Betrayal In 'Fences And Trifles'

Macbeth is a greedy person like us all but he unlike most of us is willing to cross anyline to get what he wants. Macbeth was willing to kill someone he considered a dear friend to gain more power as well as killing Duncan's servants to frame them. His greed out-weighed his loyalty for his king and friend showing how much he’s willing to do to accomplish his selfish goal. Macbeth is so greedy that he’d turn against his own best friend to keep his position as king.

In the Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, betrayal happens a lot, which can lead to a gain in power or a tragic downfall; this happens in everyday society when you trust your friends or family too much. William Shakespeare provides many insights into which betrayal is shown throughout the play. For example, the killing of Duncan and how Macbeth misled him. In today’s society, trust issues and betrayal happen, just like in the Tragedy of Macbeth.

Although, the most common occurrence throughout the play is how Shakespeare uses the character of Macbeth to illustrate how betrayal and deception will come back to get you in the future. Macbeth's betrayal to King Duncan ultimately led to the downfall of his evil actions, and finally his death. By Macbeth carrying out the assassination of King Duncan and his guards he betrayed not only his whole life of accomplishments but most of all, Duncans loyalty to Macbeth as a man. Earlier in the play King Duncan

After murdering King Duncan he realizes that he is just one step closer to the crown. As a result, he has the desire to kill anyone who stands in his way of him getting the throne. Banquo stands in his way as he knows that King Duncan needed to killed. In this case, Macbeth hires murderers to kill Banquo and his son Fleance. He tells the murderers, “To leave no rubs nor botches in the work /

In the play Macbeth there are many important themes, betrayal being one of them. The most important theme is betrayal. Betrayal is the biggest theme because it occurs many times throughout the play. If betrayal wasn’t in the play then many of the big events would never happen and there would be a different outcome. The three best examples of betrayal are the Thane of Cawdor betraying the king, Macbeth betraying the king, and Macbeth betraying Banquo.

The play shows Troy and his family's struggles in a time where they are not equally accepted in society and throughout the play there are several themes

Betrayal is a common theme in many stories, novels, and plays. One always has a motive behind betrayal, which results in severe consequences. In the play, Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth betrays one person after another for his benefit. Similarly in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Luke the antagonist, betrays the protagonist in many ways for his own advantage. Amy Tan’s novel, The Kitchen God’s Wife, consists of a character named Winnie who experiences betrayal through her own loved ones.

In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, the character of Macbeth is guilty because he wants to get rid of those who may bring justice for his murder. After murdering King Duncan, and killing the servants that were framed as the murderers Macbeth still fears he hasn’t gotten away with the murder of King Duncan unscathed. Banquo and his son Fleance have large suspicions that Macbeth may have been the one that killed King Duncan and in response, Macbeth has hired murderers to kill them. While talking to his wife Lady Macbeth he avoids telling her and instead exclaims “O, full of scorpions in my mind, dear wife! Thou know’st that Banquo, and his Fleance, lives” (Shakespeare.

In Macbeth, while contemplating whether or not he should kill Duncan, Macbeth says. “I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself / And falls on the other”(i.vii.25-28). Macbeth is saying that he has ambition to kill Duncan, but there is no good reason to except for him to gain power. At this point, Macbeth has little power, only ruling his own homeland, so when he does kill Duncan later in the story, he is able to keep his morals intact. He is doing something that, in his mind, he needs to do.

Being betrayed is not as bad as the one who does the betraying, because the cost of betraying someone is far heavier than the consequence of trusting someone who did not deserve it. The central themes of Macbeth were loyalty and betrayal, which are two sides of the same coin. Every point in the book ties back to how loyalty and betrayal are returned. The way loyalty and betrayal

( I.III)” Upon hearing the witches prophecy about Macbeth being king, his ambition kicked in and he began to think greedly. All that was left on Macbeth’s mind was the thought of murdering King Duncan to gain power. Macbeth wanted his name to be forever remembered and he felt saw Banquo’s prophecy as a threat to the throne. He ordered his murder, diregarding the consequences becuase macbeth thought of himself as unstoppable, and noone was going to stop his ambition.

Loyalty and betrayal are two conflicting characters, yet they find a way to bring out one another. A person cannot represent one quality without showing the other; to show complete loyalty, one must betray another in a way. Whether out of good or evil intentions, a person will show an act of loyalty, which will end in betrayal. In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, loyalty and betrayal are displayed in the play. Throughout the play, many characters betray what is most crucial to them and in the end happen to lose it all.

“If good, why do I yield to that suggestion[killing Duncan]/Whose horrid image doth unify my hair” (I, III, 144-145). This quote indicates that the force of ambition is so strong within Macbeth that even he himself cannot understand why it is making him think of killing Duncan. Likewise, Macbeth’s ambition to become king is further emphasized after Duncan names his son Malcolm as his successor. Here, Macbeth says that he will have to “oerleap,/For in my way it [Malcolm] it lies” (I, III, 55-57).

Macbeth is worried about Banquo’s son and wisdom. He then sends two assassins to kill Banquo and his son This is important because Macbeth realizes that being king is meaningless if he is not safe, and is willing to commit another murder in order to make him live a worriless life as king. In this passage, Macbeth says that he is trapped, and cannot move forwards or backwards. Macbeth is in a situation where he is forced to “stand his ground” because he made the decision to murder Duncan. This is significant as it shows that Macbeth’s decision to kill more people in his way (fulfilling the witches prediction) as he has already killed people in order to become king.

Macbeth finds himself conflicted; he is reluctant to kill King Duncan, sovereign of Scotland, but is coerced by Lady Macbeth to commit the heinous act of treason. She disparages his masculinity and dismisses him as a “coward” for not pursuing his vaulting ambition of becoming the king of Scotland. Consequently, Macbeth carries out the crime in a grotesque fashion by stabbing Duncan multiple times. Subsequently, Macbeth is enthroned to be the next King of Scotland. Enthralled by his own impulse of self-preservation, Macbeth continues to utilize his new-found ability to deal with internal and external demands that he is confronted by.