Macbeth Good Vs Evil

Evil Lurking Beneath Innocence Those who don’t have control over their actions are manipulated by others resulting in regretful and life-changing outcomes. Throughout the play, Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, certain events show how the unjustified deeds of an individual lead to consequences that they no longer have the ability to overcome. Shakespeare’s play demonstrates that unfolded fate causes the revelation of hidden evil personalities. The characters in the play, such as the Three Witches, bring trouble to the lives of the desperate as prophecies, hallucinations, apparitions, and dreams guide them into temptation and shame. To begin, the prophecies overwhelm Macbeth since he discovers the predictions about what will happen

Before Macbeth murders Duncan, he sees a bloody dagger floating in the air that he tries to grab. He then pulls out a real dagger and realizes that the floating dagger is only a vision that is foreshadowing the King’s death. Macbeth announces, “there’s no such thing. / It is the bloody business which informs / Thus to mine eyes” (Shakespeare 2.1.59-60).This means that the sinful act he is about to commit is the reason to why the non-existing dagger appears before him. In the last act of the play, Lady Macbeth is so full of guilt that she is unable to rest. A doctor and a gentlewoman see her sleepwalking and rubbing her hands together as if she is trying to

Banquo states, “i dreamt last night of the three Weïrd Sisters / To you they have showed some truth” (Shakespeare 2.1.25-26). This demonstrates that Banquo believes the prophecy and what the Witches tell him that is going to happen will come true. He gets anxious and wants to hear more from them since he knows that according to the prophecy, his son Fleance will become Scotland’s future King. Second of all, Macbeth’s guilt from killing Duncan stops him from sleeping with ease. After he murders Duncan, he hears a voice crying, “sleep no more! / Macbeth does murder sleep” (Shakespeare 2.2.47-48). This means that Macbeth will forever lose his false innocency and his paranoia will no longer allow him to sleep peacefully. Back then, Europeans “objected more on theological grounds, citing the supposed satanic beliefs of the witches and their heretical partnership with the Devil ” (Papp 5). Similarly, in the play, witches pass on evil to those who cannot bring themselves to killing others with a right state of mind. In conclusion, the three Witches’ role in the play is to add thrill as they leave Banquo restless and gradually descend Macbeth into