What if someone told you that you are going to be the next richest person in the world? Will you follow your ambition and kill people who are trying to stop you? In the play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, the witches tells Macbeth he will be the next King, which leads to Macbeth killing the King and Macbeth’s friend, who Macbeth thinks is blocking his way. Macbeth changes from brave and loyal to ambition and fearful. Macbeth is characterized as brave and loyal. At the beginning of the play, King Duncan praises Macbeth for being so brave in defeating the Thane of Cawdor.Macbeth’s action were interpreted as bravery, when the king says “For brave Macbeth Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel, which smoked with bloody execution,
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Macbeth showed his madness only to himself. “The prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap, for in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; let no light see my black and deep desires”(1.4.55-58). Dramatic irony is used when Macbeth plans Duncan’s murder while feigning loyalty to the king. This is dramatic irony since King Duncan does not know about Macbeth’s plans, but the readers does. Because of this understanding, the words of the characters take on a different meaning, and this embellishes emotions and moods more effectively. This also indicates how Macbeth starts to think. His language sounds somewhat insane, but at the same time, it is carefully thought out with the connotation and purpose of his mind. The sentences in this act are more simple compared with other sections of the play, however, it is not too simple that it becomes unpoetic. When Lady Macbeth hears the news, things get even worse. “That I may pour my spirits in thine ear,and chastise with the valor of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round, which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem to have thee crown'd withal.”(1.5.29-33) Lady Macbeth plays a key role for killing King Duncan, by goading Macbeth making him ambitious, rash, and …show more content…
This causes him to see the ghost of Banquo at his dinner party. “I am in blood steeped in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er”(3.4.168-170). The word “blood” symbolizes guilt. Blood is stained on Macbeth’s imaginary knife before the murder. Both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth suffer from visions of blood after the murder, especially Lady Macbeth who is driven insane by it. “Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O,O,O!”(5.1.53-55). The blood symbolize their guilt. They cannot get rid of it until the crime is punished by their own
Macbeth showed his madness only to himself. “The prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap, for in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; let no light see my black and deep desires”(1.4.55-58). Dramatic irony is used when Macbeth plans Duncan’s murder while feigning loyalty to the king. This is dramatic irony since King Duncan does not know about Macbeth’s plans, but the readers does. Because of this understanding, the words of the characters take on a different meaning, and this embellishes emotions and moods more effectively. This also indicates how Macbeth starts to think. His language sounds somewhat insane, but at the same time, it is carefully thought out with the connotation and purpose of his mind. The sentences in this act are more simple compared with other sections of the play, however, it is not too simple that it becomes unpoetic. When Lady Macbeth hears the news, things get even worse. “That I may pour my spirits in thine ear,and chastise with the valor of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round, which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem to have thee crown'd withal.”(1.5.29-33) Lady Macbeth plays a key role for killing King Duncan, by goading Macbeth making him ambitious, rash, and …show more content…
This causes him to see the ghost of Banquo at his dinner party. “I am in blood steeped in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er”(3.4.168-170). The word “blood” symbolizes guilt. Blood is stained on Macbeth’s imaginary knife before the murder. Both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth suffer from visions of blood after the murder, especially Lady Macbeth who is driven insane by it. “Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O,O,O!”(5.1.53-55). The blood symbolize their guilt. They cannot get rid of it until the crime is punished by their own