For years, the world has been covered with guilt. In order to achieve innocence, violence must vanish. In order to achieve innocence, violence must vanish. In a world overflowing with violence and guilt, it only takes one death to pave the way for future generations. “Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more.” Laurell K. Hamilton. This quote has a big correlation with the play Macbeth because Macbeth was evil throughout the play and he used his evilness to get what he wanted which was to be the king of Scotland. Evil has played a big role in society as it helped humans stay clear from trouble. It also created two-faced humans that cover their evilness with innocence. It is what humans do best; to be two-faced in front of many
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He kept killing even though he knew the consequences. One can clearly see that Macbeth did not have a guilty conscience, right from when he heard the prophecies, and started to think about killing the King. He did whatever he needed to do to stay king and to make sure that no one found out that he had killed the King. Even after Macbeth killed King Duncan, he felt threatened by Banquo and the generation of heirs he would produce, so he decided to kill him. In Act 5 scene 5 line 7-15, Macbeth heard a woman scream, and asked what that was. The Seyton replied and said it was a woman that screamed. Macbeth then said, “ I have almost forgot the taste of fears; the time has been, my senses would have cool’d, to hear a night-shriek; and my fell of hair would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir as life were in’t.” Macbeth did not react to the scream which reflected on himself. The importance this quote has as a whole is to prove that Macbeth is actually evil in a sense that he does not care about the woman nor does he care about the people he had killed. Macbeth does not feel remorse for the woman or for any of the murders that he had committed. He does not think twice about what he had done and who he had killed. Macbeth’s clear conscience made him kill multiple times without him feeling any signs of guilt or remorse, which shows that for a fact, he is evil. Macbeth does not only have a guilty conscience, he was not forced into murdering the King, Banquo or Macduff’s family. He made those ideas all by
He kept killing even though he knew the consequences. One can clearly see that Macbeth did not have a guilty conscience, right from when he heard the prophecies, and started to think about killing the King. He did whatever he needed to do to stay king and to make sure that no one found out that he had killed the King. Even after Macbeth killed King Duncan, he felt threatened by Banquo and the generation of heirs he would produce, so he decided to kill him. In Act 5 scene 5 line 7-15, Macbeth heard a woman scream, and asked what that was. The Seyton replied and said it was a woman that screamed. Macbeth then said, “ I have almost forgot the taste of fears; the time has been, my senses would have cool’d, to hear a night-shriek; and my fell of hair would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir as life were in’t.” Macbeth did not react to the scream which reflected on himself. The importance this quote has as a whole is to prove that Macbeth is actually evil in a sense that he does not care about the woman nor does he care about the people he had killed. Macbeth does not feel remorse for the woman or for any of the murders that he had committed. He does not think twice about what he had done and who he had killed. Macbeth’s clear conscience made him kill multiple times without him feeling any signs of guilt or remorse, which shows that for a fact, he is evil. Macbeth does not only have a guilty conscience, he was not forced into murdering the King, Banquo or Macduff’s family. He made those ideas all by