Macbeth's Literary Criticism

Macbeth Literary Criticism
Macbeth has risen to grace due to his ways of living his life of a conspirator and a brave and valiant soldier, ready to die for his king, Duncan. However, the prophecies of the witches have a powerful effect on him, especially when he learns the first has come true, and he becomes the Thane of Cawdor to take the crown of the fallen king. After following the witches’ dastardly prophecies, Macbeth’s monumental fall from grace was meant to evoke pity from the audience. Comparing to Shakespeare’s tragic figures, the audience knows that Macbeth is defeated due to his monologs as compared to Shakespeare’s great tragic figures; No pity or reverent awe is to attend his death, as dying off stage, he is, as it were, shuffled off, in keeping with his dreadful state and desire of all in his world to be rid of him.

After realizing that he has no way of undoing what was done he knows" for mine own good, all causes shall give way. I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more.”(Act 3, Scene 4, P.394), Macbeth would do anything to protect himself, he will act upon his unnatural thoughts from falling from grace of his own to rise as a king to his people. But in the end of Macbeth we have something different. We know Macbeth’s spirit, as well as his world is all but destroyed,” committed to the witches’ words, Macbeth is a walking corpse bound to be finished from his suffering” Macbeth believes that rather than having a tragic death Macbeth will die by natural causes and live out his expected life span to an elder age”…Shall live the lease of nature, pay his breath to time and mortal custom. Yet my heart throbs to know one thing. Tell me, if your art can tell so much…” (Act 4, Scene 1,