In the play, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth, always had a goal in mind which was to take over as the king of Scotland. Macbeth’s importance in the government is based on how the public judges him since he has to be trustworthy about improving the lives of the local people in the community. The issue is that he doesn’t express what’s in his mind, because his wife Lady Macbeth is trying to convince him to really want to be the most powerful person in Scotland. All of this leads to Macbeth deciding to kill Duncan (the king) by stabbing him and now doing what he wants which is to become king. Macbeth begins as a person who is trustworthy and determined, but over the course of the play changes into a overwhelmed, and aggressive character.
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When Macbeth says, ‘’I could not say Amen when they did say god bless you.’’(Act two scene 2 line 40). This explains how during this time many of the people were Catholics. The religion factor is key, because it’s a sin to kill any regardless of who that person may be. Him saying amen and ‘’God bless you.’’ shows that he won’t praise god for doing a horrible crime. Once Duncan is dead Macbeth begins to act differently due to the fact that he still is reflecting on the choice he made in addition to being traumatized about the death of Duncan in his dreams when Macbeth is sleeping. Macbeth was also having motions towards other people that he either killed himself or hired murderers to do the job for him. ‘’Macbeth, I do forget.- Do not muse at me, my most worthy friends. I have a strange infirmity, which is nothing to those that know me. Come, love and health to all. Then I’ll sit down.-- Give me some wine. Fill full.’’ (Act three scene 4 line 100). When he killed Banquo, he was at a dinner table with his fellow colleagues and he began to think about Banquo and how he saw a ghost form of him. Macbeth being responsible for the death of multiple people affected him tremendously which caused him to lose the people that used to love him before he spent his time …show more content…
When Macbeth says, ‘’I have supped full with horrors. Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, Cannot once start me.’’ (Act 5 Scene 5 Lines 20-30). It shows that since Macbeth has gone through the experience of killing somebody, the moral feeling of that doesn’t effect him at all. The new characteristics that we now see in Macbeth at the end of the play is different comparing to the beginning of the play. You can do a compare and contrast between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth regarding to how their roles in the play changed overtime, since Macbeth was trustworthy and determined when his wife was mean and upset in the beginning of the play where now Lady Macbeth is now the complete opposite and the same goes to Macbeth. While Macbeth is waiting for Malcolm 's army to arrive to king of Scotland, he hears loud cries of noise until his messenger tells him that Lady Macbeth has died. Macbeth then gives the messenger threats to see if they are telling the truth, and Macbeth finds out that the messenger was giving him accurate information once he realizes that it was Lady Macbeth herself who was crying and screaming for
When Macbeth says, ‘’I could not say Amen when they did say god bless you.’’(Act two scene 2 line 40). This explains how during this time many of the people were Catholics. The religion factor is key, because it’s a sin to kill any regardless of who that person may be. Him saying amen and ‘’God bless you.’’ shows that he won’t praise god for doing a horrible crime. Once Duncan is dead Macbeth begins to act differently due to the fact that he still is reflecting on the choice he made in addition to being traumatized about the death of Duncan in his dreams when Macbeth is sleeping. Macbeth was also having motions towards other people that he either killed himself or hired murderers to do the job for him. ‘’Macbeth, I do forget.- Do not muse at me, my most worthy friends. I have a strange infirmity, which is nothing to those that know me. Come, love and health to all. Then I’ll sit down.-- Give me some wine. Fill full.’’ (Act three scene 4 line 100). When he killed Banquo, he was at a dinner table with his fellow colleagues and he began to think about Banquo and how he saw a ghost form of him. Macbeth being responsible for the death of multiple people affected him tremendously which caused him to lose the people that used to love him before he spent his time …show more content…
When Macbeth says, ‘’I have supped full with horrors. Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, Cannot once start me.’’ (Act 5 Scene 5 Lines 20-30). It shows that since Macbeth has gone through the experience of killing somebody, the moral feeling of that doesn’t effect him at all. The new characteristics that we now see in Macbeth at the end of the play is different comparing to the beginning of the play. You can do a compare and contrast between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth regarding to how their roles in the play changed overtime, since Macbeth was trustworthy and determined when his wife was mean and upset in the beginning of the play where now Lady Macbeth is now the complete opposite and the same goes to Macbeth. While Macbeth is waiting for Malcolm 's army to arrive to king of Scotland, he hears loud cries of noise until his messenger tells him that Lady Macbeth has died. Macbeth then gives the messenger threats to see if they are telling the truth, and Macbeth finds out that the messenger was giving him accurate information once he realizes that it was Lady Macbeth herself who was crying and screaming for