Lady Macbeth A Tyrant Analysis
The tragedy of Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare in 1606. Macbeth represented the tragedy of destiny and man’s character. The story was happened in Scotland and England. The leading character was named Macbeth who was regarded as a hero of Scotland by people after beating King Norway’s army for defending Scotland, and King Lear wanted to give him rich rewards and great honor. But it was sad that in the meantime Macbeth came across three ugly witches in the wild who attempted wickedly to tempt Macbeth to commit. They told Macbeth he would be The Thane of Cawdor soon and the king of Scotland. Shakespeare depicted how Macbeth sank into a tyrant bringing calamity to the country and people. That reflected Macbeth’s individual ambition and
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Before Macbeth comes back home, Macbeth has already sent a letter to Lady Macbeth to tell her the success of the war and the three witches’ prophesy. When Macbeth hesitated if murder Duncan or not, Lady Macbeth scold him as coward. All these indicate that they were in a good relationship. After Duncan was killed, in order to clear the way to become the king, Macbeth planned to kill Banquo and his son. But he didn’t tell his wife. Their relation was going badly. We could infer that Macbeth didn’t tell Lady Macbeth his plan to kill Macduff’s wife and children either. Because in Act Ⅴ, Scene 5, Macbeth is told that lady Macbeth was dead, just said: “She could have died hereafter; there would have been a time for such a word.” How come a losing couple of the old days became strangers! It’s the blood-thirsty ambition that counts. From this, I learn that sometimes ambition is not a good thing. And if you have a proper ambition, such as becoming a champion in a competition or getting the highest score in an exam, you should get it through proper means, such as practicing a lot and study hard but not through cheating. Also, I learn that wife is an important role in a family. She should always lead the husband to go the right way to get the right thing. Otherwise, she could be the one who is hurt
Before Macbeth comes back home, Macbeth has already sent a letter to Lady Macbeth to tell her the success of the war and the three witches’ prophesy. When Macbeth hesitated if murder Duncan or not, Lady Macbeth scold him as coward. All these indicate that they were in a good relationship. After Duncan was killed, in order to clear the way to become the king, Macbeth planned to kill Banquo and his son. But he didn’t tell his wife. Their relation was going badly. We could infer that Macbeth didn’t tell Lady Macbeth his plan to kill Macduff’s wife and children either. Because in Act Ⅴ, Scene 5, Macbeth is told that lady Macbeth was dead, just said: “She could have died hereafter; there would have been a time for such a word.” How come a losing couple of the old days became strangers! It’s the blood-thirsty ambition that counts. From this, I learn that sometimes ambition is not a good thing. And if you have a proper ambition, such as becoming a champion in a competition or getting the highest score in an exam, you should get it through proper means, such as practicing a lot and study hard but not through cheating. Also, I learn that wife is an important role in a family. She should always lead the husband to go the right way to get the right thing. Otherwise, she could be the one who is hurt