Greed Quotes In Macbeth
Macbeth’s Greed
In The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth’s decision to listen to the initial three prophecies of the witches reveals through his actions his personality by showing that he is gullible and that he is greedy. He demonstrates he is gullible and greedy, because he listens to the witches not knowing if what they are saying is true, and when he listens to Lady Macbeth when she accuses him of not actually loving her if he doesn’t kill Duncan. He demonstrates he is greedy by wanting to kill the king so that he will automatically become king.
Macbeth is gullible because he believes the witches 3 prophecies and well he does not know if they are saying the truth or not. It is proven on later in the story that they are …show more content…
As soon as Macbeth finishes killing the king, they hear a bell, and Lady Macbeth gets frightened, and Macbeth gets nervous and says he didn’t kill the king. (Macbeth Summary). One day after the murder, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plan a supper, and invite significant people. Everything was going good, until Macbeth started seeing Duncan. Macbeth was the only one who could see him, and everyone looked at him like if he was crazy, so Lady Macbeth told people it was because he couldn’t sleep. (Macbeth Summary)
“LADY MACBETH
You lack the season of all natures, sleep.
MACBETH
Come, we’ll to sleep. My strange and self-abuse
Is the initiate fear that wants hard use.
We are yet but young in deed.” (3.4.173-176) Macbeth’s decision to listen to the initial three prophecies of the witches reveals through his actions his personality by showing that he is gullible and that he is greedy. It reveals his personality because he becomes greedy by killing Duncan in order for him to become king without having to do any work. He is gullible by him listening to the witches initial three prophecies without knowing if they were true or not, and he is also gullible and greedy simultaneously, when he listens to Lady Macbeth when she tells him to kill Duncan and if he does not, that she will not love him
In The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth’s decision to listen to the initial three prophecies of the witches reveals through his actions his personality by showing that he is gullible and that he is greedy. He demonstrates he is gullible and greedy, because he listens to the witches not knowing if what they are saying is true, and when he listens to Lady Macbeth when she accuses him of not actually loving her if he doesn’t kill Duncan. He demonstrates he is greedy by wanting to kill the king so that he will automatically become king.
Macbeth is gullible because he believes the witches 3 prophecies and well he does not know if they are saying the truth or not. It is proven on later in the story that they are …show more content…
As soon as Macbeth finishes killing the king, they hear a bell, and Lady Macbeth gets frightened, and Macbeth gets nervous and says he didn’t kill the king. (Macbeth Summary). One day after the murder, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plan a supper, and invite significant people. Everything was going good, until Macbeth started seeing Duncan. Macbeth was the only one who could see him, and everyone looked at him like if he was crazy, so Lady Macbeth told people it was because he couldn’t sleep. (Macbeth Summary)
“LADY MACBETH
You lack the season of all natures, sleep.
MACBETH
Come, we’ll to sleep. My strange and self-abuse
Is the initiate fear that wants hard use.
We are yet but young in deed.” (3.4.173-176) Macbeth’s decision to listen to the initial three prophecies of the witches reveals through his actions his personality by showing that he is gullible and that he is greedy. It reveals his personality because he becomes greedy by killing Duncan in order for him to become king without having to do any work. He is gullible by him listening to the witches initial three prophecies without knowing if they were true or not, and he is also gullible and greedy simultaneously, when he listens to Lady Macbeth when she tells him to kill Duncan and if he does not, that she will not love him