The Power Hungry Fool In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, we are introduced to a highly rewarded, noble born, young and heroic character by the name of Macbeth. He was one of the soldiers fighting for King Duncan in a battle that was taking place in Scotland, and he was named a hero for winning it. As a reward, King Duncan named Macbeth Thane of Cawdor. Since Macdonwald, former Thane of Cawdor, was executed for he betrayed the King, Macbeth was now known throughout all of Scotland as the great hero, Thane of Glamis and Thane of Cawdor. However, Macbeth already knew that he will be Thane of Cawdor due to the prophecies that he received from the three witches. They told him that he is Thane of Glamis, will be Thane of Cawdor and when
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For Macbeth, it wasn’t deciding to kill Duncan but it started earlier. The first time that Macbeth listened to the witches prophecy, was his first step to bringing upon his own demise. After he was fed the information that he,one day, would be king, he started to make decisions that compromised his thinking and clouded his judgement. To prove that Macbeth was a tragic hero, we have to look at all the decisions he’s made since he started to follow through with killing King Duncan. the second thing that Macbeth did was tell his wife about the prophecies, when he wasn’t sure if he should kill Duncan. However, Lady Macbeth told him that he wasn’t being very manly and that he should kill Duncan, because that would mean that she then would be married to the King of Scotland. Looking at their relationship through the text, it is easily put together that Lady Macbeth was in charge of her husband 's actions until she started to go crazy. As the story developed, so did their lies and they started to drift apart. It came to the point that Macbeth didn’t even care that his wife committed suicide because he was so obsessed with the idea of being powerful. Taking a few steps back, the third and last thing Macbeth did was lose his mind. When Macbeth lost all his rational thinking, his death was inevitably close. As Macbeth chose power over living, and Lady Macbeth let insanity take over, the story of another tragic hero that was obsessed with the idea of being in power came to an
For Macbeth, it wasn’t deciding to kill Duncan but it started earlier. The first time that Macbeth listened to the witches prophecy, was his first step to bringing upon his own demise. After he was fed the information that he,one day, would be king, he started to make decisions that compromised his thinking and clouded his judgement. To prove that Macbeth was a tragic hero, we have to look at all the decisions he’s made since he started to follow through with killing King Duncan. the second thing that Macbeth did was tell his wife about the prophecies, when he wasn’t sure if he should kill Duncan. However, Lady Macbeth told him that he wasn’t being very manly and that he should kill Duncan, because that would mean that she then would be married to the King of Scotland. Looking at their relationship through the text, it is easily put together that Lady Macbeth was in charge of her husband 's actions until she started to go crazy. As the story developed, so did their lies and they started to drift apart. It came to the point that Macbeth didn’t even care that his wife committed suicide because he was so obsessed with the idea of being powerful. Taking a few steps back, the third and last thing Macbeth did was lose his mind. When Macbeth lost all his rational thinking, his death was inevitably close. As Macbeth chose power over living, and Lady Macbeth let insanity take over, the story of another tragic hero that was obsessed with the idea of being in power came to an