The Role Of Moral Decay In Macbeth

This is What Happens to Those like Macbeth Bad things happen to bad people that is a simple statement which all of man may understand. Macbeth is used a representative for humanity, for what happens when morality fades away leads to terrible deeds being committed. From the actions a morally lost person does, stems psychological damage which can take down those who seem impervious to all. Lessons are taught to all through this play but Macbeth uses the medium of drama and its ability to create a separated existence where the consequences and repercussions happen as they do in reality but end just as the curtains close. A dream has the similar ability to create a separate existence but for this to be compared to a dream it should defined as a nightmare. Shakespeare has Macbeth turn his life to a waking nightmare to demonstrate moral and psychological ruin in a man and teach the consequence that comes from the evil committed which begins it all. …show more content…
All of man is susceptible to moral loss even one that was described as being “… so far before/ That swiftest wing of recompense is slow/ To overtake thee.”(1.4.16-18) by a king of all people. If a man valiant as Macbeth can become so bad then nothing prevents anyone else from becoming that, this gives a sort personal connection with Macbeth that enhances the experience one receives from Macbeth as a whole. The connection with Macbeth eventually gets broken because of how destroyed his morality inevitably becomes in his rapidly piled evil acts. The point of personal connection being separated is the cathartis of pathos with Macbeth when his morals had become so unrecognizable that he is has the audience think he deserves any bad coming towards he who they used to connect with. Simultaneously with the clearing of all pathos for Macbeth is Macbeth becoming damaged in a second way, his moral decline lead to the second step of ruin which is much worse than the