As people grow up they try new thing, they never thought they would. Trying something new isn’t always a good thing. Sometimes people get out of hand and things can get out of control. The play Macbeth by William Shakespeare takes place in Scotland. The main character, Macbeth, was a kind and brave man. He saved Scotland from losing the battle against Macdonwald. Macbeth and his pal Banquo start walking back after battle but get stopped by the three witches. The witches tell macbeth some fortunes and tell banquo some too. After the witches disappear they start heading back and bump into two of the kings messengers. They tell Macbeth he is now thane of cawdor which was one of the predictions the witches told him. This makes him believe the …show more content…
The witches word a very big impact on his change in character because they were the ones that gave him the idea of becoming King. “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!“ (1.3.51) The Witches told Macbeth that he was going to be king. At first she didn't believe them but once the other thing they told him came true he started thinking more and more of it. He started believing he could actually become king so the witches put the thought of being King in Macbeth said. Lady Macbeth also influenced Macbeth by telling him to kill Duncan making a plan to kill Duncan. “I may pour my spirits in thine ear and chastise with the valor of my tongue“(1.5.15). She was forcing him to kill Duncan she started taking over and not not listening to his ideas about not wanting to kill the king because he was loyal to the king he did not want to kill him what Lady Macbeth did not listen and said that he has to man up and do it or he will never be king. Macbeth was probably the biggest influence on himself because he did not have to kill Duncan. “quickly. If the assassination could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here”(1.7.3). He didn't ask to become king he knew that if he was supposed to become king it would happen on his own. it was Macbeth's choice to kill Duncan he had many other options by not to kill Duncan. he knew that if he was supposed to be king if it was his destiny he would become king suit like in the future but he was greedy and wanted it sooner. He killed Duncan himself which led to him killing multiple other people with and the other people were not with the help or plan of anyone no one knew about it except for the murderers he sent to kill
...ce to happen and he had the chance to his mind. He could have avoided the whole situation; he could have just accepted the titles that were placed upon him. Greedy Macbeth wanted more power. He let his better judgment be tested by all of the motives that was placed in his way as an obstacle. Crimes were committed and the death of Duncan brought upon many more killings by the hand of Macbeth. Blood was shed over greed and the prophetic word of the three fortune tellers. Macbeth should be guilty in the first degree, and punished with the capital punishment.
Macbeth is first introduced as a war hero, slayer of the Norweyans. He is then introduced to prophesy by three witches. They prophesize how he will become first Thane of Cawdor and then king. "All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!...Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter." (Act 1 Scene 3). Macbeth becomes thane and starts to believe in the prophesies if the witches. What first started as inquisitiveness and doubt, soon became fate and truth as the Bible is to Christians. Macbeth began to believe the next prophesy. In fact, not only would he become king, he made it his personal obligation and responsibility to see that it became so. With a little bit of nagging (that is the best term to use) from Lady Macbeth, Macbeth chooses to fulfill his de...
Macbeth is captured by his wild ambition at the opening of the play when he and Banqou meet the three witches. The witches tell Macbeth that he is the Thane of Cawdor, and later will be king. They tell Banquo that his sons will be kings. Instantly Macbeth started to fantasize how he is going to be king. He understood that in order for him to become king he has to kill Duncan. “My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical”(Act 1 Sc. 3, p.23). He was pondering about the assassination until the moment that he could no longer control his emotions. “To prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which overleaps itself and falls on the other-“(Act 1 Sc. 7, p.41). Because of his “vaulting ambition” he killed Duncan.
This shows that he really didn't want to kill Duncan, but he did it in order to prove himself to Lady Macbeth, and to become the king. By the end he had no fear, and had killed not only Duncan but also many other people. He now had different views from which he had in the beginning of the play. Macbeth realizes that he is no longer afraid "no, nor more fearful. (Act V, scene vii, l 9). He is now considered a man, but he doesn't like the fact that he has killed all these people.
This willingness to do whatever is necessary to become the king of Scotland is also what causes Macbeth to commit so many murders, the first of which is Duncan. In order for Macbeth to be king, the current king must die and his successors must be unavailable for the throne. Fate plays a huge hand in the way that Duncan's murder plays out. Duncan's two sons flee so that they will not be suspected of committing a crime that they did not, the murder of their own father. Because they have fled the country, it is Macbeth that is the one who may become king.
A controversial question debated by many is, “Can human beings really have the freedom to do as we wish? Or do people influence our so called ‘free will’, to the extant where we don’t have a choice? ” This question is raised in Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare in 1606, a play that deals with key themes such as good versus evil and power. I will be talking about how the witches aren’t the most powerful characters in the play, and aren’t the catalyst to all of Macbeth’s crimes by using the witches, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth himself. It took a combination of the witches, Lady Macbeth and himself for Macbeth to commit these crimes.So who really has the power?
Even though Macbeth can be called a tyrant and a murderer, he is nonetheless, very courageous. In the beginning of the play, he fights very bravely for his king and country.
Macbeth's own thoughts prevented him from fully enjoying his cheated titles as he dwindled himself into isolation. At the beginning of the play, Shakespeare portrayed Macbeth as a hero, and someone who was admired for his bravery. The king and all of his associates were loud in his praise, “Hail, brave friend! Say to the king the knowledge of the broil as thou didst leave it,”(1iil5). Macbeth had fought against his traitor and secured. As the play developed it was clear that he began to isolate himself from others to be in his own thoughts. The witches have a big role in creating Macbeth's isolation. They had made three prophecies, in particular “All hail, Macbeth! That shalt be King hereafter,” (1iiil50). This awakened Macbeth's strong yearning to become king and started his journey towards isolation. The thought of being king was joyous but also carried along terrible thoughts of murder, “my thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical” (1iiil139). Macbeth began to wonder whether the reign would simply fall to him, “if chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me without my stir,” or whether he would have to perform a dark deed i...
Macbeth started off as a noble, virtuous man, he was loyal to the king and was well respected by the other noblemen. The prophecies and hallucinations corrupted Macbeth’s intentions and as a result, Macbeth became power
From the witches first prediction of Macbeth being king, which made Macbeth kill to become king. As well as Banquo's children becoming kings, this scared Macbeth as I previously mentioned. Also when he went back to see the witches he gained some more knowledge, "Macbeth!
Macbeth shows how greed and ambition can bring down a person as well as others and how the changes of power occur because of loyalty and betrayal. Macbeth is the play’s main unhappy character. The play tells of Macbeth's greedy thirst for power is a dangerous trait.
Seeking for greater power, Macbeth murders Duncan who is the king at that time, which caused a great pain for the kingdom. Duncan is a great king, but just not a so good human reader. He has never been aware of Macbeth. He never have a thought that Macbeth might be a danger, who is willing to kill him for the throne. On the other hand, Macbeth does not accept to be just a general for the rest of his life. He wants a greater power, higher position than he is having at the time. Because of the suggests from the trio witches: “ All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!/ All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!”(1.2.49-50), Macbeth has the thinking about killing the king to take his throne. By calling Macbeth the Thane of Cawdor, they give Macbeth the thought that being a king is his fate. On the night Macbeth is planning to murder Duncan, the Old Man see many strange events: “And Duncan’s horses (a thing most strange and certain),/ Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, /Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out/ Contending ‘gainst obedience, as they would/ Make war with mankind” (2.4.14-18). It creates a scary feeling in the kingdom, and means something bad will happen to the kingdom.
The witches have a strong effect on Macbeth's character; they highly influence him in his accomplishments and awake his ambitions. They give Macbeth a false sense of security with their apparitions of truths. Instead they prove to be harmful for Macbeth who takes too much comfort and confidence in his interpretation of the truths. They are the ones who plant the actual idea of killing Duncan into Macbeth's mind. But if it were only the witches prophecies, then Macbeth surely would not have murdered the king. 'When you durst to do it, then you were a man,' (Macbeth, Shakespeare Act 1 Scene 7) Lady Macbeth's constant harassment pushed Macbeth and made him commit all this evil. When you reason things out by yourself you tend to now what is right and what is wrong, a conscience. But with the outside influence from the witches he thinks that that is his destiny and he must do everything to fulfill it. One can wonder if Macbeth ever had a chance of doing what was right after he met with the witches. He is overthrown and killed. Through his own ambitions, the ambition of his wife and the witches' prophesies, Macbeth has caused his own destruction and downfall. We can now clearly see that ambition not achieved through our own ability leads to destruction. 'Hail Thane of Glamis and of Cawdor and shalt be King hereafter'. (Act 1 Scene 3) These prophecies from three strangers are taken without question and probably without good judgment. Just the thought that he may be King clouds his thoughts and ambition takes over. The witches can predict the future, they can add temptation, and influence Macbeth, but they cannot control his destiny.
He then found out that he would, one day, become King himself. Because of that prophecy, he became very greedy and determined. After quite a bit a few murders, fueled by the knowledgy and the encouragement of his wife, in the midst of all the secrecy and everything happening during this time, Macbeth does finally
The witches influence Macbeth in his achievements and awaken his ambitions. They give him a false sense of security with their apportions of truths. The witches are the ones who made the idea of killing Duncan into Macbeth’s mind. They also told him that he would become thane of Cawdor and later would become king of Scotland. Macbeth wants to know more.