Macbeth Theme Essay
There are 5 major themes in Macbeth :
• the paradox ( we can think of ‘ fair is foul and foul is fair : which means bad is good and good is bad)
• Manhood (being a man , we see this theme clearly coming back on the night of the murder of the king, lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to just be a man and kill the king)
• masks ("Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue: like th' innocent flower, But be the serpent under 't." --- lines 65 - 67.
Or in other words, put on a poker face so no one will suspect us .Throughout the play, many characters put on metaphorical masks to hide their true nature, thoughts, or feelings.
• Light vs. dark clearly good against bad. The good Macbeth, who doesn’t want to kill the king and the bad Macbeth who does it.
• And the last theme which is one of the things we are going to talk about is Nature:
The Weather
As in other Shakespearean tragedies, Macbeth’s grotesque murder spree is accompanied by a number of unnatural occurrences in the natural realm. From the thunder and lightning that accompany the witches’ appearances to the terrible storms that rage on the night of Duncan’s murder, these violations of the natural order reflect corruption in the moral and political orders.
Nature
"Thunder and lightning." This is the description of the scene before Act I, Scene I, line 1. …show more content…
This statement might mean that nowhere he looks, the world seems dead (there is no hope, as the existentialist philosophy supports). It might also give him conceited ideas that the murder he is about to commit will have repercussions spreading far. The doctor says in Act V, Scene i, line 10, "A great perturbation in nature," while talking about Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking. This is just another example of how nature is disturbed by human doings, placing emphases on mankind (following the Humanistic
• the paradox ( we can think of ‘ fair is foul and foul is fair : which means bad is good and good is bad)
• Manhood (being a man , we see this theme clearly coming back on the night of the murder of the king, lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to just be a man and kill the king)
• masks ("Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue: like th' innocent flower, But be the serpent under 't." --- lines 65 - 67.
Or in other words, put on a poker face so no one will suspect us .Throughout the play, many characters put on metaphorical masks to hide their true nature, thoughts, or feelings.
• Light vs. dark clearly good against bad. The good Macbeth, who doesn’t want to kill the king and the bad Macbeth who does it.
• And the last theme which is one of the things we are going to talk about is Nature:
The Weather
As in other Shakespearean tragedies, Macbeth’s grotesque murder spree is accompanied by a number of unnatural occurrences in the natural realm. From the thunder and lightning that accompany the witches’ appearances to the terrible storms that rage on the night of Duncan’s murder, these violations of the natural order reflect corruption in the moral and political orders.
Nature
"Thunder and lightning." This is the description of the scene before Act I, Scene I, line 1. …show more content…
This statement might mean that nowhere he looks, the world seems dead (there is no hope, as the existentialist philosophy supports). It might also give him conceited ideas that the murder he is about to commit will have repercussions spreading far. The doctor says in Act V, Scene i, line 10, "A great perturbation in nature," while talking about Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking. This is just another example of how nature is disturbed by human doings, placing emphases on mankind (following the Humanistic