Why Is Macbeth Considered A Villain

Shakespeare presents Macbeth more extensively as a villain using methods which would be more understood in the era the play was composed, which was the Jacobean period, but influenced by the reign of Elizabeth. During the Elizabethan period people were preoccupied with the supernatural, which is one of the main topics in Shakespeare’s play. In my opinion Shakespeare structures the play to make the audience see Macbeth transforming from a hero into a villain, we can also see how Macbeth’s character transfigures from a valiant, noble soldier to a deceitful traitor.

The question that has me writing this essay is whether MacBeth is a tragic hero or a villain. This paper will show the writers point of view of weather The writer thinks MacBeth is a tragic hero or a villian. We start off the story by McBeth being in war against Ireland. After winning the war between Ireland and McBeth's army, The king of Sweden, king Sweno, tries to invade McBeth. McBeth and his soldiers were ruthless and took on his army and ended up as victors of the war. In this act I believe that McBeth is so far still a good person. In the writers opinion McBeth as far as now is considered a tragic hero. In the future there are many more examples of whether McBeth is a tragic hero or a villain. In the deeds that McBeth commit throughout

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Merriam Webster defines a hero as a person who is admired for great or brave acts and defines a villain as a character who does bad things. These definitions may not be so indubitable as John Gardner takes a hero and villain to a whole new level in his novel, Grendel. Throughout the years of novels and short stories, heroes and villains have been constructed as strictly good versus evil, but what if there is good in evil and evil in good? Grendel and the epic, Beowulf, revolve around this idea of heroes and villains and good versus evil. Gardner’s twist on the stereotypical hero leads to the true definition of a hero being changed as he creates one who has a nihilistic view on his atypical life.

Macbeth is Shakespeare’s shortest play containing 28 scenes in total. Of these, Lady Macbeth appears in or is referred to in 11 scenes. In the last two scenes, she is briefly discussed by Macbeth and the doctor, and then she contributes nothing more than a cry off-stage, and in two other scenes, she has a total of seven lines. This means she is on stage for barely one-third of the play, yet she ranks as one of Shakespeare’s greatest female villains and one of the most notorious female villains in Western literature. In a well-structured essay, account for the power of Lady Macbeth as a character and as a villain.

What makes a man truly evil? Are they born into it? Are they tricked into it? Do they mistake it for good? No, the only way for a man to be truly evil is when they desire to be, an excellent example of this is William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which clearly illustrates Macbeth’s progressive and deliberate descent into evil. Macbeth begins the play as a noble and brave warrior with a strong desire to be king. Throughout the play he makes his dream a reality through a series of progressively evil acts, not realizing, until Act 5, that he has actually lost everything he hoped to gain, he does, however, take a small step back to nobility, dying a warrior’s death.

When we read through Macbeth we can clearly see that lady Macbeth is evil, yet we still question our thoughts on it. We ask can a “lady” really do such unspeakable acts. Can a “lady” convince someone to do harm on someone who is innocent and deserves no such thing. After all these questions we can see that, yes, it is possible and is acted upon. Lady Macbeth is most defiantly more evil than her husband, she manipulates Macbeth to murder, she has a dark influence over him, and she will do anything to have power.

It is too late to save the earth; across the world we witness severe attacks done to innocent people from extremist groups who want to conquer land and power. Take for example the war on Syria-- that has been ongoing for six whole years; and has claimed the lives of almost half a million of civilians. Women and kids among them and an end to this is nowhere to be seen. Parks, cities, and the infrastructure of Syria is heartbreaking; not to mention the economic downfall and refugee crisis happening. This is the causes and effects of a tyrant in office. As a result, Assad and MacBeth share a similar trait to ambition and both have revolutionized the roles of dictators and villains in our society.

Everyone knows that evil can be devastating, especially to someone who foolishly embraces it. Most people would wonder why anyone would embrace evil. The answer is simple though; sometimes, evil does not appear as what it really is. Often, it actually appears enchanting, showing you the alluring side while hiding the darker side.

Shakespeare portrays a malevolence character which slowly turns into the better known ‘MONSTER’. However, this does not deter her from being manipulative and has devilish thoughts on how to seize the throne. Lady Macbeth has an ambition which is to be respected and have priority over her country. Why is she doing this? Is because in her times women had no rights and had no priority.

This essay will explore the presentation of villains and heroes in Macbeth a range of poems. I have found the definition of ‘a villain’ as a collective is a vastly broad category which is fuelled by other motives and driven by want, passion and mostly selfish intentions. Some villains may not be as obviously portrayed as we expect however they have strong villainous motives and having a running theme of psychotic thoughts throughout their selves. I have also found out that typically characters display heroic qualities and are heavily innocent and wanting to fight only for a

William Shakespeare’s play tells the story of a man named Macbeth leading himself to his own cruel downfall due to the choices he makes. However, we notice that Macbeth was not always as evil as he was in the later parts of the play, but was actually a good-natured person at heart, strong to his morals. But, how did he transform from someone so devoted and loyal to the King, into a vicious, foul and murderous being? Who could possibly turn him into such an evil character? Lady Macbeth.

Macbeth was a man who thougt the coruupting infulences of the three witches became a statement of evil. This is shown thought Macbeths weak will when dealing with the three witches and his wife, he is completely changed from a man to the complete embodiment of evil over the first three to four acts. Something about what is evil.

Heroes are the ones that fly around the city with a cape on their back saving citizens from the evil villain’s harm, right? Well, not exactly. Almost every story has a hero, but not every hero wears a cape or has superpowers. Villains don’t always have evil headquarters either. Different characteristics can help distinguish a character from hero or villain. Marcus Brutus, from Julius Caesar, displays many qualities, such as bravery and selflessness, that help readers identify him as a hero.

The antagonist in this story can be argued that Macbeth is both the antagonist and protagonist. But to me the antagonist in the story Macbeth is Macduff. Macduff is the one trying to get the so called "Hero" thrown from being king. He suspected that Macbeth killed King Duncan to become King. So Macduff does not like Macbeth and he knows that he Macbeth killed Duncan. Macbeth is the tragic hero and is the bad guy in this story. Macbeth was told he would become King but he chose to kill Duncan because he thought it would be okay because he knew he was already gonna be king. So Macduff leaves to England and finds out that Macduff's wife and children have been killed. So Macduff travels back to kill the tragic hero because he is the real