“Infected minds to their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets.” These words were said by the Doctor in the classic tragedy Macbeth. The theme,guilt, reflects on many of the characters after the things they have done. What other themes might’ve Shakespeare used in the play? What other moral does the author want the reader to learn? In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the influential themes of greed,justice, and guilt display the author’s message.
One major theme in the play Macbeth, is the overwhelming of greed that can destroy even the most ethical person. Macbeth uses greed to ruin other people 's life and force his fate. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth was a kind person, who would always listen and do as he was told. He would never …show more content…
In Macbeth, there are cases in which the characters have to make decisions or actions, the results can turn out negative or positive which led to a punishment or reward. Justice is served because everyone that did something wrong ends up paying the consequences. Lady Macbeth starts to go insane because of Duncan’s death that she commits suicide. She takes this step because she can not live knowing that she was a part of the crime. This shows that once you do something you are not suppose to, you regret it no matter what, it will follow you forever. Macbeth also goes around and kills Macduff’s household members Duncan and Banquo and ends shameful, he finds out that all along the witches were just fooling around with him because they show him apparitions and one of them tends to be a bloody child, they state “Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth.”(IV.I.90-92) with these words it is explained that the bloody child ends up being Macduff, who was Caesarian, sectioned by birth as Macduff himself says, "And let the angel whom thou still hast served tell thee macduff was from mother’s womb untimely ripped.”(IV.VII.19-21) this demonstrates the reason why the child was bloody, for he had blood from the procedure which would mean he was not born naturally of woman.Macduff then seeks revenge and gets rid of Macbeth.Therefore he serves justice because he is killed regardless of the fact that he has killed many innocent
One major theme in the play Macbeth, is the overwhelming of greed that can destroy even the most ethical person. Macbeth uses greed to ruin other people 's life and force his fate. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth was a kind person, who would always listen and do as he was told. He would never …show more content…
In Macbeth, there are cases in which the characters have to make decisions or actions, the results can turn out negative or positive which led to a punishment or reward. Justice is served because everyone that did something wrong ends up paying the consequences. Lady Macbeth starts to go insane because of Duncan’s death that she commits suicide. She takes this step because she can not live knowing that she was a part of the crime. This shows that once you do something you are not suppose to, you regret it no matter what, it will follow you forever. Macbeth also goes around and kills Macduff’s household members Duncan and Banquo and ends shameful, he finds out that all along the witches were just fooling around with him because they show him apparitions and one of them tends to be a bloody child, they state “Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth.”(IV.I.90-92) with these words it is explained that the bloody child ends up being Macduff, who was Caesarian, sectioned by birth as Macduff himself says, "And let the angel whom thou still hast served tell thee macduff was from mother’s womb untimely ripped.”(IV.VII.19-21) this demonstrates the reason why the child was bloody, for he had blood from the procedure which would mean he was not born naturally of woman.Macduff then seeks revenge and gets rid of Macbeth.Therefore he serves justice because he is killed regardless of the fact that he has killed many innocent