What Does Macbeth Want

What does Macbeth want? I didn’t know what to do at first, how could I? The vast possibilities of subjects to write about are astounding! But when I concentrated and thought about what Macbeth wanted, I came up with a different question; what doesn’t Macbeth want? This new train of thought opened up a whole new door of possibilities, and at first, it only seemed to complicate things. But then I realized it had simplified them, as I now found it much easier to figure out what I really believed Macbeth wanted; deriving it from what he really didn’t. When I came upon the answer, it all clicked. All of Macbeth’s actions in the play now seemed to have a new reason, and that reason is desire. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, desire is the driving point

This leaves him with nobody else’s desires to achieve, causing Macbeth to spin out of control. When Duncan is murdered in Act II, Macbeth has a sense of fulfillment. He set out to accomplish the desires of Lady Macbeth and the witches, and when he does he feels complete. This is because Macbeth wants to give them what they want, and he does! He’s happy; he’s succeeded! But then reality set in for Macbeth, and he realizes something that drives him insane. He realizes that he is now the king, he no longer has anyone else’s desires to fill. Macbeth has nobody else’s desires to fulfill because it is now several people’s jobs to make sure his wishes are fulfilled. This realization spins Macbeth into insanity, as the only thing he has to hold onto is his kingship. As he thinks, he can sustain the desirements of the people around him and will feel the same fulfillment. The body count quickly rises, trying to maintain the desires of his wife and the witches. Macbeth kills Banquo, his best friend, all because he thinks he is supporting the wishes. “Macbeth: O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife” (III.II.41) These scorpions, are the thoughts that Macbeth can no longer fulfill the desirement of others. He knows that these scorpions won’t go away if no one asks anyone to do something for him. And a part of his insanity knows that these scorpions cannot go away. Macbeth only sees’s one way forward, and that is to bare down and continue on the path he is on, even if he goes deeper into the depths of