How Does Macbeth Make Up
Macbeth: The Make Up
Macbeth, is not a man of bad character or evil spirit, he was a man tempted. In Macbeth’s story it is seen numerous times that he is resistant to wrongful deeds. He undergoes a test that he was not morally prepared for. Not to say that Macbeth was of bad morals but that he was not deeply enough rooted in them. To understand his tragic story you must understand Macbeth the person.
Introducing Macbeth you will find that he is a humble warrior working his way up the ranks. He is one of the best soldiers and kills a man in a most violent way. In the beginning of the story, “he unseamed him from the nave to th’ chops, and fixed his head upon our battlements” (Macbeth (Mac.) A.1. S.2. L.23-24). However, his skills are aimed at doing good for his kingdom. This is important because it shows that Macbeth has been trained to kill and skilled in the arts of war. Having this knowledge, one can safely assume that Macbeth is no stranger to death. Though no stranger, when Macbeth has to go back in the room with the bodies after killing king …show more content…
He is tainted; cursed with greed and opportunity and can no longer function properly. He finds it hard to get a grasp on reality resulting in hallucinations. It is evident that he has become overwhelmed with the situation when he converses with himself over whether or not the image he is seeing is really there “is this a dagger which I see before me, this the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee...A dagger of the mind, a false creation...as this which I now draw… thou marshall'st me the way that I was going” (Mac. A.2. S.2. L.33-42). This goes to show that before Macbeth commits the murder of king Duncan he is on a slippery slope of what is real or not. This informs that Macbeth is uncertain and unstable going into things, so the events subsequent to his first crime are of no surprise seeing that he having trouble determining real from
Macbeth, is not a man of bad character or evil spirit, he was a man tempted. In Macbeth’s story it is seen numerous times that he is resistant to wrongful deeds. He undergoes a test that he was not morally prepared for. Not to say that Macbeth was of bad morals but that he was not deeply enough rooted in them. To understand his tragic story you must understand Macbeth the person.
Introducing Macbeth you will find that he is a humble warrior working his way up the ranks. He is one of the best soldiers and kills a man in a most violent way. In the beginning of the story, “he unseamed him from the nave to th’ chops, and fixed his head upon our battlements” (Macbeth (Mac.) A.1. S.2. L.23-24). However, his skills are aimed at doing good for his kingdom. This is important because it shows that Macbeth has been trained to kill and skilled in the arts of war. Having this knowledge, one can safely assume that Macbeth is no stranger to death. Though no stranger, when Macbeth has to go back in the room with the bodies after killing king …show more content…
He is tainted; cursed with greed and opportunity and can no longer function properly. He finds it hard to get a grasp on reality resulting in hallucinations. It is evident that he has become overwhelmed with the situation when he converses with himself over whether or not the image he is seeing is really there “is this a dagger which I see before me, this the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee...A dagger of the mind, a false creation...as this which I now draw… thou marshall'st me the way that I was going” (Mac. A.2. S.2. L.33-42). This goes to show that before Macbeth commits the murder of king Duncan he is on a slippery slope of what is real or not. This informs that Macbeth is uncertain and unstable going into things, so the events subsequent to his first crime are of no surprise seeing that he having trouble determining real from