War, murder, and Tyranny. All of these things are aspects of a ghastly dictator, a person who has no regard for their own wellbeing or the wellbeing of others. Unfortunately in the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare the protagonist Macbeth, is this dictator. Macbeth was manipulated, and manipulated others into doing horrible tasks to fulfil a prophesy that was given to him by three weird sisters. He started out as a war hero who had amazing sword wielding capabilities, but he later used his talents for selfish reasons (to make him king), which resulted in the deaths of many. Macbeth is also a ruthless tyrant and an over bearing ruler. But generally, the substance of the play can be summed up with the words, “war, murder, and tyranny.”
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Macbeth, Macduff, and Banquo led Duncan’s forces and defeated the two thanes. The second war was more focused upon, it was the war that happened near the end of the play fought between (now king) Macbeth and both English and Scottish forces led by Malcom, and Macduff. But unfortunately the battle was over before it had even begun, since Macbeth’s force was disloyal, all of them fled leaving Macbeth to fight for himself. Macbeth took on the challenge nonetheless as he knew that he would only be killed by a man “not born of woman”, “They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly,/But, bear-like, I must fight the course. What’s he/That was not born of woman? Such a one/Am I to fear, or none.”(V, vii, 1-4) In the end it was a one-on-one battle between Macbeth and Macduff leaving Macduff as the victor and Macbeth headless (as Macduff is not born of woman). In Act two scene two, the first of many murders has inevitably taken place. At first Macbeth is reluctant to kill king Duncan but after Lady Macbeth persuaded him into believing it was best to kill Duncan, he committed the terrible act. She calls him a coward, and then manipulates him into thinking that he doesn’t love her enough to kill Duncan, and that if he really loved her then he would have done …show more content…
Once Macbeth had murdered his first victim, he is no longer as cautious and as hesitat a plotter as he used to be, he is now a bolder and more energetic conspirator. Now he will readily take on bloodshed and doesn’t need Lady Macbeth to persuade him to do so. He plans to murder Banquo quite carefully and keeps it very professional, he tells the murderers, “I will advise you where to plant yourselves; /Acquaint you with the perfect spy o ' the time,/The moment on 't; for 't must be done to-night,” (III, I, 144-146) Macbeth was much more cautious with the murder of Duncan, but now with his new tyrannical persona, he without hesitation, puts Macduff’s family and all his servants to death. Since Macbeth had become king, he murders or has someone else murder, anyone who stands in his way or appears to be a threat to the crown. Nearing the end of the play, Macbeth’s tyrannical persona has gotten so bad that it has reached a point where he is now starting to be called a
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Macbeth, Macduff, and Banquo led Duncan’s forces and defeated the two thanes. The second war was more focused upon, it was the war that happened near the end of the play fought between (now king) Macbeth and both English and Scottish forces led by Malcom, and Macduff. But unfortunately the battle was over before it had even begun, since Macbeth’s force was disloyal, all of them fled leaving Macbeth to fight for himself. Macbeth took on the challenge nonetheless as he knew that he would only be killed by a man “not born of woman”, “They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly,/But, bear-like, I must fight the course. What’s he/That was not born of woman? Such a one/Am I to fear, or none.”(V, vii, 1-4) In the end it was a one-on-one battle between Macbeth and Macduff leaving Macduff as the victor and Macbeth headless (as Macduff is not born of woman). In Act two scene two, the first of many murders has inevitably taken place. At first Macbeth is reluctant to kill king Duncan but after Lady Macbeth persuaded him into believing it was best to kill Duncan, he committed the terrible act. She calls him a coward, and then manipulates him into thinking that he doesn’t love her enough to kill Duncan, and that if he really loved her then he would have done …show more content…
Once Macbeth had murdered his first victim, he is no longer as cautious and as hesitat a plotter as he used to be, he is now a bolder and more energetic conspirator. Now he will readily take on bloodshed and doesn’t need Lady Macbeth to persuade him to do so. He plans to murder Banquo quite carefully and keeps it very professional, he tells the murderers, “I will advise you where to plant yourselves; /Acquaint you with the perfect spy o ' the time,/The moment on 't; for 't must be done to-night,” (III, I, 144-146) Macbeth was much more cautious with the murder of Duncan, but now with his new tyrannical persona, he without hesitation, puts Macduff’s family and all his servants to death. Since Macbeth had become king, he murders or has someone else murder, anyone who stands in his way or appears to be a threat to the crown. Nearing the end of the play, Macbeth’s tyrannical persona has gotten so bad that it has reached a point where he is now starting to be called a