“Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.” In the shakespearean prose, Macbeth, which is based in twelfth century Scotland in a war with Norway, the main character finds himself trapped in a decision that could end up the same way, yet somehow it could decide between two of his possible fates: prosperity or death. Plays like this usually include either one or more themes, or subjects of talk. Macbeth includes many themes; an example is that while power shows what is genuinely in the soul, greediness leads to destruction, and two motifs support this theme: the killing of babies/children and blood.
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In Act I, Lady Macbeth wanted the prognostication from the weird sisters to Macbeth that was about Macbeth becoming king to be true; she started telling her husband that she would kill her own unborn baby by smashing its skull so that the prediction would come true. This is her greediness showing that she really wasn’t ever going to be a loving mother. Also in Act III, Macbeth was worried about the other prophecy from the witches to Banquo that Banquo’s descendants would become kings because he thought Banquo could just murder him and become king since Macbeth never had any children. He made a judgement to hire murderers to attempt to wipe out both Banquo and Fleance, but they only slit Banquo’s throat and jabbed Banquo’s face 20 times while Fleance fled. This shows that Macbeth, like Lady Macbeth, wouldn’t have been a loving parent. In Act IV, Macbeth learned from more prognostications from the weird sisters that he has to beware of Macduff, yet he is invincible, or so he falsely convinced himself. Since Macbeth was worried about Macduff even though he thought the weird sisters said he was invincible and recalled that Macduff went to England, Macbeth said he still would slaughter Macduff’s castle just in case, massacring Macduff’s wife, son, and servants. This proves even further that Macbeth would never have been a loving father. These examples similarly show that power shows what honestly …show more content…
This shakespearean prose demonstrates the difficulty of the main character’s choice of a judgement that he finds himself trapped in; one that could end up in the same way, but still also pick between two of his possible fates: prosperity or death. As Brigitte Nicole once said, “One of the most courageous decisions you’ll ever make is to finally let go of what is hurting your heart and
An example of a theme in this …show more content…
In Act I, Lady Macbeth wanted the prognostication from the weird sisters to Macbeth that was about Macbeth becoming king to be true; she started telling her husband that she would kill her own unborn baby by smashing its skull so that the prediction would come true. This is her greediness showing that she really wasn’t ever going to be a loving mother. Also in Act III, Macbeth was worried about the other prophecy from the witches to Banquo that Banquo’s descendants would become kings because he thought Banquo could just murder him and become king since Macbeth never had any children. He made a judgement to hire murderers to attempt to wipe out both Banquo and Fleance, but they only slit Banquo’s throat and jabbed Banquo’s face 20 times while Fleance fled. This shows that Macbeth, like Lady Macbeth, wouldn’t have been a loving parent. In Act IV, Macbeth learned from more prognostications from the weird sisters that he has to beware of Macduff, yet he is invincible, or so he falsely convinced himself. Since Macbeth was worried about Macduff even though he thought the weird sisters said he was invincible and recalled that Macduff went to England, Macbeth said he still would slaughter Macduff’s castle just in case, massacring Macduff’s wife, son, and servants. This proves even further that Macbeth would never have been a loving father. These examples similarly show that power shows what honestly …show more content…
This shakespearean prose demonstrates the difficulty of the main character’s choice of a judgement that he finds himself trapped in; one that could end up in the same way, but still also pick between two of his possible fates: prosperity or death. As Brigitte Nicole once said, “One of the most courageous decisions you’ll ever make is to finally let go of what is hurting your heart and