Essay On The Theme Of Power In Macbeth

Macbeth now convinced that he must prove his manliness by becoming king and he must make this happen by murdering Duncan. Although Lady Macbeth is portrayed as the villain, she has to have someone else to what she want which keeps her from doing the dirty work. After Macbeth kills Duncan, it seems that Lady Macbeth helps by finishing the murder by framing someone other than her husband. Macbeth is a tragic hero who causes suffering by committing murder and distress, exemplifying the negative effects of a bloodthirsty desire for power. Lady Macbeth torments her husband Macbeth in going through with the evil deed of murder which leads her to be the villain.

Pointing to the evil we all have within us Shakespeare allows his audience to live through Iago. Lady Macbeth and Iago both have the advantage of knowing their counterparts very well, thus, are able to scheme and manipulate by using their weaknesses against them. Lady Macbeth ambition surpasses that of her husband and once she has heard about the witches prophesy she feels that he will be Ki... ... middle of paper ... ...ion because he does not give Othello the answers he seeks. Othello already poisoned with hate and anger kills Iago to avenge the deaths of Desdemona and Emilia. In both Macbeth and Othello, Shakespeare uses his characters to exploit their counterparts to gain what they desire.

This all revolves around the idea of the unnatural influencing Macbeth and causes much of the tragedy within the play to occur. Lady Macbeth wishes to throw out her morality for the sake of gaining a title. With the help of invisible sprits, she wants to make herself able to commit a terrible act of murder to make her dreams of the royal life come true, without having reservations or remorse. She approaches Macbeth with her intent to kill King Duncan. Macbeth, although wanting th... ... middle of paper ... ...s insanity and madness which he has brought upon himself from the witches prophecy, his ambition was so overpowering that it took control of his mind and focused only on success and power which eventually led him to insanity.

Such as that she can get manipulate him to do anything for her desires as long as she does it in various ways, like playing on his confidence. However, as the play progresses, and Duncan is killed, Macbeth seems to become the dominating partner swapping positions. Both of them have ambition, Lady Macbeth's ambition drives her to manipulate Macbeth into the most malevolent crime of regicide. But Macbeth’s ambition becomes unstable. Macbeth kills for the first time he has not choice but to conceal his wicked actions, and to have done this again because he is scared, of getting caught and having to repent of his crimes and could mean that his hunger for power became an obsessive trait, never satisfied with his current status.

Yet I do fear thy nature;/It is too full o’th’milk of human kindness/To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great,/Art not without ambition, but without/The illness should attend it” (1.5.2-7). Here, Lady Macbeth is acknowledging that Macbeth is ambitious; however, he lacks the nerve to take action for his goals. Her thoughts immediately turn to murder as she prompts Macbeth to strike quickly with voracity. Macbeth is not as innately cruel so these principles have to be nailed into him by his wife. When the opportunity arrives for Macbeth to usurp the throne, Lady Macbeth lays out the entire scheme to capture the throne.

In Macbeth you could argue that Lady Macbeth and that Macbeth himself are partners in crime and are equal in the eyes of the other, however in the eyes of the audience Lady Macbeth is a useful tool just there to ensure that Macbeth kills Duncan and receives Kingship. In Macbeth the fundamental theme is Ambition, not only because it is driving the force of Macbeth’s life but also because it is the theme which gives away the Shakespearean idea of tragedy in this play. It is ambition that causes Macbeth’s fall from grace and his inevitable death. “I have no spur… but only / Vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself”, This admittance comes after he has considered all the right reasons for not killing King Duncan and ambition overrules all the right reasons and his conscious. Macbeth is a fearless warrior and an important lord who defends his King against treachery but his fatal flaw is ambition which he allows to be set into motion in his mind first by the witches’ prophecy and then the amount of ambition for him from his wife soon undermines his righteousness.

Lady Macbeth convinces her husband to murder king Duncan by putting his manhood and courage at stake. Macbeth is represented as a tolerably good man up to the time when evil opportunity and a bad wife conspired to transform him into a villain. (Clayden) Since Macbeth was known as a genuinely good man, this desire he had to become king led him to take these huge risks in ruining his reputation. The Witches’ prophecies pushed Macbeth to a point of evil thoughts in order to get what he wanted. His uncontrollable desires led him to the point of evil, and the ambition is too strong for him to realize the wrong he is doing.

This murder remains unseen and thus the spectator can focus his attention on the psychological effects of the deed on the two characters of the scene Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. As Macbeth seems about to lose his mind from guilt and paranoia, Lady Macbeth appears as a strong, manipulative and cold hearted woman proving that women are also capable of evil. Even though it is hidden, the murder is of great importance since the act itself will put Macbeth on the throne but the guilt and paranoia resulting from it with cause both his and Lady Macbeth’s death.

Lady Macbeth goes to the point of calling Macbeth a coward, and mocking him when he does not do his so called duty, this is demonstrated in ACT 1 SCENE 7 “But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we 'll not fail.” as well as “When you durst do it, then you were a man.” Lady Macbeth desires power, and wants Macbeth to push his courage as far as he can; she is challenging his manhood. Ambition can be a dangerous thing in the lives of many and The Tragedy of Macbeth truly shows how insights to the dangers of ambition with even the loyalist of

The Guilt of Lady Macbeth Shakespeare's "Macbeth" holds many hidden themes within its already exuberant plot. The first of these surrounds the murder of Duncan and the role that both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth himself played. However, the true guilt of the murder can fall on either character. Although Macbeth physically committed the crime, it was Lady Macbeth that pushed him to his limits of rational thought and essentially made fun of him to lower his esteem. With Macbeth's defenses down, it was an easy task for Lady Macbeth to influence Duncan's murder and make up an excuse as to why she could not do it herself.