Theme Of Forgiveness In Macbeth

Despite Macbeth’s honest beginning, he later on becomes a reckless and independent individual. Thus, he does this by committing acts that disagree with his initial morals. He executes these terrible acts in order to display dominance over others due to his lack of control over his ambitious motives. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is portrayed as a man of virtue who disregards his wife’s evil intentions, but, as time goes on, Macbeth puts his morals aside and accepts a darker side as he considers a scheme to murder his best friend. We see this darker side in Act III when Macbeth tries to persuade the murderers to go along with his plan to kill Banquo. Macbeth is mockingly asking the murderers if they are so pure that they would pray for one who would only create great difficulty within their lives: “Are you so gospeled to pray for this man and for his issue, Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave And beggard yours forever?” (III,i,98-101).
As a result, this illustrates a major difference between Macbeth and the men labeled as “Murderers”. Macbeth used to be a pure man, but now he mocks the ways of his past. He ridicules the Murderer’s pure beliefs as he forces them to see Banquo as their enemy too. Accordingly, through Macbeth’s new characterization, Shakespeare shows how ambition can lead to a loss of morality. As the play evolves, Macbeth looks past his previous knowledge of right and wrong, and gives into committing dishonest acts. Consequently, Macbeth’s newfound ambition has made him become heartless and cruel as he continues to fulfill his desires of gaining