Lady Macbeth's Despair
In William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth influences Macbeth in a big way showing Shakespeare's message that going against one's better judgement can be destructive. After Lady Macbeth influences Macbeth to murder Duncan, Macbeth is left in his despair to kill innocent people around him. Macbeth also loses the respect and trust of his once-loyal friends and nobles. Before and after he kills King Duncan, which his wife manipulated him to do, Macbeth worries anxiously about the murder. Macbeth is a Thane that kills the then-King Duncan in order to fulfill a prophecy he was given by three witches. Because Lady Macbeth manipulated Macbeth into murdering Duncan, Shakespeare's message that going against one's better judgement is apparent.
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This despair was caused by Duncan's Murder, orchestrated by Lady Macbeth. One of the innocent souls is Banquo which Macbeth secretly calls for his death because of his “royalty in nature” (3.1.54). Macbeth is desperately trying to protect his new status as King and he worries that Banquo will give away that he murdered Duncan, because he is so truthful. This Shows that Macbeth is acting in despair when killing Banquo because he specifically killed him for his innocence. Macbeth then moves to “give to th’ edge o’ th’ sword” (4.1.172) to Macduff’s family. When Macbeth hears the news that Macduff has fled to England, to conspire against him, he quickly sends murderers to Macduff's castle to murder his wife and son. This shows Macbeth is in despair because it is almost always morally wrong to kill woman and children because of their innocence. Later, in act five Macbeth claims “Bear-like, I must fight the course” (5.7.2). This is directly before the murder of Young Siward. He knows he is going to die so he wants to take down as many others with him, guilty or innocent, as possible. The result of this is the death of Young Siward by Macbeth. This truly shows Macbeth is acting in despair because he knows that his downfall is coming and he is just trying to take as many other innocent people with him. By acting in despair Macbeth is proving that going against his better judgement of not killing innocent people is very
This despair was caused by Duncan's Murder, orchestrated by Lady Macbeth. One of the innocent souls is Banquo which Macbeth secretly calls for his death because of his “royalty in nature” (3.1.54). Macbeth is desperately trying to protect his new status as King and he worries that Banquo will give away that he murdered Duncan, because he is so truthful. This Shows that Macbeth is acting in despair when killing Banquo because he specifically killed him for his innocence. Macbeth then moves to “give to th’ edge o’ th’ sword” (4.1.172) to Macduff’s family. When Macbeth hears the news that Macduff has fled to England, to conspire against him, he quickly sends murderers to Macduff's castle to murder his wife and son. This shows Macbeth is in despair because it is almost always morally wrong to kill woman and children because of their innocence. Later, in act five Macbeth claims “Bear-like, I must fight the course” (5.7.2). This is directly before the murder of Young Siward. He knows he is going to die so he wants to take down as many others with him, guilty or innocent, as possible. The result of this is the death of Young Siward by Macbeth. This truly shows Macbeth is acting in despair because he knows that his downfall is coming and he is just trying to take as many other innocent people with him. By acting in despair Macbeth is proving that going against his better judgement of not killing innocent people is very