Light always defeats darkness. Good always triumphs over evil. Unless, of course, the darkness keeps popping up again and again. This is true in Macbeth. Even after Macduff kills Macbeth to end the his “reign of terror” and lifts the darkness from Scotland, the light isn’t going to last long. The nature of the Scotland depicted in Macbeth isn’t made for light, but for darkness; it’s a world made for mayhem and destruction and the cycle is just going to repeat itself. Even before Macbeth murders Duncan, the signs of evil in Scotland are prominent. Between the Thane of Cawdor and the heir Malcolm, there’s enough darkness in Scotland without him. And in a world where “fair is foul, and foul is fair” (Shakespeare 1.1 12), mayhem is to be expected.
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At least Macbeth’ sins have a name, but his sins, his desires, are insatiable and endless. His lust alone urges him to steal away all the women in Scotland. And anyone who gets in the way of his hunger, well, he tells Macduff that he’ll find a way to dispose of them properly. Malcolm is going to bring more mayhem and darkness to Scotland then Macbeth, if the desires he tells Macduff are true, which can be taken indisputably as so even though he later tries to make it look like he was lying about his true nature because he is scared of Macbeth. Later in Cain’s critical review, he helps put into light how Shakespeare true intentions with the dialogue between Malcolm and Macduff were to show the audience who Malcolm is at heart, what the next king will be like. He explains that “It’s not like Malcolm is here pretending to be someone he is not. Shakespeare 's point is the opposite: this is who Malcolm really is. The catalogue of abominations he recites aligns him with, even as it differentiates him from, Macbeth. The insights we receive about him lead us to know how he will attempt to deal with threats and rivals,”(Cain 262). Cain makes it clear that Malcolm was not lying when he tells Macduff about what an abomination he is, it is simply Shakespeare 's way on foretelling what will happen when Malcolm takes the crown. Cain even goes on to say “Malcolm’s kingship does not mark the cession of rivalry and murder, but rather, is a brief pause before the cycle restarts,” (262). Malcolm isn’t the end of the mayhem, he’s the new beginning. Murder, destruction, chaos, it all runs through Scotland’s veins, pumped through an I.V of mayhem. And with Malcolm in line to rule proceeding Macbeth’s death, citizens of Scotland can rest assured, or well, un-assured, that their dosage will be coming very
At least Macbeth’ sins have a name, but his sins, his desires, are insatiable and endless. His lust alone urges him to steal away all the women in Scotland. And anyone who gets in the way of his hunger, well, he tells Macduff that he’ll find a way to dispose of them properly. Malcolm is going to bring more mayhem and darkness to Scotland then Macbeth, if the desires he tells Macduff are true, which can be taken indisputably as so even though he later tries to make it look like he was lying about his true nature because he is scared of Macbeth. Later in Cain’s critical review, he helps put into light how Shakespeare true intentions with the dialogue between Malcolm and Macduff were to show the audience who Malcolm is at heart, what the next king will be like. He explains that “It’s not like Malcolm is here pretending to be someone he is not. Shakespeare 's point is the opposite: this is who Malcolm really is. The catalogue of abominations he recites aligns him with, even as it differentiates him from, Macbeth. The insights we receive about him lead us to know how he will attempt to deal with threats and rivals,”(Cain 262). Cain makes it clear that Malcolm was not lying when he tells Macduff about what an abomination he is, it is simply Shakespeare 's way on foretelling what will happen when Malcolm takes the crown. Cain even goes on to say “Malcolm’s kingship does not mark the cession of rivalry and murder, but rather, is a brief pause before the cycle restarts,” (262). Malcolm isn’t the end of the mayhem, he’s the new beginning. Murder, destruction, chaos, it all runs through Scotland’s veins, pumped through an I.V of mayhem. And with Malcolm in line to rule proceeding Macbeth’s death, citizens of Scotland can rest assured, or well, un-assured, that their dosage will be coming very