Change: to transform or convert. Change. A word so simple yet everyone can so easily connect to because it happens to all people. Change is something that happens to all and it requires certain events or people to take place that force them to take decisions that are life changing and later transforms them as human beings. Take Chris Brown. He was one of the top best singer-songwriters until news hit that he physically abused Rihanna and from there, everything came crashing down.He was viewed as one of the best singers but instead, people’s perspective changed of him and he was looked down on for deciding to physically abuse also one of the best singer-songwriters of all history: Rihanna. In the book Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the author
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There, the witches came forth and told Macbeth the prophecy that he will be Thane of Cawdor and king of Scotland. Not knowing these witches, Macbeth and Banquo did not pay much attention to what they had told them until Lennox and Ross later gave Macbeth the news that the king had named Macbeth Thane of Cawdor and that was when Macbeth thought back to what the 3 witches had told him and so he started debating if what they had said was true or not and if there could be a possibility of him being King one day and so, it arises a conflict in him that really affected his loyalty towards king Duncan. Macbeth’s change really took a toll on him for the worst. He first started showing negative-change in his personality when the King crowned his son Malcolm as future king. “That is a step On which I must fall down or else p’erleap, For in my way it lies.” (1.4.55-56). This is the first time Shakespeare reveals a glimpse of Macbeth’s darker side. Macbeth so desperately wanted to be king and so when he saw that Malcolm was crowned as the future King, Macbeth strongly disapproved. We see this change in Macbeth because the fact that Macbeth and King Duncan had a great relationship, Macbeth’s greediness came in between that and it cost King Duncan’s life. Once Macbeth became king, he realized just how meaningless his efforts were because “Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown And put a barren scepter in my grip.” (3.1.66). In this scene, Macbeth talks about how they gave him a crown and a scepter that he can not pass on to future generations because his wife was unable to conceive any children and once again, his jealousy and greediness kick in. Since he had no kids to pass on the role of the king, but Banquo does, he finds himself afraid of losing the throne to Banquo’s children. Macbeth really changes and he finds himself at a
There, the witches came forth and told Macbeth the prophecy that he will be Thane of Cawdor and king of Scotland. Not knowing these witches, Macbeth and Banquo did not pay much attention to what they had told them until Lennox and Ross later gave Macbeth the news that the king had named Macbeth Thane of Cawdor and that was when Macbeth thought back to what the 3 witches had told him and so he started debating if what they had said was true or not and if there could be a possibility of him being King one day and so, it arises a conflict in him that really affected his loyalty towards king Duncan. Macbeth’s change really took a toll on him for the worst. He first started showing negative-change in his personality when the King crowned his son Malcolm as future king. “That is a step On which I must fall down or else p’erleap, For in my way it lies.” (1.4.55-56). This is the first time Shakespeare reveals a glimpse of Macbeth’s darker side. Macbeth so desperately wanted to be king and so when he saw that Malcolm was crowned as the future King, Macbeth strongly disapproved. We see this change in Macbeth because the fact that Macbeth and King Duncan had a great relationship, Macbeth’s greediness came in between that and it cost King Duncan’s life. Once Macbeth became king, he realized just how meaningless his efforts were because “Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown And put a barren scepter in my grip.” (3.1.66). In this scene, Macbeth talks about how they gave him a crown and a scepter that he can not pass on to future generations because his wife was unable to conceive any children and once again, his jealousy and greediness kick in. Since he had no kids to pass on the role of the king, but Banquo does, he finds himself afraid of losing the throne to Banquo’s children. Macbeth really changes and he finds himself at a