Guilt In Macbeth

“Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valor As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem’st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would, ”Like the poor cat i' th' adage?”(Macbeth. I. VII. 48-49) With these words written by shakespeare in the famous play Macbeth Lady Macbeth is asking how bad Macbeth really wants the crown to be his. Wouldn’t you want to please your wife? In the play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, some strong themes of guilt, justice, and fate present the author’s message to his audience.

No one knows the guilt they’ll feel after doing something wrong. Macbeth learns this lesson the hard way, he spends his life with guilt. Macbeth

III. 157-159) He thinks getting the crown will be easy but little did he know the extreme measures he’ll have to go to. For instance Duncan was King and was not going anywhere anytime soon! Macbeth was certain he was going to gain his crown, the only alternative he thought of was to kill Duncan. He then went to tell Lady Macbeth his plan and she loved it, she knew he deserved to be king. Simply knowing that Macbeth will actually have to kill his own cousin makes him think twice about it, which forces Lady Macbeth, to persuade Macbeth into proceeding with the plan. She tells him she’s ashamed to have his children and to be with someone who is not a man. She also advised to Macbeth “Look like th' innocent flower, But be the serpent under ’t.” (I. VI. 76-78) Which means to be innocent by sight but ruthless by

Macbeth's death brought justice to Scotland. Macduff was pleased to get the chance and kill Macbeth considering he has killed his whole family. This is a bad result for Macbeth since Macduff was not born of a women, he was born of a c-section. As the witches have mentioned, “The power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth.”(IV. I. 91-92) This means Macduff is the only one able to kill Macbeth however, Macbeth is not giving up without a fight. Macbeth has a great deal of guilt for killing Macduff’s family he is not happy to try and kill Macduff. The result of the fight has Macbeth’s head slashed off of his body and put on a stick. Placing Macbeth’s head on a stick and riding on his horse showing he has killed Macbeth encountered many cheers from the people living in Scotland. With this, Malcolm can finally take the rightful place as King as it should had been. Therefore, Scotland can be in peace with their proper King in