The Tragedy Of William Shakespeare 's Macbeth

She never questions the necessity of Macbeth becoming king and never pays attention to Macbeth's thoughts and opinion, just as mother would never care about her son's opinion about the 'stupid' homework. Macbeth's decision to "proceed no further in this business" (I.vii) was not even considered as a possible outcome by her. Lady Macbeth uses all the methods she can to convince her husband to murder Duncan. She uses Macbeth's love to her as an instrument saying that if he will not kill the king he really doesn't love her. She asks him if he is a man, tells him that he will be "so much more a man" after murdering Duncan. She gives Macbeth an example of how resolute and cruel he should be telling him that she--woman who is supposed to be kind and compassionate--would be able to kill her own child:

To believe that everything in the universe has a specific place and rank in order of their hierarchy importance created by God is known as the concept of The Great Chain of Being. The order of this concept consisted of God, angels, humanity, animals, vegetation life, leading all the way down to crud. Within each category, more specific classification existed, in a way that still placed these subcategories in a specific order. As this was believed during Elizabethan times, William Shakespeare also believed in the Great Chain of Being, as many of his plays are prominently based on this concept. Some of his plays include characters that accept their place on the Chain, but others do not react so smoothly. By examining 3 different characters from Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Macbeth, and Lear, it is obvious who is content with their place on the Chain and who have a difficult time accepting their place.

As being the dominated one in their relationship Lady Macbeth uses all her control over Macbeth to make Macbeth murder king Duncan. She also challenges his patriarchy to make him murder the King. For example, when Lady Macbeth says "When you durst do it, then you were a man." Now that Macbeth is trying to back out of it, Lady Macbeth is calling him a coward and torments him to do the murdering. She also says " Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life and live a coward in thine own esteem..." In other words, Lady Macbeth uses the power of love to persuade him. She also says if you love me you would kill him straight away with no hesitation. Lady Macbeth says "I have given suck and know how tender ‘tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums and dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this." In this quotation Lady Macbeth stirs Macbeth even more when Lady Macbeth challenges their love relationship on the basis of the decision, he eventually gives in and murders King Duncan.

In tragedies, characters often serve to act as instruments of the suffering of others. This is particularly true in the play Macbeth, in which the main character’s actions lead to the subsequent distress and woe of other characters. In the play, the main character, Macbeth, directly contributes to the anguish of other characters, succumbing to his own bloodthirstiness as he ruthlessly removes threats to his desired power. Macbeth brings great suffering upon others, and the subsequent violence and carnage adds to the distress and tragedy of the play as a whole; the tragic vision of the play is consequently exemplified.

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a tragedy about a war hero named Macbeth, who follows his ambition with evil and who is repaid with evil. He is responsible for his own demise although only to a certain extent. There were many other factors that contributed to the tragic that could have been avoided - for example how the witches’ predictions are responsible for influencing Macbeth’s thoughts although ultimately no one told Macbeth to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth was also a very influential character which manipulated Macbeth into doing bad deeds however he is responsible for putting power into the hands of Lady Macbeth and letting her influence him. Finally, Macbeth acknowledges his guilt of wrongdoing and is thereby responsible for his

While attempting to convince her husband to murder the king, Lady Macbeth acknowledges no moral boundaries to get what she wants. Disturbingly, regicide is essentially a non-issue to her. Her nonchalance regarding murder is a part of her barbarism that rubs off on Macbeth. In The Heroes of Shakespeare’s Tragedies, Victor Cahn writes that “Lady Macbeth knows that something malignant must lie in the soul of someone who is to fulfill what she imagines” (Cahn 129). To acquire the crown, she recognizes that it will not come via good or righteous deeds. The nobleman’s wife calls out her husband for not having a source of malice within his body: “Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way” (1.5.17-19).

In lady Macbeth’s argument she holds a seductive and demanding tone. She believes in Macbeth’s ambition and wants him to kill the King once and for all. Lady Macbeth begins to attack Macbeth’s character and provokes him to kill King Duncan by saying, “What beast was ’t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man,” (Lady Macbeth,1.7,47-51) Through this quote it’s easy to see that Lady Macbeth is aware of Macbeth’s vulnerability so she attacks his manhood making him feel less of a man for going back on his word. In order to put her plans in action she uses a heavy pathos appeal in the following lines, “From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor As thou art in desire… ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem, letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would,” (Lady Macbeth,1.7,39-44) Through this quote Lady Macbeth makes Macbeth feel sympathetic and cowardice for not following his desires, she uses their love and how she will view him to lure him into the plan even more. While Macbeth may still be weary Lady Macbeth uses an ethos appeal by establishing her authority on the topic of killing King Duncan, “We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we’ll

Macbeth’s wife, Lady Macbeth, was a woman who strived for a leading role in the kingdom and true power who would have done anything to get it. Lady Macbeth had the intention to kill King Duncan and take away the throne by convincing Macbeth to commit scandalous and shameful crimes in the kingdom. Lady Macbeth was a manipulative woman whom no one can trust. However, her relationship with her husband was much different and also much stronger than the relationship

Lady Macbeth in the beginning of the play is very manipulative, most of the times she manipulates her husband into doing either what she wants or what she thinks should do. Even though, Lady Macbeth is a woman she single-handedly planned Duncan’s murder, from how to execute it and how to pin it on someone else and at some points Macbeth did not want to do it, but she manipulated him into it. For example, when Macbeth does not want to carry one with this plan, Lady Macbeth convinces him by saying “from this time such I account thy love. Art thou afeared to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art in desire? (I.vii line 38-41), in this this quote lady Macbeths is influencing her husband’s feelings. This is because she is challenging

Macbeth starts as a loyal and successful soldier in King Duncan’s army who was perceived as righteous and moral. After the news of his future splendor, the soldier begins to change, but he still has some distinction between right and wrong. Lady Macbeth, Macbeth’s wife, is disgusted by his “spinelessness” and opposition to the idea of killing King Duncan. Lady Macbeth doubts Macbeth’s manliness by saying, “Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness…”(Act 1, Scene 5). This shows how others thought of Macbeth at the start of the story. Though it may seem like Lady Macbeth is in control in this scene, if Macbeth legitimately did not want to kill for glory it never would have happened. Lady Macbeth is manipulative but Macbeth is fully in control of the actions he

Many people believe in fate, yet do not know if it is true or not. In stories, usually when a character finds out their fate, they want to change it to make their life better. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the tragedy is what happens when a person hears their fate, true or not. Fear or paranoia has the most influence on Macbeth throughout the story.

What would the world be like if no one felt guilt? If no one ever caught caught for their crimes? In Shakespeare's novel, Macbeth, the main characters commit crimes driven by their ambition. After committing the first crime Macbeth, the main antagonist is overwhelmed with guilt. His wife, Lady Macbeth plotted the first crime and was the main force pushing Macbeth to kill. In the end Macbeth is charged with the truth and Lady Macbeth kills herself both brought down equally from guilt. Guilt and fear of being found out causes anxiety and slow disintegration of the subconscious which leads to psychosis and therefore, because of insanity causes confession of crimes or suicidal thoughts.

the night before. Elizabeth didn’t want to hear nothing he had to say. He kissed Miracle, then walked over to Elizabeth and kissed her on the cheek. He apologized again then he walked in the bathroom, took a shower, after he was done he went to the bedroom, laid across the bed and took a nap. After napping he went to the kitchen, fixed him something to eat, while Elizabeth was still at the table. He sat down next to her. He apologized again, but just as he where apologizing, she told him that she was expecting. He sat there quiet. She told him again. He embraced her, then he told her how much he loved her and Miracle. She told him that if he loved them then he’ll go to rehab. He started saying that he didn’t need rehab because he wasn’t hooked, he told her that he could stop

William Shakespeare is known to be one of the greatest playwrights of all time due to his complex writing abilities and advanced storytelling. Shakespeare was known to be born on April 23rd 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon in the United Kingdom. Shakespeare was a member of Lord Chamberlain’s men and over the course of approximately 20 years, wrote about 37 plays.

Macbeth is a tragedy written in the 17th century that shows what the desire for power can do to a man. Macbeth is expressed as being the villain. But, Macbeth is in fact a tragic hero, doomed by fate from the beginning into the madness he put himself in. If it not been for meeting the witches and persuasion of his wife, the play would have had a very different ending.