Macbeth Greed Quotes

Greed is something you want or need to have, like power, food, wealth, but soon or later your greed will lead you to your death. Greed has been around inside humans for many years even till these days. Greed is powerful enough to make a person do horrible things and things that they’re obsessed with, that it will make you kill a king to become king. Macbeth could have been a good and loyal soldier but his greed took over and he was so obsessed of wanted to become king he killed King Duncan so he could become king. In the play Macbeth, Shakespeare says that greed leads people to their death soon or later.
Macbeth and Banquo meet three witches and the witches told Macbeth that he will become king of Scotland and he immediately become greedy. "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!" (1.3.51-53) The quote proves my topic sentence because this is the part where the witches told Macbeth Give more explanation as to why he is going to be king, use some of the words within the quotes like “ The prophecy that Macbeth is going to be king of Scotland is soon to be true because the prophecy of him becoming thane of cawdor has already happened.”that he will become king of Scotland. My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state …show more content…
He changed throughout the story and greed overpowered him. He got too greedy and he become obsessed with wanted to be king. He murdered his king because of his desire and greed to become king. His greed led him to his death because he became a bad person and have done horrible things to people.When greed takes over you, you can’t control yourself and it makes you do horrible things to people. You should never turn into a monster to get what you want and kill for