What feelings will one experience when they do something they probably should not have done? In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, we will see the outcome of many bad choices made that were caused by effortless attempts to control emotions. When Lady Macbeth lacks honesty, she suffers of great guilt, which will eventually end her life. Also, when Macbeth shows no patience, he does not realize his actions and his life will also come to an end. Finally, when Malcolm and Donalbain flee the country, they lose part of their future due to being uncourageous. In his play Macbeth, Shakespeare shows that those who disregard the kingly graces will suffer immensely in the future. When Lady Macbeth lacks honesty, she suffers of great guilt, which will eventually end her life. Lady Macbeth is the dishonest mastermind behind her husband’s actions. Macbeth would not have committed the crime if Lady Macbeth wasn’t lying to him and encouraging him. “But screw your courage to the sticking place, and we’ll not fail” (1.7.60-61). Here, Lady Macbeth is coercing Macbeth into committing the ultimate crime, murder. She is saying to him that if he gets his courage up, then the plan will not fail, and he can kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth encourages him to murder the king using dishonest statements. Macbeth and his greedy mind listen to his wife and he soon murders Duncan and Banquo. Like Macbeth, Lady Macbeth soon realizes how she has contributed to these murders and she will soon pay for her actions by losing her mind. Lady Macbeth’s subconscious feelings soon shine through and she starts to lose her mind. From here, nothing seems to get better as she even starts dreaming about her guilty actions:
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...comes of the situation could be in the future, but instead their uncourageous mind led them to do something that will not benefit their future. In his play Macbeth, Shakespeare shows that the people, who ignore the kingly graces, will make decisions that will affect their future immensely. Lady Macbeth lacked honesty, which lead to her losing her mind and killing herself. Meanwhile, Macbeth lets his impatience take him over, causing himself to be killed in action. Finally, when Malcolm and Donalbain show no courage, they are assumed to have committed a crime they did not do. All of these situations can teach one something: one should not let emotions and personal characteristics take them over and determine their destiny.
Works Cited
Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Ed. Ken Roy. Toronto: Harcourt Canada, no year. Print
Macbeth is hesitant about following through with her plan of killing the king, but Lady Macbeth sees this as a lack of courage and strength. Lady Macbeth felt that if you have the ambition to do something you shouldn’t hold back
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Fate is an inevitable – seldom disastrous – outcome; regardless of one’s desire to veer it in a different path, fate is adamant. In Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, there is a steadfast question of whether Macbeth is a victim of fate or that he chooses his own path. By instilling his character, Macbeth, with ambition and ruthlessness, Shakespeare demonstrate that a person – in this case Macbeth – is doomed not by fate, but by flaws in his/her character.
In consideration of Macbeth’s crimes, he alone cannot be blamed for his actions. The three witches do prophesy that he will become king which is the reason he does begin to kill; however, nowhere in their prophecy do they foresee the killing of the King. Therefore, the witches don’t direct any of his actions and are in no part liable. Much of the blame can be placed on Lady Macbeth because she has the initial plan to usurp the King’s throne by killing him in his sleep. Macbeth protests to this plan, yet after Lady Macbeth uses methods such as insults and temptation, he reluctantly agrees to murder the King. Macbeth is ultimately to blame for his own actions because every murder he commits is his choice alone. While influenced by Lady Macbeth to kill the King, he not only makes the choice himself, but he also kills many more people without Lady Macbeth’s knowledge.
Consequently Macbeth’s decisions on how he let himself believe what he wanted to let his arrogance cloud his judgement, and he let all of his common sense out the window, along with his chance to remain king. This play and the characters in it teach us to not believe everything we hear and to not act hastily to get what we want in life without thinking of the
How much of an influence does fate have on the ideals of a person? Is Macbeth acting out the selfish desires of his own accord? Fate is thought to be unavoidable, and all the paths of life lead to a destiny that is inescapable. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, not only is Macbeth’s hand forced in committing a murder, his fate is expedited in the process. Macbeth is in control of his own destiny, but is spurned into decisions by the Witches and his wife. Although Macbeth believes he is controlled by fate, a more thorough inspection reveals his control over all his actions.
No person can go through life without facing the consequences of their actions. In fact, it is generally believed that every action must have a reaction. This belief is exhibited in Shakespeare's Macbeth. In the play, Lady Macbeth was the push that led her husband, Macbeth, to kill their king. This murder causes a series of consequences for both characters, which ultimately lead to their downfall. These character’s actions led to negative repercussions, but the audience will have a hard time pitying them, as their tragedy appears to be self inflicted. This idea of a self wrought tragedy is apparent in Lady Macbeth, as she is initially seen as a brutal woman because she convinced Macbeth to kill king Duncan, and aided in the murder. However, her guilt eventually lead to her own demise.
The three witches told Macbeth of his fate. Did the events in Macbeth?s life occur because of the witches? prophesy or was it because of the choices he made? Could there possibly be some of both? What caused Macbeth to fall? Was it his fate or his free will?
Fate can be defined many different ways. Webster's Dictionary defines fate as a power that supposedly predetermines events. Fate is synonymous to the word destiny, which suggests that events are unavoidable and unchangeable. Whatever happens in life is meant to be and cannot be changed by mankind. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, fate plays an important role in the lives of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Banquo.
Bear Grylls once said, “A man’s pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance” (brainyquote.com). Throughout Macbeth by William Shakespeare, there exists contributing factors which lead to the occurring events. The aforementioned quote discusses the idea that one’s unchecked ambition leads to cause hardship throughout life. Moreover, it symbolizes this novel as Macbeth senses a driven motivation for pride along with the influences around him which in turn lead to the tragedies that occur. In Macbeth, even though Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to take such barbarous actions, Macbeth remains at fault.
The Tragedy of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare is a tale of a man and his un-bridled ambition, set in ancient Scotland. Macbeth is a nobleman of the king of Scotland, Duncan, who is in mid-war with Norway. Macbeth and his fellow general Banquo encounter three witches. The witches tell the pair that Macbeth will be king, and Banquo’s children will also be kings. Any person in their right mind would question information given to them by strangers, let alone witches, but for some reason these statements intrigue Macbeth. They temp Macbeth to do evil things such as treason, and worse, to kill. Although un-bridled ambition is his main tragic flaw, there is one more that plays a big role in his decisions and the outcome of the story; Macbeth is far too impressionable.
The character Macbeth in the story of Shakespeare’s Macbeth faces decisions that affect his morals. He begins as an innocent soul, dedicated to serve his kingdom and its king, Duncan. As time passes and opportunities present themselves combined with the deception of the evil witches, Macbeth begins his descent into madness. Macbeth’s innocence and loyalty are completely corrupted due to his over confidence, guilty conscience, and the inevitability of human nature. Macbeth looses sight of what is morally right to do in life because his logical choices are changed by these factors.
By embracing evil, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth have committed unnatural actions that disturb them. Their guilt does not leave them in peace, and slowly degrades their health. Macbeth's guilt causes him to act strangely in front of his guests, and it disturbs him deeply. Macbeth's guilt is deeply mutilated, and it only affects him when he hallucinates "Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves / Shall never tremble" (III.iv.124-125), and as soon as his visions disappear he feels better "Why so, being gone, / I am a man again.- Pray you sit still" (iii.iV.130-131), not something normal considering the actions he has committed. His guilt paralyzes him when he does feel it, but most of the time he is guiltless, and that encourages him to commit more murder. Although his guilt does not ultimately destroy him, it is a factor that brings his own men against him, since through his guilt he reveals the actions he has committed.
Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, is a story of a tragic hero with a level of high degree, but where his actions fall short and effect the fate of his nation at large. This man who was being rewarded by King Duncan for his loyalty and courage in defending the Scottish realm, and managed to turn into a murdering, power hungry monster, simply by saying, someday you’ll be king.
MacBeth - Disastrous Attributes Character or fate. Which of these two forces (external or internal) led to the downward fall of a great military hero and worthy Thane, Macbeth, turned evil and murderous when led astray by the prophecies of three old witches. Some people argue that Macbeth is the victim of fate, while others argue that his character decides his downfall. The argument for fate is strongly led by the actions of others, with Lady Macbeth being the prime influence on Macbeth.