams. She is no longer presented as an evil woman, but a mad beast, torn by the strain of her guilty feelings. Her suffering consists of lasting memories of guilt. She is restless and the mindfulness of the guilt burden her down. She finally considers suicide, as it is the only solution to end her eternal

He wonders why the witches said that the prophecies were bad when they are such good news. Once again the witches offer half-truths to Macbeth and he is easily persuaded that he’s invincible and almighty. “Be Bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn/ the power of man, for none of woman born/ shall harm Macbeth.” (IV, i). Macbeth believes that he is unconquerable because of the visions from the witches. The manipulation of the bloody Child gave Macbeth a false sense of security. Macbeth thinks that there is no person that has not been born of a woman, which is what makes him think he is even more unbeatable. This is the second and last time that Macbeth hears from the witches. Just like the first time, he reacts on impulse to them and winds up being murdered by Macduff, who was born from a cesarean section.

He realizes that if he want to start his own dynasty, then he will have to have control of all the variables. Then Macbeth began to think, “For Banquo’s issues have I filed my mind;/ For them the gracious Duncan I have murdered” (Shakespeare 85). He realizes that he has set himself up to fail. He is cleared a path to the crown for Banquo’s kin. Macbeth goes on to state, “He chid the sisters/ When first they put the name of king upon me” (Shakespeare 85). This give the readers the thought that Banquo is jealous of the king. Macbeth, not wanting to risk his crown, calls for some outside murderers. As I stated earlier, Macbeth knew he must get rid of Banquo and his sons. He succeeds in having Banquo killed, but Banquo’s son, Fleance (the one person Macbeth needed to kill), escapes.

‘Macbeth’ is a tragic play written by Shakespeare that dramatizes tragic flaw of ambition and murderous intent in Macbeth, which is manipulated by his equally ambitious wife and the inherently evil witches. This leads him to murder King Duncan.

But, later on in the play we learn by the witched that Banquo's descendants will become King and that they will prosper. It says “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none”, when Macbeth learns about this and hears about it he is scared and then eventually considers Banquo as a threat to him to become King. So Macbeth has to come up with a solution to this and eventually comes up with the solution that he must murder Banquo and his son Fleance. He gets two murders to go out and murder Banquo and his son while they are walking so that his promise of becoming king will not be in jeopardy. This is an ironic act of betrayal because Macbeth and Banquo have been friends for a long time and have done everything together. Banquo was not just his friend he was also the co-commander of the army and had some power in Scotland.

Have you ever fearful, anxious, or uncertain? These feelings are all symptoms of insecurity. Occasionally, insecurity can bring the worst out in people or even ruin their lives causing a tragedy to be created. A tragedy is any event that ends unhappily. Some examples of events with unhappy endings are serious accidents, natural catastrophes, and crimes.

Macbeth’s paranoia eventually leads Macbeth to plan the murders of Banquo and Fleance (even though only Banquo was killed). Prior to Macbeth’s ascension to the position of king, he never mentions any fears of his inferiors. The kingship and its providence to him induces severe detrimental effects on his delectation and security of

In the classic play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, the once honorable soldier Macbeth, becomes corrupt as he murders the King of Scotland to take the throne. This newfound evilness causes him to mess with fate and is eventually killed by Macduff. The play Macbeth shows how messing with the forces of order will lead to your demise. In Macbeth, Shakespeare shows that messing with the forces of order will lead to your demise through Macbeth.

After he is named king, Macbeth's misery and eventual downfall is caused by his own insecurities and misguided determination to take control of his future. Firstly, the witches' prophecy concerning Banquo's descendants and Macbeth's feeling of inferiority to Banquo lead Macbeth to arrange for the murder of Banquo and his son, Fleance. Having Banquo around him is a constant reminder to Macbeth of the evil deed he himself has committed and the knowledge that Banquo's, not Macbeth's children, will be

first seen when he decided to kill Duncan in order to become King. Soon, his ambition is seen more frequently. Macbeth, afraid of Banquo due to the prophecy stating that Banquo’s sons will become kings, hires three murderers to kill Banquo. Stating “that every minute of his being thrusts against my near’st of life”, that his very presence threatens his ambitious plans to rule uninterrupted (pg 85, lines 129-130). Macbeth is so protective over himself and his plans that he will murder anyone who stands in his way.

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

After killing King Duncan , Macbeth is starting to realize what it is that he has done, and becomes suspicious and paranoid of everyone around him by puting spy's in every castle and killing those who are any treat to him what so ever. Banquo is the only other person who knows of the meeting with the witches and he would assume that it was Macbeth who killed the King. The witches also said that Banquo would beget kings but he himself would never be king after Macbeth, and so Macbeth decides that Banquo is a threat to him. To get rid of the treat with banquo he decides to kill him and his son Fleance.

Shakespeare's play Macbeth shows the roots of all evil, our own human nature. The play is centered on the coexistence of good and evil. Macbeth, unlike any other Shakespeare play has the protagonist convert to evil. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is shown as a hero in the Scottish army, that is ironic because Macbeth defeats a traitor and he himself becomes one later. Macbeth knows his place in the world. He is fully capable of distinguishing between right and wrong. Macbeth purposely disregards his own moral judgment to rise to power which is again ironic and goes against his own beliefs. Macbeth stands as a symbol for Satan's sin of ambition. Like Satan, Macbeth's thirst for power and ambition drives him to commit evil.Contrary to

Lady Macbeth brings out Macbeth’s tragic flaw when she proposes the idea of killing King Duncan and he states, “I have no spur . . . but only vaulting ambition” (1.7.25-27). Once King Duncan has been murdered, this flaw is revealed because his actions reflect on his ambition to stay king. Macbeth begins by planning on killing Banquo and his son because the witches told Banquo “thou shalt get kings, thought thou be none” (1.3.68). Macbeth must kill Banquo and his son, so no one will have the opportunity to take the crown away from him. When Macbeth sends murderers to kill them, Fleance can get away while Banquo is brutally attacked; however, luckily for Macbeth, Fleance is never heard from again. When Macbeth goes to visit the witches again and the first apparition tells him to “beware Macduff” (4.1.71-72), he then realizes he must eliminate any other obstacle that could potentially keep him from staying king. He says he will “give to th’edge o’th’sword his wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls” (4.1.150-151) just to ensure his throne. By doing these horrible deeds, Macbeth proves he is willing to go above and beyond to remain king until his

Evil is a destructive force; it causes harm to those who embrace it and their victims. In Shakespeare 's Macbeth, the protagonist Macbeth and Lady Macbeth fall into the hands of evil. Evil is what drives people to commit unnatural actions of destruction. Macbeth succumbs to evil through his fatal flaw, greed, and it causes him to disrupt the chain of being. When Macbeth willingly murders, massacres, lies and deceives, he loses his heath and sanity. Evil corrupts everything it touches, and Macbeth decides to be evil 's servant. But, when Macbeth embraces evil, it corrupts him, and it ultimately destroys him as well. Lady Macbeth is a victim of Macbeth 's fatal flaw, since she is drawn in, and becomes greedy