Authority In Macbeth

Macbeth was contemplating the consequences of murdering Duncan and foresees his future of being overthrown by righteousness. He is worried that “This even-handed justice/ Commends th’ ingredience if our poisoned chalice/ To our own lips.” (1.7.10-12). Macbeth, at this point, have not been obsessed with lust for power. He raised self-awareness that the violence he used to wrongly proclaim himself king will be used to take vengeance against him.

She greets the king with kind words, “amiable humility” and “heaps dissimulation on dissimulation by showing the deepest gratitude for the great honour” of having the king in her house. (Pfundheller 3) The power of Lady’s words upon Macbeth and her determination to achieve the criminal plan are valued in the seventh scene. Macbeth’s soft character and his weak-will determine him to have second-thoughts and “proceed no further in this business” (1.7.34), but Lady Macbeth succeeds to pursue him to continue the plan: Art thou afeard

Act 1 Reading Log Scene 1 • Quote analysis : “Fair is foul and foul is fair, hover through the fog and filthy air” (1.1.12-13). This quote by the witches indicates the general atmosphere of the play, which is one of deceit and uncertainty. Acts that alone are terrible are justified many times throughout the play. By ‘hovering through the fog and filthy air”, the witches mean to say they are above the conflicts of men and although Macbeth may not know his fate, they certainly will. • Significance of scene

In this section Macbeth implores the attendants to “let every man be master of his time”, directly this is simply an instruction for the lords to do whatever they like until the feast, but subconsciously Macbeth is also thinking about the limited time Banquo has left to what he wants – already we can see the guilt Macbeth has over what he is about to do. Macbeth further urges his guests to keep to themselves “to make society the sweeter welcome” perhaps because he hopes this time to themselves will allow his guests to take the news of Banquo's murder easier, but mostly Macbeth wants to ensure he is not interrupted, the decision to murder Banquo is eating him and he does not want to have to deal with other people while he carries out his plan of assassination. Finally, Macbeth wishes that “God be with [his guests]” which is ironic because Macbeth's intentions for the same time period are far from

The witches and Lady Macbeth together push him over to do what his innate nature will let him do, his inborn courage and goodness, and they motivate him to do things that are not by any means in his tendency. It is his feeble mindedness, his simple weakness to recommendation and enticement that is his lamentable blemish. That is the reason, once he shows out the way of homicide, he can't take it; he is overcome by blame, apprehension and suspicion exactly in light of the fact that executing for individual increase is not in his tendency. Lady Macbeth, who knows her spouse very well emasculates him and makes him do what she wants while the witches makes Macbeth mess with his own

Shakespeare articulates the distressed tone through the use of contrasting diction in comparing Macbeth and Banquo. In this soliloquy, Macbeth realizes that the only prophecy left unfulfilled was Banquo’s: the proclamation that his sons would become kings. Shakespeare utilizes gallant, regal diction in Macbeth’s description of Banquo. Fearing Banquo’s “royalty of nature” and the fact that the witches “hailed him father to a line of kings”, Macbeth’s paranoia increases (3.1.52, 3.1.63). In contrast, Shakespeare’s diction in relation to Macbeth’s kingship has a worthless connotation.

He is “fated” to become king – this is known to the weird sisters, who also know that ambition is his hamartia. In this way, they orchestrate this “hurly - burly” and are keen on watching the catastrophe unfold before them. Considering the fact that these thoughts that “shake” the “single state” of Macbeth only take place after hearing the prophecies of the weird sisters, one can deduce that his own uninfluenced ambition would not have led him to such disastrous actions. Macbeth tries to console his “black and deep” desires by telling himself that “chance” will give him the crown, but the weird sisters awake such a murderous ambition within him that he cannot tame his own mind and consequently finds himself following a “dagger of the mind” to commit an action so grievous that the trustworthy soldier within him will never have enough peace to “sleep” again.

His excessive ambitious motivation of becoming king leads himself to his own downfall. Praised and heroic to all, Macbeth is introduced as a courageous and brave soldier. Shakespeare intends to shape Macbeth initially as a good character to epitomise the effect of his corruption. Evidence of this is seen in Act 1, when the Captain describes Macbeth as brave and “…well he deserves that name (Act 1 Scene 2).

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Banquo continues to be a foil of Macbeth, as even in his suspicious thoughts, his values remain important to him. His suspicion towards Macbeth and how he gains kingship does not weaken his loyalty to his friend. Macbeth’s solution is to murder those he suspects, but Banquo simply voices his opinion, allowing it to be known. He says, “Thou hast it now, king, Cawdor, Glamis, all, /… and I fear /

He cannot actually kill sleep. In this personification, sleep is given a human-like quality. Because of his guiltiness, Macbeth is paranoid and the lunacy is invading his mind in every aspect. When Macbeth orders Macduff’s family to be killed, he declares, “From this moment / The very firstlings of my heart shall be / The firstlings of my hand” (4.1.166-168).

Furthermore, since Macbeth is dominated by desire, he have no free will to control himself, and he would wipeout anything that hinder his ambition by any means. After he is blind by his ambitious thoughts, he begin to commit sinful actions one after another, like a killing machine. While Lady Macbeth said, "He is about it:/ The doors are open; and the surfeited grooms/ Do mock their charge with snores: I have drugg'd their possets,/ That death and nature do contend about them,/ Whether they live or die" (II. ii. 6-11), Macbeth slays king Duncan in his sleep and exits with his bloody dagger.

Farwah Iqbal Mrs. Mantilla ENG3U0-B December 7th, 2016 Macbeth’s date with Destiny Life is full of choices, where everyone at some point makes a wise decision or a poor one. When poor judgments are made, the weight can result in the feeling of guilt. In the play Macbeth, William Shakespeare portrays guilt is caused by what pathway someone opted for. Macbeth is a tragic hero who ruins himself because he lets his ambition, insecurity and ignorance control him and his actions.

Those who work diligently in the face of a problem work harder and remain humble in order to overcome the issue at hand. Others who are power hungry, however, remain selfish and greedy. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth, the Macbeth’s were modest and worked hard for what they wanted- which was power. When it is achieved, the power consumes them and controls their actions. Adversity causes Macbeth to work harder and use the help of the other men around him, yet when he ultimately acquires the power he is searching for, it goes to his head, causing him to act in violence by murdering those who he believes stand in his way.

Since the Macbeth’s wanted power so badly, they use excessive amount of force to get what they want causing them to lose themselves in their inner evil. In the play, Macbeth, the corrupting influence of power can cause people like the Macbeth’s to do acts they wouldn’t normally do. After hearing that the Macbeth’s could become king and queen, they plan on doing something treacherous. First, Macbeth was very loyal to Duncan, he would fight till the death for him.