Theme Of Greed And Pride In Macbeth

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a cautionary tale that shows what greed and pride can do to a person. Shakespeare uses realistic characters, personification, and tragic flow to really bring the story to life. In this classic, Macbeth Shakespeare’s tell the story of a knight who goes through many inner battles due to strong outside influence of others, his own struggle between good and evil, and his ambitions. Shakespeare use realistic characters to bring the story to life and shows how what people say or do affect someone else. I believe that like everyone Macbeth had a dark side , but he just did not explore it .He was an noble knight and was very respected by many .But the influence from others ,is what drove him to become such an evil person .As soon as he meet the witches ,he started to change for

they appear only to cause mischief and lead people down dark oaths in their lives .I truly feel that if Macbeth had never meet the witched ,he would’ve never turned inti the monster he became . . “The earth hath bubbles as the water has, and these are them. Wither is they vanished?” (7) Throughout the whole book, Macbeth is struggling with himself, and this is why this book has a tragic flow. He has his own struggle between good and evil .When the time comes to kill Duncan, he has a spilt change of heart but chooses to entertain his evil side. Having killing more people to cover up his sins, his heart is practically gone and he is just a monster now. When his wife dies, he has no remorse. Another thing that really was a downfall of Macbeth’s was his ambition. He Killed Duncan, because he wanted what Duncan had .He killed Lady Macduff , as a lesson to others. Took what the witches said to heart and gave up his morals to fulfill his wicked