The choices people make lead them to a destination. When some people believe something is meant to be, they are determined not to stray from where they should end up, even if it means throwing away their principles and values. In the process, they don’t know the difference between good and bad things as their roles to them can ultimately reversed. William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, illustrates how illogical actions that people take can cause extreme guilt. With guilt comes a sense of ambition. When reading the play, the reader will come across the word hand numerous times and it symbolizes the actions or choices that people take. Through Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, the motif of hands is used as a symbol for actions and it illustrates
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The motif of hand in the first part of the play, shows how guilt and the conscience leads Macbeth to do violent acts without logically thinking. In the beginning, Macbeth is described as being noble, brave, and loyal. He is a hero who helped Scotland defeat Ireland. He pledged his allegiance to King Duncan, who blindly trusts him with his life. …show more content…
Further analyzing hand, it develops as it shows fate and free will of actions can lead to things that people will regret. This is exemplified when Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth, “My hands are of your color/ But I shame to wear a heart so white” (Shakespeare 2.2.61-62). Lady Macbeth is fully aware of what happened. She knows that she did not murder Duncan. Her only guilt is knowing what actually happened. As Macbeth is so worried about his hands being red in color, she wants him to believe that they are in this together and that she is equally at fault. She would be ashamed to wear “a heart so white” as it means being a coward without blood. Shakespeare is saying that free will will lead to unnecessary situations. He is also implying that tempting fate is not a good idea. Or in other words that doing something unnatural or out of the ordinary will lead to big consequences, “Foul whisperings are abroad. Unnatural deeds/ Do breed unnatural troubles” (Shakespeare 5.2.74-75). Another example of parallelism to the guilt and the that the actions committed by the will of ambition are too big. When Angus remarks, “His secret murders are now sticking on his hands” (Shakespeare 5.2.19-20). Again, hand is mentioned as actions.Now Macbeth feels the blood of his murdered enemies sticking to his hands. Now, rebel armies punish him every minute for his treachery. The soldiers he commands are
The motif of hand in the first part of the play, shows how guilt and the conscience leads Macbeth to do violent acts without logically thinking. In the beginning, Macbeth is described as being noble, brave, and loyal. He is a hero who helped Scotland defeat Ireland. He pledged his allegiance to King Duncan, who blindly trusts him with his life. …show more content…
Further analyzing hand, it develops as it shows fate and free will of actions can lead to things that people will regret. This is exemplified when Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth, “My hands are of your color/ But I shame to wear a heart so white” (Shakespeare 2.2.61-62). Lady Macbeth is fully aware of what happened. She knows that she did not murder Duncan. Her only guilt is knowing what actually happened. As Macbeth is so worried about his hands being red in color, she wants him to believe that they are in this together and that she is equally at fault. She would be ashamed to wear “a heart so white” as it means being a coward without blood. Shakespeare is saying that free will will lead to unnecessary situations. He is also implying that tempting fate is not a good idea. Or in other words that doing something unnatural or out of the ordinary will lead to big consequences, “Foul whisperings are abroad. Unnatural deeds/ Do breed unnatural troubles” (Shakespeare 5.2.74-75). Another example of parallelism to the guilt and the that the actions committed by the will of ambition are too big. When Angus remarks, “His secret murders are now sticking on his hands” (Shakespeare 5.2.19-20). Again, hand is mentioned as actions.Now Macbeth feels the blood of his murdered enemies sticking to his hands. Now, rebel armies punish him every minute for his treachery. The soldiers he commands are