Nature In Macbeth

The Nature of the Decent The greatest enemy to Macbeth in William Shakespeare’s play is his own nature. This inner turmoil with his nature is reflected by the nature in the text. The natural and supernatural have been used to clarify literary works and plot for a very long time as it is here in The Tragedy of Macbeth. Through them the internal and external struggles of the characters are better perceived and understood. Most clearly shown by this is Macbeth’s fall to corruption and madness within the text. He is challenged with many forces beyond his control and is also paralleled by them. The natural and supernatural forces in the story serve to reiterate Macbeth’s fall and accentuate the themes of the play. A prominent supernatural force …show more content…
Banquo mentions vivid nightmares and Lennox says that “The night has been unruly. Where we lay Our chimneys were blown down and, as they say, Lamentings heard i' th' air, strange screams of death”. These unnatural phenomenon are to signify the similarly nasty events of the same night. Macbeth has chosen to kill Duncan and nature and Hecate’s forces have decided to retaliate in kind. The viciousness of the attack is mirrored by the viciousness of the environment on Inverness, which was so peaceful before. Now the castle has become a hellscape that will only spread as Macbeth’s influence spreads. His lack of honor and swelling ambitions are noted by the worldly and otherworldly forces and plan to punish him. The storms and visions also represent Macbeth’s internal struggle as his ambition and guilty conscience battle for dominance over his actions. In the end the ambitions wins and wickedness and allowed to take root in both Macbeth and in …show more content…
This is to be understood as a reference to Macbeth, a noble thane, killing Duncan, the all powerful king. The falcon is meant to fly higher and kill larger prey than the owl but in this instance the falcon is killed. This section also refers to how ambitious Macbeth’s actions are and how it has caused him to turn against his own nature. His ambition has driven him to do the impossible and unthinkable and will continue to do so. He is willing to kill to have what he desires and does so in several instances. Another odd phenomenon in this scene is when Duncan’s prized horses escape and eat one another. This is to represent Macbeth in that he went wild even though he was well-loved by Duncan and that his guilt is eating at him just as the horses ate each other. This guilt becomes all encompassing guilt takes over his life and prevents him from sleeping, which serves to further hinder his decision making skills. This guilt causes his sanity to deteriorate and this later impacts the conditions of Scotland under his rule. The Tragedy of Macbeth has several references to worldly forces to deepen the reader’s understanding of its content. It accentuates Macbeth’s inner conflicts and aids in understanding his motivation as a character. It also more vividly displays how Macbeth’s fall interacts with the themes of the play. He fights against both the forces within the play and the forces within himself. The witches, storms, and unnatural occurrences