Essay On State Of Madness In Macbeth

From a series of unfortunate events, can anyone be driven to a state of madness? In the Tragedy of Macbeth, inscribed by William Shakespeare, the protagonist, Macbeth, endures that series of unfortunate events that drove him to immortality. The Tragedy of Macbeth describes a highly esteemed member of a social group, with various honours and achievements attributed to him, a brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from three witches that he will eventually become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition, spurred to action by his wife, and the event of the first prophecy coming true, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. Macbeth was driven to a state of madness which led to his deposition by the prophecies of the witches and the indomitable splurge of ambition. The witches play a pivotal role in The Tragedy of Macbeth, as Macbeth became obsessed with their prophecies and placed all of his fate upon them. However, these prophecies and their equivocal …show more content…
He places himself in an unfortunate situation as he maintained belief upon his immortality. When Macbeth is informed that Macduff was not naturally birthed, it led to the epiphany of his downfall. “ For it hath cawed my better part of man! And be the juggling fiends no more believed, that palter with usinadouble sense; that keep the word of promise to our ear, and break it to our hope. I’ll not fight with thee” (Shakespeare 5.8.17-22). The realization of his mortality, provided Macbeth was sense of reality in which that he was not capable of fighting this battle with Macduff, thus he surrendered. The article claimed, “The seeds of evil lying dormant in Macbeth’s soul leap outside at the words of the witches who prove fatal to him” (Islam 7). Insinuating that Macbeth always obtained some sort of evil within himself, the witches watered those seeds of evil and vainness which blossomed into something that led to his