Soliloquies in Macbeth Shakespeare
Even though people in retributive justice feel satisfaction, the perpetrator can also suffer.
William Shakespeare’s powerful Macbeth shows the deterioration of an honourable and
respectable general, Macbeth, who becomes a tragic hero after temptations from the witches and his wife to
perform murders.
Macbeth soliloquies enable the audience to experience the conflict within Macbeth and thus, gain
an understanding of the reasons for his behavior and decisions. As a result, the tremendous reversal of
Macbeth’s fortunes in the end leaves the audience filled not with pity, but also awe, at the realization that
people can suffer greatly.
Macbeth’s soliloquies before the murder of Duncan shows the vigorous internal struggle of
himself, as his conscience is fighting against his evil minds. Also, they shows Macbeth has brought his own
downfall upon himself. The audience will then feel pity about Macbeth’s deterioration brought by himself
when witnessing his choice of following the evil.
Macbeth is a courageous and honourable general in Scotland. His success in the battle against the
invaders of Scotland gains respect from the King Duncan and his fellow soldiers. However, the demonic
forces, symbolized by three witches, temptates Macbeth. The witches hail Macbeth as the Thane of Glamis
and Cawdor who will be king and hail Banquo, who is a nobleman of Scotland and Macbeth’s friend, as
one who will become the father of a line of kings. Macbeth ambition deep in his heart starts growing at that
time. In Act I, scene iii, when Macbeth is thinking about the fulfillment of the two prophecies given by the
witches before, "My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, shakes my single state of man"(I, iii, 139-
140) In this soliloquy, Macbeth reflects his idea about the "two truths" told by the witches. He is ambitious
to become king, as he reacts nervously when the witches mention his fate. The very idea of murder "shakes
his single state of man". However, at this point, he is loyal to the king, and he rejects the idea of murder, "If chance will have me king, why, chance
may crown me, without my stir."(I, iii, 143-144) The predictions by the witches may have strengthened the
criminal intentions that he had probably never yet dared to express clearly, even to himself. He is not
alliance with crime, he is neutral, but obviously temptation is working upon him.
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I see my role as Macbeth's strengthener. I wish that I could persuade him to "catch the nearest way". To this end, I asked the evil spirits to take my womanly qualities away. I asked them to take my milk and replace it with gall. I am asking to become a poisoner instead of a nourisher. I asked for unnatural darkness so that heaven will not see and cry: "Hold, hold!" No one must see the murder, as killing the King is an unthinkable act; it is just like killing God.
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