Macbeth’s Appetite for Self-Destruction: How Macbeth’s Different Murders led to his own Demise In Macbeth, Macbeth, like many other characters in Shakespeare’s other plays, is a tragic hero. He begins as a normal war hero, fighting many battles and making his king, Duncan, and the rest of his kingdom very proud. However, throughout the play, starting with Macbeth talking with the witches, he started his slow mental decline that led to paranoia and loss of sanity. Macbeth murdered Duncan and many other people throughout the play which also contributed to his own paranoia and insanity, as well as the mental deconstruction of others throughout the play. Macbeth is a classic example of a character who was led to commit atrocities because of the
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Macbeth starts out very humble and before he even thought about killing Duncan, was an esteemed war hero who was greatly respected by everyone. He was mentally stable up until the witches showed up and made predictions about his future. “Returning from victory on the battlefield Macbeth and Banquo meet these ‘weird sisters’ who prophesy that Macbeth will will become king and that Banquo’s heirs will reign thereafter” (Blood Will Have Blood 268). The article “Blood Will Have Blood” makes the case that returning from a victorious and encountering these witches causes Macbeth to fantasize about his future and marks the beginning of his mental decline. Macbeth’s first true large mental decline, however, does not begin until his first murder of his king Duncan. Macbeth sees a dagger in the air seemingly out of nowhere when he thinks about killing Duncan …show more content…
He breaks bonds such as the parental bond. “The final cathartic sequence of acts 4-5 jeopardizes the primal psychic ground of being, the inception of love: the drawing of woman, “fool,” or child into the web of deceit promotes in the male authority- figures not merely revulsion against evil, but clear and intense awareness of the rich essence of life that has been lost” (Reid 127). Reid explains what happens in most Shakespeare plays as he tells that the final acts usually involve a killing of a child to represent the loss of innocence as well as the loss of a bond between mother and child. “Lady
Macbeth starts out very humble and before he even thought about killing Duncan, was an esteemed war hero who was greatly respected by everyone. He was mentally stable up until the witches showed up and made predictions about his future. “Returning from victory on the battlefield Macbeth and Banquo meet these ‘weird sisters’ who prophesy that Macbeth will will become king and that Banquo’s heirs will reign thereafter” (Blood Will Have Blood 268). The article “Blood Will Have Blood” makes the case that returning from a victorious and encountering these witches causes Macbeth to fantasize about his future and marks the beginning of his mental decline. Macbeth’s first true large mental decline, however, does not begin until his first murder of his king Duncan. Macbeth sees a dagger in the air seemingly out of nowhere when he thinks about killing Duncan …show more content…
He breaks bonds such as the parental bond. “The final cathartic sequence of acts 4-5 jeopardizes the primal psychic ground of being, the inception of love: the drawing of woman, “fool,” or child into the web of deceit promotes in the male authority- figures not merely revulsion against evil, but clear and intense awareness of the rich essence of life that has been lost” (Reid 127). Reid explains what happens in most Shakespeare plays as he tells that the final acts usually involve a killing of a child to represent the loss of innocence as well as the loss of a bond between mother and child. “Lady