Macbeth: The Power Of Evil

Due to the escalating power of evil in him, Macbeth takes evil actions to keep his power, causing the natural world and himself to face the consequences in an unnatural way, validating that the power of evil doesn't just affect you but also the world around you. In act 1 and 2 the unnatural events that happen associate with most of Macbeth's evil actions. Before the discovery of Duncan's death, Lennox reports how ““The night has been unruly,” and how “The obscure bird, Clamored the livelong night. Some say the Earth/ Was feverous and did shake” (2.3.-61-68). to Macbeth. Coincidentally “the night had been unruly” on the same night Macbeth murdered King Duncan which demonstrates how the evil actions of Macbeth affect the natural world in an unnatural way. Also after the discovery of Duncan's death, Ross and the old man discuss “dark night strangles the traveling lamp. Is ’t night’s predominance or the day’s shame/ That darkness does the face of earth entomb/ When living light should kiss it,” and how “On Tuesday last/ A falcon, tow’ring in her pride of place/ Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed” (2.4.9-16). In the same manner of before the discovery of King Duncan's death, “the dark night strangles the travelling lamp” along with “mousing owl
hawked at and killed” is just one of the many unnatural events that exhibit how Macbeth evil acts affects the natural world in an unnatural way. In Act 4 and 5 the unnatural events are associated with how the power of evil has lured Macbeth into becoming desperate to keep his power all while showing him the consequence of this.
After hearing that danger is coming for her family, Lady macduff ponders on why danger is coming because she is “In this earthly world, where to do harm/ Is often laudable, to do good sometime/ Accounted dangerous folly” (4.2.83-85). By claiming the “earthly world, is often laudable” to harm, Lady Macduff is explaining how it's unnatural for the criminals to be rewarded which represents just how the power of evil has lurred Macbeth into do anything it takes to to keep his power, even if that means killing innocent
people.
Another example is when Macbeth finds out that his wife as killed herself and can only think life is “A tale/ Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury/ Signifying nothing”(5.5.29-31). On the contrary of Macbeth becoming desperate to keep his power, the power of evil has also shown of him the consequence of this by making him feel emotionless and feel as if life is a “tale told by an idiot” even after a terrible thing like his wife killing herself has happened. Therefore the power of evil has affected Macbeth in causing him to become desperate to keep his power all while showing him the consequence of his desperation.