Macduff realizes this and heads to England to meet with Duncan’s son, Malcolm who plans to mobilize against Macbeth immediately. When they arrive at the castle, they learn that Macbeth has prepared an army, but almost none of them are willing to fight for him and end up joining the English troops. Macbeth has no one, any one that would still possibly be loyal to him is either dead or suspicious of his previous actions. His wife, the only person that could help him at such a time was driven to insanity by paranoia and kills herself, leaving Macbeth vulnerable. “In the end I’m alone, but I’ve always been so / I’m not evil, though I’ve certainly known sin” (25-26). In some sense, Macbeth has been alone since he took the throne. The advisors of the king do not trust him and the king’s sons flee in fear. Banquo is murdered at the hand of who he thought was his best friend and Macduff wants him dead. This leaves Macbeth “alone in the end” to face his death. Considering this, Macbeth was a man neck deep in blood and sin. He claims he is not evil because he sees his actions as necessary and for the greater good. The reader sees that his actions are purely for selfish reasons and put nearly everyone in jeopardy. But in the same way, Macbeth does realize that he knows nothing but sin. After the first murder of Duncan, he claims that all of Neptune’s oceans could not clean his hands of the blood and after Banquo and the Macduff’s murders, he claims he can no longer wade in all the blood he has spilled. This being said, Macbeth can be categorized as evil although he thinks not due to the selfish motives driving him
Macduff realizes this and heads to England to meet with Duncan’s son, Malcolm who plans to mobilize against Macbeth immediately. When they arrive at the castle, they learn that Macbeth has prepared an army, but almost none of them are willing to fight for him and end up joining the English troops. Macbeth has no one, any one that would still possibly be loyal to him is either dead or suspicious of his previous actions. His wife, the only person that could help him at such a time was driven to insanity by paranoia and kills herself, leaving Macbeth vulnerable. “In the end I’m alone, but I’ve always been so / I’m not evil, though I’ve certainly known sin” (25-26). In some sense, Macbeth has been alone since he took the throne. The advisors of the king do not trust him and the king’s sons flee in fear. Banquo is murdered at the hand of who he thought was his best friend and Macduff wants him dead. This leaves Macbeth “alone in the end” to face his death. Considering this, Macbeth was a man neck deep in blood and sin. He claims he is not evil because he sees his actions as necessary and for the greater good. The reader sees that his actions are purely for selfish reasons and put nearly everyone in jeopardy. But in the same way, Macbeth does realize that he knows nothing but sin. After the first murder of Duncan, he claims that all of Neptune’s oceans could not clean his hands of the blood and after Banquo and the Macduff’s murders, he claims he can no longer wade in all the blood he has spilled. This being said, Macbeth can be categorized as evil although he thinks not due to the selfish motives driving him