Theme Of Deception In Macbeth
Macbeth’s Imagination
(Themes of Deception in Macbeth Act 1 and 2)
In the play Macbeth, Shakespeare portrays Macbeth as a very heroic character who doesn’t seem to be afraid of anything. He is described as a warrior who stabbed a man in the stomach, cut him from there to the throat, and cut his head off and stuck it on a post. The type of man that would do something like this definitely does not seem like the type of man who would be nervous to become king. Even if the only way he was going to become king was by murdering the man who is currently king, and in this specific case it would be King Duncan of Scotland. Personally, I believe that Macbeth’s imagination both prompts him to commit and crime and also makes it hard for him to commit the crime because he over thinks things, he listens to his wife too much, and he desires power too much. “Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more:” (page 328, line 70), I believe this line shows that Macbeth over think things because he is already very eager to learn what the witches are talking about. They have just got done talking about the prophecies for him, and yet he already wants to more. So clearly he has thought about becoming king before, and clearly he is very eager when it comes to wanting to become king. If Macbeth didn’t have the type of imagination where you overthink things, then I don’t think …show more content…
She called him out on being a wimp and basically challenged his manhood, and he is willing to go to the lengths of murdering King Duncan just to prove that he is a man. She didn’t specifically say that he wasn’t a man, but yet he still decides to challenge that and say that he is a man. She just calls him a wimp and he begins to get upset that she challenged his manhood and he is easily convinced by his wife to murder King Duncan of
(Themes of Deception in Macbeth Act 1 and 2)
In the play Macbeth, Shakespeare portrays Macbeth as a very heroic character who doesn’t seem to be afraid of anything. He is described as a warrior who stabbed a man in the stomach, cut him from there to the throat, and cut his head off and stuck it on a post. The type of man that would do something like this definitely does not seem like the type of man who would be nervous to become king. Even if the only way he was going to become king was by murdering the man who is currently king, and in this specific case it would be King Duncan of Scotland. Personally, I believe that Macbeth’s imagination both prompts him to commit and crime and also makes it hard for him to commit the crime because he over thinks things, he listens to his wife too much, and he desires power too much. “Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more:” (page 328, line 70), I believe this line shows that Macbeth over think things because he is already very eager to learn what the witches are talking about. They have just got done talking about the prophecies for him, and yet he already wants to more. So clearly he has thought about becoming king before, and clearly he is very eager when it comes to wanting to become king. If Macbeth didn’t have the type of imagination where you overthink things, then I don’t think …show more content…
She called him out on being a wimp and basically challenged his manhood, and he is willing to go to the lengths of murdering King Duncan just to prove that he is a man. She didn’t specifically say that he wasn’t a man, but yet he still decides to challenge that and say that he is a man. She just calls him a wimp and he begins to get upset that she challenged his manhood and he is easily convinced by his wife to murder King Duncan of