Anger And Fear In Macbeth Research Paper
The Role of anger and fear in Macbeth
On a level of human hostility the play Macbeth focuses on Macbeth 's savage and insane rise to the top. The murder of King Duncan, his guiltless conscience, and his arrogant mentality grows more intense throughout the play. Anger is a strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one 's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury (dictionary.com). Anger is an emotion possessed by all mankind; it 's the amount of anger that one possesses that counts. Macbeth 's constant fear of being caught doing his evil deeds, fear becomes a motivating factor in the play. Macbeth 's fear of being caught causes him to feel threatened, and he becomes angry because he feels like a victim. Anger motivates Macbeth to do many things no matter if they are right or wrong because his judgment is blinded by rage. In the play Macbeth …show more content…
it was fear turned into rage that was the main motivating factor that influenced the outcome of the play. This can be proved by the subsequent murders that followed after Duncan 's murder. Macbeth committed his crimes because he was scared of being caught and for doing all these crimes his fear quickly turns into frustration then anger.
Macbeth commits sin by murdering King Duncan which is the most unnatural sin you can commit. As a result, he doesn 't want to be found out and becomes fearful of anyone finding out his sins he committed. Macbeth becomes angry and hostile to anyone around him. The murder of Duncan is a crime so dreadful it, starts a chain of reaction of anger. These actions are similar to a avalanche, one little step starts it off, when it starts rolling it slowly gets bigger and more powerful as it collects more snow traveling down the hill, it is no longer just snow, it 's an unstoppable force which consumes everything in it 's path regardless of what or who it is. Macbeth commits one crime after another. His soul becomes corrupt, he is now no longer a human, he is a force that destroys and kills, driven by his fury, marching across Scotland massacring, slaughtering, and destroying. He kills the king which is the first step that triggers the avalanche. The Macduffs, the nobility, and finally his country are the objects that are in the path of the avalanche. Now the avalanche is at its full potential, it has no value for human life, as it continues on its bloodthirsty and violent path of destruction full of anger.
"Covetousness easily becoming violence, violence easily becoming crime, crime easily becoming madness: this progression is in Macbeth. Covetousness, crime, madness..." (Hugo, 1887). Macbeth is no longer a human being. He becomes an unconscious force spiraling down towards evil. He can not make sensible decisions; he is consumed by his anger. The specific root of Macbeth 's ruin is his uncontrollable ambition. His desires, fears, and anger take control of his actions and this becomes his tragic flaw. It prevents him from becoming aware of when to stop; he is never fully satisfied as his desire for power grows. As his ambition grows, so does his fears of getting caught, Macbeth is afraid and doesn 't want to be caught so he gets angry.
"By his original murder he isolates himself from humanity. He is lonely, endures the uttermost torture of isolation... that further symbolizes his guilty, pariah soul murdering Banquo. He fears everyone outside himself but his wife, suspects them... Every act of blood is driven by fear of the horrible disharmony existent between himself and his world. He tries to harmonize the relation by murder... he is living in an unnatural world". (http://www.dlc.fi/~frog/essay/papers/macbeth.htm)
Macbeth continues to abuse his power and authority by killing people off, his people turn away from him.
Macbeth is suffering from his sinful deeds and everything that is said or done is taken as a threat to Macbeth or an accusation of murder on Macbeth 's part where he is full of fearful thoughts about being found out. He is becoming another person, being eaten up by his own greed for power.
"His hubris is a vain attempt to code the moral universe in his own desires in order to secure himself against his fears; and as the play goes on, he falls increasingly into the mistrustful anxieties of the paranoid cycle, where the magical sense of omnipotence is haunted by its fellow contrary nightmare of impotence" (Turner, 1987).
From fear turn to ambition to arrogance then to insanity has taken a toll on Macbeth and has stripped him of his soul. Now he is just a force that is full of fear and anger motived by both fear and anger to do harm to any one he suspects of knowing his crimes.
Bibliography
Bloom, Harold. William Shakespeare Macbeth. New York:
Riverhead
Books, 1998
Macbeth - Reviews - Alison Kempton. 1999.
http://www.dlc.fi/~frog/essay/papers/macbeth.htm. Viewed on June 09, 2003.
Shakespeare, W. Macbeth. New York: Washington square press, 1994
Hugo, Victor William Shakespeare Macbeth (1864), Chicago: A, C McClurg, (1887), pp240-42
Coursen, H.R. Macbeth A Guide to the Play. Library of Congress: 1997
On a level of human hostility the play Macbeth focuses on Macbeth 's savage and insane rise to the top. The murder of King Duncan, his guiltless conscience, and his arrogant mentality grows more intense throughout the play. Anger is a strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one 's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury (dictionary.com). Anger is an emotion possessed by all mankind; it 's the amount of anger that one possesses that counts. Macbeth 's constant fear of being caught doing his evil deeds, fear becomes a motivating factor in the play. Macbeth 's fear of being caught causes him to feel threatened, and he becomes angry because he feels like a victim. Anger motivates Macbeth to do many things no matter if they are right or wrong because his judgment is blinded by rage. In the play Macbeth …show more content…
it was fear turned into rage that was the main motivating factor that influenced the outcome of the play. This can be proved by the subsequent murders that followed after Duncan 's murder. Macbeth committed his crimes because he was scared of being caught and for doing all these crimes his fear quickly turns into frustration then anger.
Macbeth commits sin by murdering King Duncan which is the most unnatural sin you can commit. As a result, he doesn 't want to be found out and becomes fearful of anyone finding out his sins he committed. Macbeth becomes angry and hostile to anyone around him. The murder of Duncan is a crime so dreadful it, starts a chain of reaction of anger. These actions are similar to a avalanche, one little step starts it off, when it starts rolling it slowly gets bigger and more powerful as it collects more snow traveling down the hill, it is no longer just snow, it 's an unstoppable force which consumes everything in it 's path regardless of what or who it is. Macbeth commits one crime after another. His soul becomes corrupt, he is now no longer a human, he is a force that destroys and kills, driven by his fury, marching across Scotland massacring, slaughtering, and destroying. He kills the king which is the first step that triggers the avalanche. The Macduffs, the nobility, and finally his country are the objects that are in the path of the avalanche. Now the avalanche is at its full potential, it has no value for human life, as it continues on its bloodthirsty and violent path of destruction full of anger.
"Covetousness easily becoming violence, violence easily becoming crime, crime easily becoming madness: this progression is in Macbeth. Covetousness, crime, madness..." (Hugo, 1887). Macbeth is no longer a human being. He becomes an unconscious force spiraling down towards evil. He can not make sensible decisions; he is consumed by his anger. The specific root of Macbeth 's ruin is his uncontrollable ambition. His desires, fears, and anger take control of his actions and this becomes his tragic flaw. It prevents him from becoming aware of when to stop; he is never fully satisfied as his desire for power grows. As his ambition grows, so does his fears of getting caught, Macbeth is afraid and doesn 't want to be caught so he gets angry.
"By his original murder he isolates himself from humanity. He is lonely, endures the uttermost torture of isolation... that further symbolizes his guilty, pariah soul murdering Banquo. He fears everyone outside himself but his wife, suspects them... Every act of blood is driven by fear of the horrible disharmony existent between himself and his world. He tries to harmonize the relation by murder... he is living in an unnatural world". (http://www.dlc.fi/~frog/essay/papers/macbeth.htm)
Macbeth continues to abuse his power and authority by killing people off, his people turn away from him.
Macbeth is suffering from his sinful deeds and everything that is said or done is taken as a threat to Macbeth or an accusation of murder on Macbeth 's part where he is full of fearful thoughts about being found out. He is becoming another person, being eaten up by his own greed for power.
"His hubris is a vain attempt to code the moral universe in his own desires in order to secure himself against his fears; and as the play goes on, he falls increasingly into the mistrustful anxieties of the paranoid cycle, where the magical sense of omnipotence is haunted by its fellow contrary nightmare of impotence" (Turner, 1987).
From fear turn to ambition to arrogance then to insanity has taken a toll on Macbeth and has stripped him of his soul. Now he is just a force that is full of fear and anger motived by both fear and anger to do harm to any one he suspects of knowing his crimes.
Bibliography
Bloom, Harold. William Shakespeare Macbeth. New York:
Riverhead
Books, 1998
Macbeth - Reviews - Alison Kempton. 1999.
http://www.dlc.fi/~frog/essay/papers/macbeth.htm. Viewed on June 09, 2003.
Shakespeare, W. Macbeth. New York: Washington square press, 1994
Hugo, Victor William Shakespeare Macbeth (1864), Chicago: A, C McClurg, (1887), pp240-42
Coursen, H.R. Macbeth A Guide to the Play. Library of Congress: 1997