Examples Of The Zebra In Macbeth

“I suddenly realized. The zebra. It is not something outside of us. The zebra is something inside of us. Our fears. Our own self-destructive nature. The zebra is the worst part of us when we are face-to-face with our worst times. The demon is us.” The zebra represents the dark and evil aspect of humanity, the pain and misery of daily life. People get consumed by the demon within them, their own fears getting to their minds every day, much like Macbeth. Macbeth is responsible for his own downfall. Macbeth’s stolidity inevitably lead to his tragic downfall. Before killing Duncan, Macbeth was very antsy, impressionable, and innocent. Once Duncan is killed the stolidity begins to set in, Banquo was killed shortly after. Though Macbeth saw Banquo again in psychotic illusions, less feeling of guilt was there. With Banquo’s death, Macbeth called for the murder in cold blood; Banquo had done nothing wrong except seemingly finding Macbeth suspicious as a culprit in Duncan’s murder. “It will have blood they say, blood will have blood” (3.4.151). When Macduff’s family perished in their untimely, violent death, Macbeth was completely emotionless. Macbeth made the decision about halfway …show more content…
Towards the end of the tragedy we know today as Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macbeth talks about how Lady Macbeth would have died anyway. Being too conceited in his own world, Macbeth showed no emotion when Lady Macbeth killed herself. “What does the tyrant,” (5.2.13). Caring too much about himself to worry about his subjects and their needs. By the end of the play all of Macbeth’s subjects hated him and only fought to defend him because they were required to by the orders of the kingdom. The death of Banquo, the death of Macduff’s family and the death of Duncan did not matter anymore once Macbeth’s ego took over. He became too big for himself, too big for the kingdom and too big for anyone to