home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
-
-
- Macbeth
-
- In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, we discover that Macbeth
- is a tragic hero. Macbeth is very ambitious, courageous, and a moral
- coward: all these things lead to his tragic death at the end of the play.
-
- At the beginning of the play, Shakespeare defines Macbeth as a hero
- very clearly. From the courages in defense of Scotland is significant in
- the opening scene. However, he is very ambitious to be king. At the
- beginning of the play, he was loyal to the king. While he did imagine
- of murder his mind rejects it and said, "Why, if fate will have me king,
- why, chance may crown me," - Act I, Sc 3, p.44-45.
-
- Yet increasingly his ambition defeated his good nature. When Duncan
- named Malcolm the Prince of Cumberland, Macbeth decided on the murder of
- Duncan. When Duncan arrived at Inverness, Macbeth controled his ambition
- for the time being and did not kill Duncan. The failing of his decision
- was soon reflected by Lady Macbeth who called him a coward. From then on,
- after the murder of Duncan, Macbeth entered into a life of evil.
-
- Since he overcomed his good nature, he no longer needed to be with
- his friend Banquo. He wanted to protect his ambition, by killing the
- king, and now he killed Banquo, due to the prediction of what the witches
- said about Banquo's son becoming the king. Macbeth wanted to ensure that
- he would reach his ambition without problems.
-
- Macbeth, who now no longer needed any encouragement from Lady Macbeth,
- started to leave her in ignorance of his plans. Near the end of the play,
- Lady Macbeth sleepwalked and had a dream about the killing of Duncan and
- Banquo. She died because of all this pressure and her guilt about the
- murder. Soul of Macbeth have been destroyed since Macbeth love Lady
- Macbeth very much, as shown in Act I, Sc. 5, p.58, "My Dearest Love."
-
- The power of nemesis is shown clearly at the end of the play
- when Macduff came back to murder Macbeth. Macbeth would never have
- guessed that Macduff would come back for revenge for the killing in
- Macduff's household. This nemesis shows an additional force beyond
- Macbeth's control. Because of Macbeth's strong beliefs in ambition
- and the witches, when he found out Macduff was not born of woman, and
- also found out the Birnam Wood had been seen moving, he realized that
- the third apparition had deceived him and he understood he was no longer
- safe.
-
- Through the development of this tragedy, Macbeth has turned
- from a fine natured person to an evil person. His ambition, strong
- belief in the witches, has brought him to a tragic end of his life,
- and caused many people to lose their lives.
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-