Macbeth Identity Analysis

“Hail, King That Shalt Be”: An Analysis of Macbeth’s Struggle in Maintaining Identity Through His Commitment to His Goal.
Through “Macbeth” William Shakespeare produces an insightful tragedy that addresses the struggle in upholding one’s identity while still committing to a certain belief, cause, or goal and how it can negatively affect a person along with those surrounding them. The issue Macbeth faces occurs when he must sustain his personal identity while still obliging to his ambition for power; consequently, this struggle for balance turns him into a bomb and every turn he makes sending him closer to exploding. During his struggle of identity and commitment, Macbeth's own mind ultimately drives him insane. The challenge for Macbeth is

Macbeth is a war hero who fought courageously for his country. Because of the prophecies from the witches following the war Macbeth is forced to choose to take action in achieving the throne or not; this causes his questioning of his identity. Macbeth security in who he identifies as is fragile and he lacks self-confidence shown by his conversations with his wife and his questioning of murder. Lady Macbeth considers Macbeth’s moral compass, which causes these doubts, to plague Macbeth and be what stands in the way of them achieving power. Macbeth can neither confidently decline the idea of murdering someone nor can he confidently go through with the act. When Macbeth realizes the extent of the truth in which the witches prophesy he is enthusiastic but also doubts its sincerity; the true intent of the witches is questioned by Macbeth as it’s most unlikely they told Macbeth his fate out of kindness. He also carries doubts about his capability to hold such power over the present king Duncan, due to Macbeth’s trust of the king. Having strong attributes of being bold, having strong desires, and lack of confidence eventually lead to Macbeth’s major inner struggle of deciding how to live his life with his new found knowledge of his fate; on one hand Macbeth’s boldness and ambitions make him believe that

The majority philosophical beliefs in “Macbeth” are Christian and monotheist much like the opinions held by the populations during the time it was written. There are many casual upbringings of the religious context and material such as the mentioning of a singular God as well as heaven and hell. There are also frequent allusions made of stories of Adam and Eve or Genesis 3 from the bible. From the beginning of the play leading up to after Macbeth successfully kills Duncan, Shakespeare indirectly refers to the story of Adam and Eve in comparison to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth constantly alluding to how Lady Macbeth deceives and manipulates Macbeth into going through with the murder even though it is morally incorrect much like Eve seemingly does to Adam. The religious beliefs held Macbeth are put into questions when he realizes “[he] could not say ”Amen, When they did say “God bless us!” ( Shakespeare 39) in reference to him overhearing the servants cry out as though they had seen him commit the murder. The fragility of Macbeth's psyche at this time is in “most need of blessing, yet amen [was] stuck in [his] throat.” (Shakespeare 39)Macbeth relies on his faith the most right after the murder of Duncan due to his conscious morals. He becomes so consumed with guilt that he believes not even God would be able to forgive him and results in the slow