To be who you really are in life is called integrity. Being themselves comes from every moments of their lives and number of experiences, giving everyone their own unique way to see the word integrity. Still, no matter the consequences of decisions or any form of persecutions that come, a person of integrity makes their own choices out of their own complete honest nature. Macbeth’s wavering doubts of his honest morals imitates his shallow integrity becoming weak and loss.
Shakespeare’s translucent diction expresses Macbeth’s sense of wavering duty which conveys his short integrity. Macbeth, before Lady Macbeth enters, is speaking to himself desperately, as he talks about his duty to the king, “First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,/Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,/Who should against his murderer shut …show more content…
As Lady Macbeth comes to talk to Macbeth, Macbeth begins to doubt her and talks of the king, “He hath honour’d me of late, and I have bought/ Golden opinions from all sorts of people,/ Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,/ Not cast aside so soon” (Act I:vii). Macbeth doubts his thoughts to kill the king as he tries to convince Lady Macbeth that the present situation is comfortable already. Yet, the most logical conclusion to draw from Macbeth’s ambition, is that he is concerned with the praises he’s receiving and the king’s honor. The diction expressed in the quote, “Golden opinions” and “newest gloss” reflects all the feeling of Macbeth and the high thoughts he holds for the honor he now holds. The diction also brings emphasis on how recent he just received the all his newly found blessings. If Macbeth had more integrity, he would be more concerned with the fact of killing someone for power rather than losing the praise and recognition, proving his low level of
Shakespeare’s translucent diction expresses Macbeth’s sense of wavering duty which conveys his short integrity. Macbeth, before Lady Macbeth enters, is speaking to himself desperately, as he talks about his duty to the king, “First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,/Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,/Who should against his murderer shut …show more content…
As Lady Macbeth comes to talk to Macbeth, Macbeth begins to doubt her and talks of the king, “He hath honour’d me of late, and I have bought/ Golden opinions from all sorts of people,/ Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,/ Not cast aside so soon” (Act I:vii). Macbeth doubts his thoughts to kill the king as he tries to convince Lady Macbeth that the present situation is comfortable already. Yet, the most logical conclusion to draw from Macbeth’s ambition, is that he is concerned with the praises he’s receiving and the king’s honor. The diction expressed in the quote, “Golden opinions” and “newest gloss” reflects all the feeling of Macbeth and the high thoughts he holds for the honor he now holds. The diction also brings emphasis on how recent he just received the all his newly found blessings. If Macbeth had more integrity, he would be more concerned with the fact of killing someone for power rather than losing the praise and recognition, proving his low level of