The concept I got for Macbeth is fate. Fate plays a major role in the story of Macbeth. It is the driving force for the play, and once Macbeth learns his fate, it causes him to go down a dark path in order to achieve his fate. Him doing anything to achieve his fate is also Macbeths downfall. In act 1 We meet Macbeth and the witches. The 3 witches tell Macbeth that he is going to become the new king, and that he will have heirs that will lead after he s gone. This causes Macbeth to go down a dark path to become the new king, and to change slowly. According to Sciencedirect.com “Second, given a number of studies regarding the propensity for political leaders to exhibit the darker personality traits (e.g., Lilienfeld et al., 2012), we expect …show more content…
He essentially tells her that he no longer needs her help to achieve his goals. This ties into real life because people in leadership roles tend to have darker personality traits such as narcissism. According to psychologytoday.com “The "goodies" turn to all that is beautiful, intelligent, creative, progressive, kind, decent and loving in human beings—and there really is an enormous presence of these wonderful characteristics. "Darker" types turn to the adage that man is born to sin and go on to cite the endless evils and destruction we indeed wreak on one another, disastrously and shamefully, in almost all areas of life.” We see this happen to Macbeth. He starts off a good man, but when he …show more content…
Banquo gets killed but his son flees. Upon hearing this news, Macbeth is glad that Banquo died, and he is not worried about his son at the moment. In act 3 there is a quote from Macbeth “…you must kill Banquo and his son Fleance…” Macbeth is talking to 2 people he gathered to perform this task for him. Macbeth is a corrupt leader who is using his power to do what he wants simply because 3 witches told him it was his fate. In real life many people especially in America, believe that the leaders are corrupt. This quote coming from www.pewresearch.com “Some of the frustrations people feel about their political systems are tied to their opinions about political elites. In the U.S., concerns about political corruption are especially widespread, with two-in-three Americans agreeing that the phrase “most politicians are corrupt” describes their country well.” Even though Macbeth is not afraid of Banquo’s son at the moment, he does worry about what will happen later. This combined with him being stressed over killing the king and the witches and Lady Macbeth, he is starting to lose his mind. He is seeing things that are not their and even his servants and fellow leaders have noticed this. In act 3 there is another quote. Macbeth was hosting a dinner party when he started seeing the ghost of Banquo. He began to talk to the ghost, and everyone around him could not see the ghost so one of the members said,
Once he starts his reign after killing Macbeth, he becomes determined to keep that throne. The fear of anyone overtaking his power gives him the ambition to kill anyone who comes or has the potential to come into his path. For example, Banquo is Macbeth’s best friend, but he still has Banquo and attempts to have his son killed because he is so scared of losing his power. In addition, the witches are the root of the ambition. If the witches wouldn’t have told Macbeth that his fate was to be king, he most likely never would have killed so many people out of ambition for power.
This really important quote in the play, Macbeth believes that if he murdered Banquo and Fleance it will prevent Banquo's sons from becoming king. Macbeth’s greed for power and retaining his power is the reason for his downfall. Macbeth is unable to control the power of being king. Macbeth also abuses his authority, and causes his people to lose respect for him. It is relevant today because we see this today with country that has dictators.
he asks. "Come, let me grab thee." (2.1.33-34). This hallucination implies that Macbeth is being controlled by an outside force that is driving him to his fate. "I have not thee, and yet I see thee still," he says (2.1.45), suggesting that he is aware that what he is experiencing is not real, but he is helpless to fight it.
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a testimony to the difference between greed and ambition, good and evil, and right and wrong. The story shows that when one becomes obsessed with power, they will often resort to methods of manipulation and retaliation to achieve their desired outcome. In the case of Macbeth, he is approached by the Three Witches who inform him that he will one day become Thane of Cawdor and the King of Scotland. Additionally, they inform Macbeth’s comrade Banquo that his sons will one day be kings.
The tragedy of Macbeth is a story of a man reaping the consequences of selfishness, pride, lust, and, ultimately, greed. Macbeth is greatly honoured in the eyes of King Duncan. He allows the opinions of others and the evil prophecies of sorcery to dictate his attitude and actions. Macbeth commits a series of gruesome deeds, convinced that he will have complete happiness as king. He gets everything he desires, yet is still overwhelmed by the power of paranoia and guilt from his actions.
Greed causes even the best of men to brood immoral intentions. The Tragedy, Macbeth by William Shakespeare, describes the flaws of human nature and the traumatic effects unrestrained ambition may cause. The play commences, featuring Macbeth as an eminent, highly esteemed Thane and loyal warrior to the king; however, after being prophesied by the three witches, a torch of ambition is lit. Furthermore, upon hearing the witches prophecies, his reputation is downgraded as he steps into a realm of evil, and more tragically, finds that he has “in blood stepped in so far that should [he] wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er”. After murdering the rightful king of Scotland, Duncan, and therefore subsequently, one murder leads to another; to a point where he cannot return from his life of evil “I am in blood stepped in so far that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er”.
Fate Fate is the development of events beyond a person 's control, determined by a supernatural power. Free Will is to power of acting without the constraint of fate or the ability to act at once own discretion (goeddunken). Fate only exist if one beliefs it and allows these supernatural factors into his life, if someone beliefs in fate than he can be influenced by conflicting factors. Fate is used as an excuse for all kind of tragedies. Macbeth makes you think about fate.
Macbeth is called the Scottish curse and superstitious people think speaking the name Macbeth inside a theatre will cause a disaster unless it a part of the performance. The play Macbeth was written by Shakespeare in 1606. The play is about Macbeth and his ambitious which lead him to his doom. Shakespeare 's show how knowing fate that aren’t supposed to know could lead to disaster through one action. In the beginning Macbeth was an honest and good person but after coming to know about his fate, he start killing people to get what he want and avoid what he don’t want to happen.
Many people make big mistakes while under bad influence in power. Some become corrupt, some cave into the pressure, and some just straight up ignore their problems and run away. Macbeth on one hand caved under pressure and killed a man's family in fear of losing the throne and on the other hand completely corrupted himself to become king. People are probably wondering what possibly could have caused him to go mad. The answer is clear.
This demonstrates that rather let Banquo be king, he is going to challenge and fight him for his crown. Banquo is the only person that knows about the prophecy and he is also suspicious of Macbeth killing Duncan. Instead of letting Banquo's’ son receiving the crown easily, Macbeth is going to challenge him for the crown. In order that Macbeth can be king, he has to kill Banquo and his son, so they don’t take crown from
In the scene before this one, Macbeth hired two murderers to kill Banquo because he didn’t want the prophecy the witches gave him to come true. So to stop Banquo’s sons from inheriting the throne he was killed right before the banquet. The murderer informs Macbeth that the assignment is done, but that Fleance, Banquo's son, has escaped, which upsets Macbeth because he believes he will return to avenge his father. When it is time for Macbeth to sit down he finds that his seat is taken by the ghost of Banquo and thinks that he is blaming him for his death. “Which of you have done this /
He doesn’t want to see his hands commit this deed. Macbeth feels as though his evil actions are entirely separate from his identity and blames his actions on fate, which eventually becomes consequential. After talking to Banquo and Fleance, Macbeth is left alone when he starts envisioning a knife and questions “Is this a dagger which I see before me/ The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee./I have thee not, and yet I see thee still./Art though not, fatal vision, sensible/
Have you heard of fate? Do you believe in fate? Well in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, fate plays an important role in Macbeth’s life. Fate is something that unavoidably befalls a person.
If you make decisions based in people 's opinions or beliefs then you make really dumb choices that later you will regret. There are really good man who makes wrong decision and therefore they then become corrupt because the ambition of power blinds the human being. Initially we have a Macbeth that is well thought out as a courageous, strong and