Power and motivation can push people to do amazing things, good or bad. In Macbeth’s case, his power gave him potential to do good; Instead, his greed for recognition led him to commit horrifying acts of murder. Macbeth was just a normal person of royalty until the idea of becoming king and gaining power lead him to the point of no return. Literally.
Macbeth was the greatest king that ever lived and that anyone could have asked for to run their kingdom, yeah right. Macbeth was this lunatic crazed man who kills everyone that he doesn't think is trust worthy. Macbeth is so power hungry that he doesn't even care if his wife just died because in the book he says “ It was going to happen sooner or later”, like wow thats how he honestly feels all because he is the King and can do whatever if he puts his faith into the witches, but seriously Macbeth is no where near the greatest king that ever lived, I wouldn't even have this man take care of my turtles.
The play written by William Shakespeare “Macbeth” is about a tragedy that took place in Scotland. The play shows that when an individual seeks political power for his own selfish sake, he is bound to go through physical and psychological effects of it. The character that will be in focus from this play will be Lady Macbeth, wife of Macbeth (the main character). Lady Macbeth was the type of person who wanted power and would want nothing less than that. She had tried every trick in her power to attain power and throne so that she is able to rule the place the way she wanted.
It is human nature to want power, to be at the top of the pyramid, to be king/queen, but that comes at a price as shown in Macbeth. In the play, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth will do anything to have absolute power and nothing stands in their way. From killing to going completely mad, they will become the next king and queen at all costs. The ambition and the want for power is so high that they kill many, they do whatever they can to be one step closer, and they go completely insane, all because they want that absolute power.
Macbeth is a tragedy because Macbeth’s desire for power and fear of losing it caused him to make irrational decisions that led to his ultimate end. In the beginning, Macbeth normally was a morally sound individual who fought selflessly for his country and King. He was known for his loyalty and honor. The King himself had great trust in Macbeth so much so that he rewarded Macbeth with the title “Thane of Cawdor”(Shakespeare I.II.66-68).
Macbeth is a play filled with desire, murder and truth. The play pushes boundaries and has many underlying messages and themes. Throughout the play macbeth’s one desire is to become the king after witches prophesied this fate. However, his desire for power did not supercede his other desires or his fears. The desire for power is not the strongest human desire, desires are conditional and usually deal with situational value.
Today, the issue of the corruptive nature of power is an important one, as seen in our current presidential election. This issue is also present in the book Macbeth by William Shakespeare. We chose to do a children's picture book in order to illustrate the theme of the destruction nature of power, using specific characters and parts of scenes. With focus on the main character, Macbeth, and minor characters such as Lady Macbeth, Banquo, and Duncan, it allows us to devote most of the book to the characters that affected and were affected by power the most. We actually included every scene within the play in a condensed format so that we could keep all of the negative aspects of power while still keeping it accessible to children.
As the story progresses Macbeth loses himself to his uncontrolled desire. He becomes a slave to his ambition because he felt threatened by those who could unravel his success. Macbeth does what he feels is necessary to protect himself. In doing so, his mentality becomes twisted and abnormal. He kills once more to secure his power and place on the throne.
The theme of power utilized by the narrator, Shakespeare showcases several kinds of power in the storyline, as an instance, Psychological, Verbal and Physical via exclusive versions. Those are ideas which are made by means of Shakespeare to present power in Macbeth through diverse adjectives and verbs and language capabilities. I agree with the activities, Characters, and actions carefully associate that feature a few linkage to one another. Shakespeare affords physical strength through the temperament of Macbeth within the play while Macbeth laughs at his luck and chops Macdonwald, who seemingly did not have enough time to mention goodbye nor shake palms before Macbeth split him open in his jawbone from the navel to which he stuck at the wall.
Power is always coveted in any society and the world of Shakespeare’s Macbeth is no different. In the play, Macbeth, a noble lord, shows his hunger for power with thoughts to remove an heir to the throne from power. Macbeth’s impatience to be king leads him to stain his honor by using murder. Macbeth travels further down the path of evil by arranging the assassination of a friend.
In the play Macbeth, the character Macbeth has many different roles. He is an ambitious man with inner conflicts. Throughout the play he had many different character transitions and motives. Most of his motives are his wife commanding him to do what she says, so his motives are not self-motivating, they are from other characters. Sometimes Macbeth does not know what to do with himself so he asks the people around him for assurance.
Macbeth’s ambitions influence him to attain his desire for power. This ambition drives him to become reckless for the sake of reaching his goals. This recklessness leads to the murder of Duncan- the first in a line of murders Macbeth commits to reach his power. These murders represent Macbeth’s gradual loss of morality.
Macbeth started off as a valiant and courageous soldier, who would do anything for the king. By the end of the play, Macbeth was a tyrant and a horrible leader who killed those who trusted him to maintain the throne. It takes many factors to take a strong man and transform him into an evil monster. Macbeth’s downfall was caused by the deception and temptation of the witches and their prophecies, Lady Macbeth’s greed and aspirations for her husband to be king, and Macbeth’s own greed, jealousy and ambition.
The Tragedy of Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a story of kingship, ambition, and murder. Macbeth is tricked by witches into thinking that there is a possibility that he would become king. Striving for the throne with ambition, Macbeth obtains his goal to be king, only through murder. Lady Macbeth is really behind the murders, driving Macbeth to make sure no one gets in his way.
Power can change people in a way that is incomprehensible. Power can make one so greedy that he/she will do anything for it and won’t let anyone, or thing stand in his/her way. The play Macbeth portrays this well, and clearly and therefore will be used throughout this essay by taking various quotes and examples to show the impact and consequences that the greed for power has on some people. This essay will also compare the character of some that get pulled in by this greed for power, and one that doesn’t get taken in by this greed for power.
