Abuse Of Power In Macbeth

When committing heinous acts, what shall one do when reaching a point of no return? Some may settle, and some may grieve; in accordance with Macbeth's current state of mind, “Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.” (Shakespeare 3.2. 56). Macbeth, the protagonist of William Shakespears, “Macbeth” slowly detaches himself from reality in his strive for power. In this play the most important scene so far is without a doubt act 3, scene 2; within this scene, the audience is presented with a drastic change in character development, an event setting up other events later in the play, and it also creates mental problems for Macbeth later in the play. In this ominous scene, the audience has a clear view of how significant the characters have

In act 3, scene 2, the roles have reversed; Macbeth developed a huge aspiration for power making him susceptible to doing anything it takes to achieve it, while Lady Macbeth tells him “things without all remedy Should be without regard. What’s done is done.”(Shakespeare 3.2. 13-14). Lady Macbeth believes he’s doing too much and that they’ve already accomplished what they were aiming for. From this scene, many upcoming events in the play spur from it. In this scene Macbeth is conversing with murderers he plans on hiring to fulfill the assassination of Banquo and his son. Later The murderers only fulfill half of the assassination as they manage to kill Banquo but before his death he told his son “Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! Thou may ’st revenge.” (Shakespeare 3.3. 21-22). Because the murderers failed to kill Banquo's son, it’s possible that the witches' saying may still come true. Because of Macbeth's extreme drive for power it causes him to go too far and causes problems for him mentally. Since he sought out to kill Banquo, during the dinner, he continues to hallucinate the ghost of Banquo sitting among them which really disturbs him as he tries to get Banquo's ghost to go away by saying “Avaunt, and quit my