Leaders. There are many leaders around the world: political leaders, group leaders, house leaders, etc. Leaders are people who guide and command a group of people. There are many examples good leaders like Justin Trudeau. And bad leaders who can be seen as evil by the entire world, such as Kim Jong Un; but they themselves believe that doing the right thing and vice versa. All leaders have a people who blindly support them no matter the reality of their mistakes. In The play, Macbeth, William Shakespeare, enlightens a leader who is cruel and incapable of being the king. The fall of Macbeth can also be as a result of the few supporting his actions during his reign as King. Macbeth's miserable reign stems from his guilt, the inadequacy he felt …show more content…
However, Lady Macbeth looks at him and opens a flood of insults starting with “ and live a coward in thine own esteem” stating that Macbeth is a coward for not getting what he wants because he feels it's wrong. Then she mentioned, “Like the poor cat I' the' adage” relating to a story about a cat who would want to eat fish but doesn't want to get its feet wet. After these comments, Macbeth sides with Lady Macbeth and is willing to get his feet wet to gain the throne (eat the fish). This portrays Macbeth as an easily influenced and a foolish person as we see him not listening to his gut, but what others say. We can also see when Macbeth starts to blame other people for the problems he's having. The hallucinations that Macbeth is having is entirely his own fault, but he still blames it on other people. For example, in this …show more content…
Almost afraid to know itself. It cannot Be called our mother, but our grave, where nothing, But who knows nothing, is once seen to smile; Where sighs and groans and shrieks that rend the air Are made, not marked; where violent sorrow seems A modern ecstasy. The dead man’s knell Is there scarce asked for who, and good men’s lives Expire before the flowers in their caps, Dying or ere they sicken. (Shakespeare 4.3.168-176) In this section the audience can get that Scotland has fallen into unnatural circumstances. “But who knows nothing, is once seen to smile” Ross explains that the only person that's proud of Scotland is the cruel Macbeth who is so ignorant and cruel that he can not see that what he has done is wrong. In the passage Ross also describes Scotland as, their place of death and where violence sorrows which proves that Macbeth was a tyrant leader who no one supported of their free will and had to be
Introduction According to the Oxford Dictionary, a leader is defined as “the person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country” (Oxford Dictionaries, 2013). Though there is a definition for what a leader is, people still have different ideas about what a leader should be and how he or she should act. There has never been a concrete idea of what a leader is; the only thing we know is that this person is the one in charge of the unit. We look at characteristics of those people we see as leaders and use those attributes to compare other people to see if they are able to be as good as, or even better than, those aforementioned leaders. We have to keep in mind that in different situations, leaders must do different tasks which indicates the need for different qualities.
Mental instability can also be brought about by greed and ambition, as shown through hallucinations in Act 2, scene 1. When Macbeth considers murdering Duncan, he sees a floating dagger that points him in the direction of the sleeping king's room, and questions the dagger to be real or just a “dagger of the mind, a false creation/ Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain” (2.1). This hallucination of the bloody dagger and Macbeth's uncertainty of what he really sees, symbolizes an instability of the mind. His thoughts of greed and ambition have led to this point of aberration. While hallucinations symbolize the instability of the mind, they also make evident that guilt can be another reoccurring spiritual consequence of greed, as shown in Act 3, scene 4 when Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are holding a banquet after the secret murdering of Banquo, when Macbeth suddenly sees an apparition of Banquo's ghost, which turns out only to be a hallucination. After the strange behavior Macbeth has exhibited, LadyMacbeth asks, "What, quite unmann'd in folly?", hearing Macbeth reply, "If I stand here, I saw him" (3.4). This hallucination that Macbeth sees symbolizes the guilt stained on his soul because of the crime he committed out of greed. Shakespeare uses the symbolism of hallucinations to reveal the instability and guilt that acts of selfishness inflict upon the soul and
In the end we can’t truly blame Macbeth for his actions because he is like any one of us, a human being with wants and needs he needs to satisfy. And any person in his position if he was kind trusting, fair would end up like Macbeth. We can only hope that when a person has power, that he uses it fairly and justly. This goes to show that no one on earth whom ever they may be must rule because power leads to greed which leads to the dark side of the individual, which leads to anarchy.
Everyone is influenced by other people, including leaders or authority, to make the wrong decisions at some point in their lives. In the play Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is responsible for the evil doings of Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is responsible for this by using his love for her to persuade him into killing King Duncan. Because Macbeth loved and trusted his wife, he was vulnerable to her opinions and suggestions. We also know that she is responsible for these heartless things because she has so much guilt that she commits suicide. Macbeth would never have done any of those horrible things if it were not for the murder of King Duncan, which was forced on by Lady Macbeth.
He was a war-hero, and was uninterested in what society perceived him to be. His superstition and dependence on the witches visions show his weakness as a character, and especially as a leader. His beliefs in the witches eventually lead him down the wrong path when he returns to the witches for another proclamation of their visions, which all are apparently true, but misunderstood by Macbeth. In the end, as the visions become reality, Macbeth realizes that he has failed to grasp a hold of the tangible aspects of his life, and was too concentrated on the unknown. He states in Act IV scene I, ""Tell me now, thou unknown power--Whate'er thou art, for thy good caution thanks; Thou hast harp'd my fear aright: but one word more."
Macbeth first feels forced externally, the source of it coming from his wife, Lady Macbeth, who wants for Macbeth to kill Duncan so that he can become king. At first, Macbeth feels apprehensive and tells his wife, “We will proceed no further in this business” (1.7.33). Lady Macbeth begins to pressure him further, even going to the extent of questioning his manhood, saying, “Wouldst thou have that/Which thou esteem’st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would’, Like the poor cat i’th’adage?” (1.7.41-45). In her response, Lady Macbeth calls her husband a coward and accuses him of just fantasizing about becoming king without doing anything, instead of killing Duncan to become king right away. She also makes a reference to an old Latin proverb that loosely translates to, “The cat would eat the fish, but does not want to wet her feet”. After hearing th...
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a play centring around opposing forces trying to gain power in the succession for the throne of Scotland. Macbeth, in the beginning, is known to be a nobel and strong willed man, who is ready to fight for his country. However, one may see that Macbeth has a darker side to him, he is power hungry and blood thirsty, and will not stop until he has secured his spot as King of Scotland. Though Macbeth may be a tyrant, he is very naïve, gullible, and vulnerable. He is vulnerable and willing to be persuaded by many characters throughout the play, his wife, the witches to name a few, this is the first sign that his mental state is not as sharp as others. One will see the deterioration of Macbeth and his mental state as the play progresses, from level headedness and undisturbed to hallucinogenic, psychopathic and narcissistic. The triggering event for his mental deterioration is caused by the greed created from the witches first prophecy, that Macbeth will become King of Scotland (I.iii.53). Because of the greed causing his mental deterioration, Macbeth’s psychosis is what caused his own demise by the end of the play. In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, the tragic hero Macbeth’s demise is provoked by his hallucinogenic episodes, psychopathic actions and narcissistic behaviours.
Macbeth's desire to become king is strongly supported by his wife, Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is a highly ambitious woman who, like her husband, is willing to do anything to obtain power. Shakespeare uses a series of imagery to vividly portray the desire for power in Lady Macbeth's soliloquy: “Come, you spirits/That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,/And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full/Of direst cruelty!” To achieve her ambition, Lady Macbeth urges Macbeth “to catch the nearest way.” This means she wants him to kill Duncan so that he can become king. However, she fears that Macbeth is “too full o' th' milk of human kindness” to “catch the nearest way.” When Macbeth is reluctant to kill Duncan, Lady Macbeth starts attacking his masculinity. “Then you were a man,” she said. Lady Macbeth also uses the power of emotional blackmail to manipulate Macbeth into killing Duncan.
What is a leader? A leader is someone who takes command and leads an organization or group to success. Anyone can be a leader but in order to become a great leader you have to have to possess certain characteristics. I will be using Odysseus from the Odyssey isas an example of a leader who has suitable characteristics. You also have to know what harmful characteristics a leader may possess to determine if they are good leaders or not.
Macbeth can not blame anyone else, nor can the witches or Lady Macbeth be to blame when he has the ultimate power to do as he wishes. Another example is that the witches never say anything to Macbeth about murdering Duncan or anyone else. When Macbeth first hears the prophecy about being King, his thoughts turn to “murder” all on their own. This tells readers that somewhere along the line he had thought about it or had an idea as he turned to it immediately. He didn’t even wait and see what would happen, instead he becomes brutal and kill the noble king.
This demonstrates Macbeth's obsession because it indicates that Macbeth values his power over his friends. His obsession with power causes Macbeth to feel guilty and lose his sanity. Macbeth's guilt and loss of sanity is indicated in the hallucinations he experiences. His first hallucination occurred just before killing King Duncan. Macbeth sees "A dagger of the mind, a false creation" (Act II, Scene I, line 38).
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both have very impactful hallucinations that change the course of their fate. The initial meeting with the witches reveals Macbeth’s ambitious nature. The prophecy of becoming king leads Macbeth down a bloody path in which he commits many murders as a result of ambition. Macbeth’s hallucinations reflect his mental state. Throughout the play, Macbeth slowly loses his sanity. Macbeth’s visions and the prophecies of the witches cause Macbeth to make poor decisions which lead him to his eventual downfall.
When his wife told him that in order for him to become king, he must kill the current king, King Duncan. King Duncan is a friend of Macbeth who he is very loyal to. Macbeth had to decide whether his loyalty to the king or loyalty to his wife was more important. "Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou desire? Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem..." (Macbeth 60) In this quote, Lady Macbeth is questioning Macbeth's manhood. She is stating that he is not a man because he won't show the boldness or the bravery to do this
Macbeth’s story highlights the inherent goodness found in all of us, but also the evil that lurks within us, unnourished. Although there is no redemption for Macbeth’s evil sins, he finally comes to acknowledge his crimes and thus can provoke pity in the eyes of the audience. Macbeth’s psychological journey from a courageous general to a “ dead butcher” (5.9.41) is one that truly merits to be called a tragedy.
A leader is described as a person who guides others and has authority and influence over others. They work to influence others into meeting certain goals. There is no right or wrong definition of a leader and there is no recipe that ensures effective leadership. Successful leaders have a good balance of vision, influence, and power. Leaders gain their authority from their ability to influence others to get the work done; because of this, anyone has the potential to be a leader. (Finkelman. 2012, p15)