Macbeth Quote Analysis

However he soon cracks under the pressure of the crown and makes everything not what it seems. In the cunning drama, Macbeth, Shakespeare illuminates the idea that desire and pressure left unchecked will lead to unnatural troubles and wicked endings. In the beginning of the play Macbeth is known as valiant, respectable, and truthful, but goes against his moral compass which further changes him. During act one Macbeth discovers that if king Duncan dies he will become king and is thinking about killing him when he says, “He's here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, strong both

And bid my will avouch it” (3.1.134-136). Saying he has “barefaced power” demonstrates the cockiness Macbeth has gained after becoming king. He believes that this power is making him untouchable. This way of thinking is dangerous to Macbeth as well as others because without thinking through these violent acts, unnecessary harm and death are bound to be

Macbeth claims he has a lot to hide and he is willing to kill to become the king. In Macbeth, Macbeth implies, “Stars hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires.” (Shakespeare 1.4) Many of the people in the play believe that Macbeth is innocent, because of the way he portrays himself to others. Under all of the lies, the truth will prevail in time.

“ False face must hide what the false heart doth know “. Macbeth is now aware that he is going to need to hide his true intentions, to achieve his goal. Macbeth must “ hide” to become king. The deception of Macbeth to hide his ambition to make his prophecy true. The last sign of deception, within Macbeth, is following the death of Banquo.

As she says this, Lady Macbeth puts her husband on the spot, leading him to doubt himself and lose confidence in his character. It is as if he has been called out for not being honest and putting on an act. Macbeth now feels self-conscious about not being as bold as he was when he brought up the plan, and as a result, Macbeth begins to reconsider his final decision to save

Macbeth is the Shakespearean play that features the triumphant uprise and the inevitable downfall of its main character. In this play, Macbeth’s downfall can be considered to be the loss of his moral integrity and this is achieved by ambition, despite this, Lady Macbeth and the witches work through his ambition, furthering to assist his inevitable ruin. Ambition alone is the most significant factor that led to Macbeth’s downfall. The witches are only able to influence his actions through Macbeth’s pre-existing and the three witches see that Macbeth has ambition and uses it to control his action. Ambition alone is displayed throughout the play to be the most significant cause for Macbeth’s downfall.

However, as Macbeth’s ambition grows, his actions become more erratic, and he begins questioning the natural order. He says, “The instruments of darkness tell us truths, / Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s / In deepest consequence” (1.3.124-126). This quote highlights Macbeth’s willingness to listen to the witches and follow their prophecies despite the consequences. He is willing to betray his loyalty to King Duncan and disrupt the natural order to pursue his ambition.

If the stars shine their light, his “black and deep desire” will be revealed to everyone. Because he knows that what he is about to do is immoral and no one should hear about it, Macbeth is compos mentis. “The eye wink at the hand” refer to Macbeth’s wanting to blind his eyes so that he will not have to see the actions he will be making. Macbeth have an emotional conflict because he knows he might regret his actions later on and he is afraid to see the outcome. Due to the concerns he is having, Macbeth is still sane because he thinks about it before committing the actions.

It seem’s as if Macbeth is self-pitying himself and trying to hide the void that he feels by convincing himself that he did Banquo a favour. He concludes that they’ve already done the worst to him and that neither steel nor poison is comparable to the troubles he has caused Banquo and that nothing can hurt him

..." (p. 30) This quote outlines how the evil in Macbeth's heart was stirred and brought to light. Generals Macbeth and Banquo had been alike in their courageous service to the king and their country, but the witches' prophecy provoked an ambition in Macbeth that made him act against his noble nature. Instead, Macbeth's life became consumed with deceit and murder, dooming him to guilt and horror. Banquo: "O, treachery!

A quote that supports the idea of this paragraph is before Macbeth agrees with the plan Macbeth claims “ when we have marked with blood those sleepy two / of his own chamber, and used their very daggers,/ that they have done’t” (I.vii.75-77). In that quote Macbeth is making sure that after Lady Macbeth smears the blood on the guards, they would not be suspected. The two quotes are related because this takes place when Lady Macbeth is persuading Macbeth to kill the king. After thinking about killing Duncan, Macbeth decides that he should not kill the king right away.

He doesn't want anything to seem out of the ordinary so no one suspects him of anything when the time comes. This portrays royalty because the servants respond to Macbeth by calling him a “lord” and doing what he tells them to do. This quote proves that even though Macbeth wasn't king yet, he is trying to work his way up to the top by committing a large crime. The idea of becoming kind and having this kind of power is making Macbeth want more of it, therefore abusing this new power he is going to soon

Within this excerpt from William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth gives a monologue expressing her dark desires. Lady Macbeth’s desire for the removal of her nurturing qualities to murder King Duncan is expressed through alliteration, metaphors, and pleading diction. The alliteration and metaphors used by Lady Macbeth accentuate her desires. Speaking to spirits, she requests, “unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top- full of direst cruelty”.

Throughout the play Macbeth has the vaulting ambition to gain power and to gain it through any means necessary. Macbeth first got the ambition to become king when he heard the prophecy told by the witches. This ambition was then used when he was king to hold his power as securely as he could by having Banquo killed. “To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus”(Shakespeare III.i 49-50). The quote shows how Macbeth is using the ambition he has to keep his power by having others murdered and spied upon for his own good.

Macbeth acts impregnably toward Lady Macbeth by taking command of the plans without her knowledge. As a result, Macbeth's public life of honour and resilience drastically contrasts with his private life of corrupt motives, hubris, and