Violence In Macbeth

Mahatma Gandhi believed that all the world’s problems can be solved without violence. But, is that the case in our world or in the world created by Shakespeare in the play Macbeth? Shakespeare’s Macbeth exhibits both honourable and dishonourable violence. Macbeth is told that he will become King and does whatever it takes to gain and keep the throne until his eventual downfall. There are numerous occurrences of violence throughout the play; there are circumstances where violence can be distinguished to be honourable and there are also circumstances where violence can be distinguished to be dishonourable. To distinguish violence as honourable or dishonourable, one would have to examine the cause and outcome.

In the beginning of the play Macbeth is described as a powerful stone cold soldier who’s killed many men during the war and he cut a man from the navel to the throat with his sword. “Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, Till he unseamed him from the nave to th' chops,....”(1:2:20). This gave Macbeth an image of strength

When someone punches you in the face, it’s because they’re angry at you, and their best solution to handle that anger, is to punch you. But if a fictional character were to do the same thing, the punch would be more than just a punch; it could be metaphorical. As Thomas Doster explains in How To Read Literature Like a Professor, “[violence] can be symbolic, thematic, biblical, Shakespearean, Romantic, allegorical, transcendent,” when it comes to literature (Foster).

Violence drives this story with the many murders and deaths. The starting murderer is Macbeth with killing King Duncan. 3 witches tell Macbeth that he will become the next king but shortly the king declares his son, Malclom, will become the next king. Macbeth then kills the king while he is sleeping in his castle, making him the next king, this results in Macbeth going crazy. Another death is an order for some murders to kill Banquo by Macbeth because Banquo thinks Macbeth killed the king alnd his side of the story the witches told him might be true, his sons to be kings. The murders kill Banquo on his way to Macbeth's dinner. Macbeth orders murders to kill Macduff's family because the witches told Macbeth to beware of Macduff. Macduff wasn't

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is known for gruesome violence. Macbeth begins as a loyal and honorable hero of Scotland. However, a strong ambition for power causes him to make sinister decisions that create guilty thoughts in his mind. Throughout the play, Macbeth changes exponentially after the various murders he commits against Duncan, Banquo, and Macduff’s family from an innocent and loyal servant of a king into a greedy tyrant wanting nothing but power.

The violence though it takes place off stage is described as being really murderous. Macbeth is a very skilled warrior and begins to take pleasure in killing people. In the play of Macbeth, Macbeth is a loyal and honest to King Duncan then all of the sudden he becomes power hungry and desires to take control of Scotland’s throne and will do anything to anyone who goes against him. That’s what caused Macbeth bad side. He became really ambitious and pushed his buttons to the limits for Scotland throne.

The prophetic words of the three witches: “Fair is foul and foul is fair,” resonate throughout William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and are especially apropos to Macbeth’s own actions. However, Macbeth’s slide to debauchery is not caused solely by the ‘instruments of darkness,’ Lady Macbeth’s role is also pivotal in determining Macbeth’s actions. Furthermore, Macbeth’s innate ambition fuels his immoral deeds. While the ‘weird sisters’ provide the spark which lights this ambition, Lady Macbeth’s incitive comments and Macbeth’s inbred ambition are equally responsible for Macbeth’s course of action. The witches’ prophecy sparked a previously undetected ambition in Macbeth, and, through the medium of ‘fate,’ lured Macbeth into a dismal spiral to his demise.

Macbeth first used violence for the good of his country to which has made him look like a war hero, but he will soon use violence for evil deeds. Macbeth killed Macdonwald because Macdonwald was a traitor. “Macbeth...chopped his way through to/Macdonwald/before Macbeth split him

William Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, opens not with Macbeth, the leading character, but instead, the witches. They eerily speak the lines: “Fair is foul, and foul is fair/ Hover through the fog and filthy air” (1.1.12-3). Introducing the play like this importantly sets an ambiguous tone, distinctively blurring the lines between “fair” and “foul.” Accordingly, as “[There is] no art to find the mind’s construction in the face” (1.4.10-1), Macbeth accepts what the witches tell him as fact, after his promotion to Thane of Cawdor affirms their prophetic greeting. This lack of objectivity leads a good character astray. Though Macbeth initially shows loyalty to his country, he too readily accepts what the witches tell him at face value, and walks

Violence not only affects the victim, but everyone around the person too. With Macbeth’s background as a leader in the military, it becomes clear that the origin of who he is closely ties together with violence. During his time as a loyal soldier, and Captain to King Duncan, Macbeth's killing is justified by that fact that he is in battle and is defending his beloved country. An example of this is when Macbeth “undeam’d” MacDonald, leader of the rebels “from the navel to th’chaps And fix’d his head upon our battlements” (1.2.22-23). Because of this, Macbeth is pronounced a hero. He takes down the mighty Macdonald, but since it is during battle, it is justified. Hence there are no

“Fair is foul and foul is fair” (Shakespeare 5) This is the line that perfectly describes the vexatious situation in which Lord Macbeth is involved. The Macbeth tragedy remains in the memory of the human community as a symbol of darkness, blood, and barbarity.

The violence cycle theme is shown here but now he is worried to kill him as he done to Duncan it’s basically one of the starting factors that started this cycle. Again the violence cycle theme is foreshadowed here with the eventual death of Macbeth

The case I have selected to study in detail for this task is case C. The charge of this case was that, “Shakespeare glorifies violence in his play, Macbeth. it is therefore an unsuitable text for a school syllabus.” The defendant was Shakespeare, and the court was an Education Tribunal. I have chosen to evaluate the case put forward by the defence team, as I feel like they had the best planned case in this task.

Early in the play Macbeth shows his valiant bravery for his king and his country by fighting courageously in battle. Macbeth was praised for his brutality towards there enemy “Till he unseam’d him from the nave to the chaps, / And fix’d his head upon our battlements”(I.ii.2). Yet he soon killed Duncan for the chance at royalty even though he was influenced from lady Macbeth and the three witches his power hungry ways got the best of him.

What it means to be a man + The power of evil =The punishment of using evil to show that you are a man. Macbeth is being evil by trying to prove that he can be a man by killing Duncan so he can quickly become the king and rule Scotland. Macbeth felt bad that he killed the king.