Macbeth Evil Quotes

In the play, Macbeth begins as a good man, but soon he will call upon the witches to help give him the power to do what has to be done to take the thrown. When first meeting the character of Macbeth, he seems like a normal man, but once Macbeth hears about possibly being able to become king he resorts to evil, but little did he know this would be the death of him. After hearing about becoming king, Macbeth consults with the witches where his life would change forever. “Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air” (Mac 1.1.12-13) are the lines of the play where the character of Macbeth that we once knew to be a good man changed forever. This encounter with the witches and Macbeth is one of the most important scenes that

develops evil relations within the character of Macbeth. These lines are important because the lines symbolize Macbeth’s change from being a civil human-being to becoming an evil character. Vince’s perspective on why Macbeth is calling evil into his life is that Macbeth is trying to fulfill a prophecy by killing the king, and in order for Macbeth to be able to perform this action Macbeth must call evil into his life (Vince 3-4). From this point forward, the element of evil will begin to consume our character of Macbeth making him contemplate murder and other harmful ideas.
Once Lady Macbeth learns about taking over the thrown, she calls upon evil spirits to give her the power to help Macbeth perform the killing of the King. When first meeting the character of Lady Macbeth, she gives off an impression of being a power-hungry-women. Once Lady Macbeth hears about possibly becoming the queen, she soon does everything in her power to persuade her husband, Macbeth, to kill King Duncan. To ensure Lady Macbeth takes the thrown, she calls upon evil spirits to possess her in order to have the power to tempt Macbeth into killing the king, but little does she know accepting evil spirits into her life would cause insanity to consume her.
LADY MACBETH “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! Make thick my blood;
Stop us the access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
The effect and i?ilk from gall, you murdering ministers,
Wherever in your sightless substances
You wait on nature’s mischief! Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,
To cry ‘Hold, hold!” (Mac 1.5.47-61)
During these lines of the play, Lady Macbeth is calling upon the evil spirits to consume her.

These lines symbolize a charm that is being placed upon Lady Macbeth so she will have the strength and the power to perform the murdering of King Duncan. These lines are important because the lines signify evil entering into Lady Macbeth’s life. The lines also symbolize the insanity of Lady Macbeth, these lines show this because she is allowing evil spirits to freely enter into her body and change who she is just so she can become queen. Vince’s perspective on these lines of the play is that Lady Macbeth is insane because she is giving up her women hood to help her husband, Macbeth, murder the king. Vince also talks about how this scene is the first sign of brutal imagery that will become prominent in Lady Macbeth’s speeches. (Vince 9-11) Little does Lady Macbeth know from this point forward, insanity and the element of evil will consume her life and will ultimately be the cause of her

death.
After both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth call upon evil spirits to help take the thrown away from King Duncan, it’s time for the deed to be done. At this point in the play, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have gone through their transformations of becoming an evil character, but Macbeth is beginning to second guess his decision. As time gets closer to performing the deed Macbeth begins to have second thoughts about his actions, but this is where Lady Macbeth’s evil characteristics begin to take place. Lady Macbeth’s role in the murdering of King Duncan was to convince and give Macbeth the power to perform the killing. Once Macbeth gains the willpower to perform the action he commits the deed. “I have done the deed” (Mac 2.2.19) are the lines in the play when Macbeth notifies Lady Macbeth that he has killed the king. These line are significant because the lines show the change that evil has on Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. These lines symbolize how evil has transformed two characters that were once normal human-beings into two murderers. Bell’s perspective on the murdering of King Duncan is that Macbeth was put under a spell by the witches, which caused him to be unconscious during the time of the killing. Bell also talks about how the spell the witches cast upon Macbeth caused Macbeth to be oblivious to his actions (Bell 2-3). From this point forward, the lives of both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth begin to go downhill, causing emotional struggles and guilt to consume their lives.
After killing King Duncan, Macbeth soon feels guilty about what he has done and it begins to take a toll on his mental state. Soon after killing the king, Macbeth begins to contemplate what he really has done and it begins to destroy Macbeth mentally. At this point in the play, Macbeth begins to see reality and the damage that he has caused to the people in his life.
MACBETH “How is’t with me, when every noise appals me?
What hands are here! Ha, they pluck out mine eyes.
Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red." (Mac 2.2.75-81)
These lines of the play are significant to the evolution of evil in the character of Macbeth.

These lines show to damage that evil has done to Macbeth. During this point in the play, Macbeth is breaking down mentally realizing what damage his hands have done, also, Macbeth is experiencing guilt for his actions. Foster’s view on this point in the play is that guilt is eating up Macbeth on the inside causing him to have horrid dreams; ever since the killing of the king, Macbeth is living a life of fear (Foster 1-2). The evolution of evil in the character of Macbeth has taken a major toll on the Macbeth’s personality and his everyday

life.
After being taken over by evil spirits, Lady Macbeth faces physical and mental problems, soon causing her to take her own life. After Lady Macbeth has assisted in killing the king, she soon feels guilt for what she has done. This guilt causes physical and mental problems that become prominent throughout the play. Not only are the physical and mental problems causing struggles in her life, but toward the end of the play, Lady Macbeth begins to become insane due to her past actions and becoming possessed by the spirits. Soon all of these problems will build up, causing her to take her own life. “It’s a cry of a women, my good lord” (Mac 5.5.10) these are the lines of the play that Macbeth finds out Lady Macbeth has killed herself. Lady Macbeth kills herself because all of the guilt and mental damage has built up to where she cannot take it anymore. This line shows the toll evil has taken on the character of Lady Macbeth. In Foster’s writings, he talks about the evil spirits and the dark dreams of murder and violence that drive Lady Macbeth to insanity. Foster also states that Lady Macbeth resorted to killing herself because she could no longer deal with living in a life of hatred and fear (Foster 1-2). Lady Macbeth choosing the life of evil soon became the death of her.