gathered here today to discuss the consequences of the now deceased king Macbeth. Macbeth has been convicted with the murder of King Duncan‚ Banquo and Macduff’s family. Throughout my testimony‚ I have confirmed that this individual committed these crimes alone as he was blinded by his own ambition and uncontrollable desire to rule Scotland. From the evidence I have presented to you today‚ he is indisputably a disgrace to the monarchy and in that case his name should be removed from history‚ forever
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Macbeth’s Downfall A guilty conscience can make anyone go mad it they let it. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is an ideal example of this. Macbeth‚ a noble of Scotland‚ lets his ambitions to be great and powerful get the best of him. His vaulting ambition makes him do terrible acts of violence continuously. The guilty conscience he holds on his back eventually becomes too heavy ultimately driving him insane. Greed and guilt cause the madness of this protagonist thus causing his downfall‚ not only
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and Macbeth their futures. Macbeth finds out that he will be dubbed Thane of Cawdor (which he already is)‚ Thane of Glamis‚ and soon to be King of Scotland. Banquo was told that although he was not to be king‚ his children would be. This is where Macbeth’s ego starts to awaken. He is willing to kill his friend and leader just so he can become king‚ the highest position in the land. Later on in the play‚ the witches go on to give him messages through prophecies. These prophecies seem to tell him that
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involved in William Shakespeare’s notorious play‚ The Tragedy of Macbeth. Despite the fact that it seems as though Lady Macbeth and the witches took a toll on Macbeth’s behaviour throughout the play‚ Macbeth’s personal decisions lead him to his own catastrophe. Firstly‚ Macbeth’s brave and courageous nature motivates him to commit a serious crime‚ in which he was not completely satisfied with; due to the fact that it made people believe that he did not attain the king of Scotland in a fair manner. Secondly
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outright desire to achieve a certain goal‚ regardless of any possible consequences. When ambition goes unhindered by a sense of morality and‚ humanity it can be a corrupting influence destroying people and‚ nations. In “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare Macbeth’s ambition led to destruction of himself. Through the use of dramatic elements such imagery and characterization Shakespeare conveys an important theme about ambition in Macbeth. If a picture can tell a thousand words‚ than imagine the importance
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his ambition drives him crazy and makes him kill King Duncan in order to acquire the throne he desires. Therefore‚ the ambition is the tragic flaw that leads downfall of Macbeth. After the scene that Macbeth hears the witch sister’s prophecies‚ Macbeth’s ambition becomes the only thing that he has in his mind. However‚ ambition drives him to kill other people in order to stay in power or even kill King Duncan to become the king of Scotland. Ambition certainly is the key factor pushed Macbeth to murder
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blamed the witches or Lady Macbeth for Macbeth’s eventual passing‚ but people overlook the fact that it was Macbeth who chose to do the crimes. The play Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ shows the life of Macbeth‚ with him becoming king by doing the worst crime of the land. Macbeth murders his best friend‚ Macduff’s family and also damages Macduff’s castle. All of these actions that Macbeth commits results to high treason‚ leading to his death. Macbeth’s death was brought onto himself with the
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different measures to become the ruler. Macbeth will do anything to be king even if it involves listening to Lady Macbeth or the witches. He will face fate itself and have to decide if he is a coward or not. The witches and Lady Macbeth have a part in Macbeth’s fate‚ but it is ultimately him who decides whether first he kills‚then he dies. Macbeth is the cause of his fate. Lady Macbeth and the
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After reading Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Homer’s The Odyssey I learned the impact of a journey and how it affects the characters. A journey can lead you to success of failure. Macbeth demonstrates a journey where the character was led to destruction and The Odyssey demonstrates a journey where the character was led to success. The play Macbeth shows the journey of a man who is led to eventual destruction. Shakespeare writes of a man named Macbeth who is a war hero. Macbeth soon after helping
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In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Macbeth undergoes a profound and gradual evolution throughout the play. He regresses from a logical‚ compassionate‚ caring‚ and conscientious man‚ to an entirely apathetic‚ moral less model of cynical numbness. Macbeth’s transformation from logical to irrational‚ from compassionate to indifferent‚ progresses slowly but definitively. We first hear of Macbeth in the wounded captain’s account of his battlefield valor‚ and our initial impression is of a brave and capable warrior
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