Role Of Power In Macbeth

Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s ambition was the driving force of the play, in the beginning of the play, the driving force was Lady Macbeth’s ambition, and towards the end of the play, the driving force of the play was Macbeth’s ambition. In addition, the concept of power also played a big role in the play. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth was in the good and sane side of the spectrum. He was a loyal character that served the king and the king (Duncan) trusted him deeply. Due to the prophecy the weird sisters spoke about that gave him the first thoughts of killing the king and doing evil deeds. Although Macbeth thought about it, he was horrified by the fact that he himself wants the king dead. Furthermore,Macbeth erased that thought out of his head until Lady Macbeth comes into the picture. Lady Macbeth, was one of the most evil and horrifying female characters out of all of Shakespeare’s works, she was driven by the desire of power so much, that she wishes to become a man to do bad deeds. In addition, Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to kill the king, by brushing away Macbeth’s worries and guilt, under those circumstances, she tells
He would have no need to pay the consequences, as the scenes move on, Macbeth clearly seems to care more and more about the prophecy, he did not want banquo’s children to be king. So, learning from his wife, he decides the best way to keep his power as the king, was to get rid of anything in the way of his prophecy, by murder. Now fully sunken in and driven by ambition, Macbeth demands hitmen to murder Banquo and his son, Fleance. After the murder of Banquo, Macbeth finds out and was outraged by the failure of killing the heir that was said to take over the throne. Although he was driven mad at this point, the guilt deep down inside him did not cease. He saw an apparition of Banquo (Banquo’s ghost) and was deeply shaken by