The Nature Of Evil In Macbeth

Macbeth, in William Shakespeare’s acclaimed play, Macbeth, performs several atrocious and immoral actions, but is still sympathized by readers. He is first revealed to readers as a brave soldier who defeated a traitor of Scotland and brought victory to his country. The witches’ prophecy proclaiming him king excites Macbeth — the thought of attaining almost unlimited power and authority is so electrifying and stimulating that readers can put themselves in Macbeth’s shoes and relate to him. People are often willing to do whatever it takes to attain what they want, even if they have to do something wrong or immoral. Also, Macbeth is not viewed as pure evil because throughout the play, his inner conflict is displayed, and readers can see how his guilty thoughts are slowly consuming him and even making him go mad in a way. Shakespeare uses details to show Macbeth’s guilt and inner turmoil surrounding his immoral actions, causing readers to react sympathetically towards him.
In this riveting play, Shakespeare utilizes details to show Macbeth’s inner conflict between deciding to do what is right and delaying the witches’ prophecy or doing whatever it takes to achieve his means, even though that involves …show more content…
Readers can sympathize with him and can relate to an extent as to his ambitiousness and how he is willing to go so far to get what he wants. He is torn inside as to whether he should commit the wrong action but essentially get he wants, or to do the right thing and simply sit back and wait. It is definitely more tempting for the majority of people to take matters into their hands and get what they want themselves. Since readers tend to sympathize with Macbeth, it becomes slightly difficult to despise him. One can often catch themselves even feeling sorry for Macbeth, after reading his soliloquies, where his true emotions are spilled and his demons come out of