Macbeth

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Macbeth

Introduction

William Shakespeare's Macbeth is the last of four tragedies that were made into plays. The other's being Hamlet, monarch Lear and Othello. Compared to the others, Macbeth is a short play and is considered to be his darkest work. The play encompasses killing, bad inclination, betrayal, deceit, treachery and probably the most influential characteristic, greed. The play is not only extremely immoral, but it's portrays almost every evil quality that human beings can bear. Morality is defined as the conformity to established sanctioned codes or accepted notions of right and wrong. Even though society has changed dramatically between the year this play was in writing and up to date heritage, the topics in this play, such as murder and deceit have not ever been accepted as noble notions.

Analysis

The question of if justice is assisted can only be answered by which issue of view one takes. Assuming Shakespeare liked his assembly to focus on Macbeth, the main character, one can honestly state that fairness was indeed assisted. Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, who convinced him to murder in alignment to get the name of monarch of Scotland, both become delusional and Macbeth, with plenty of suffering along the way, finally dies. And as we know, death is the ultimate punishment for the ultimate sin, killing.

As the Irish try to invade Scotland, Macbeth murders the Irish foremost, Macdonald. For this, the present king Duncan titles Macbeth the thane of Cawdor. At this point, Shakespeare implies Macbeth's allegiance to his king and to his country. On the battlefield, the witches prophesize that Macbeth will become King. Obviously, Macbeth is intrigued by this and wonders why they said that. Once woman Macbeth learns the prophecy, she propels Macbeth to take action and murder Duncan in alignment to pace up the process. At first, Macbeth is hesitant to kill the current king, but Lady Macbeth persuades him by revealing that he has “th' milk of human kindness.” Macbeth caves in and agrees, but changes his mind once again after the king has dined. Lady Macbeth then proceeds to question his manhood by telling him “when you durst do it, then you were a man.” Here, we see the first instance of immorality by Lady Macbeth and the second instance shortly follows as Macbeth takes her advice and kills the king. As dreadful as murder is, they should have the boldness to take the ...
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