Essay On Macbeth Is Evil

Macbeth was not destined to be evil. No one is destined to be evil. Who or what people become in life is determined by the path they have chosen and the people they let influence them. Macbeth was a noble man, someone whom many looked up to. He was very smart and strong, devoted to Scotland and its protection. However, the darkness of this world was quick to abuse that peace and corrupt a man who was once a great hero, into a brutal murderer.

Foretold by Banquo, “[Macbeth] shall be King” (1.3.90). I think this single statement is what sparked the pride and the greed embedded into his mindset. Macbeth began to think that he is invincible to “The power of man, for none of woman born /Shall harm Macbeth”(4.1.91-92), therefore really making him more vulnerable, the perfect environment for evil to plant its seed. All that is needed for this evil seed to grow now was the presence of negative influences enabling him to become someone he is not. Among these influences were the three old witches and his wife, Lady Macbeth.

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Within the play, night imagery is used more than day imagery. This shows that most of the scenes take place in the night time rather than in the day time. “By th’ clock ‘tis day, /And yet dark night strangles the traveling lamp. /Is’t night's predominance or the day’s shame /That darkness does the face of earth entomb /When living light should kiss it?”(2.4.8-10). All of Macbeth’s evil and murderous deeds were done in the night. Evil lingers in the darkness catching hold of whoever might lay awake. It has become more powerful than the light, for the day is hiding its face in shame. During the time that Macbeth is set in, the day time is most often associated with goodness, light, or religion. While the darkness was most associated with things like evil, darkness, or the