Power has the ability to devour morality. In the play "The Tragedy of Macbeth", the author, Shakespeare, places the characters in certain types of situations that allow greed to cloud their judgement. The prophecy holds the most power to influence the actions of others because it plants the idea of how the future will be in everyone's heads. Macbeth makes his decisions based on what he thinks is going to happen, without any concrete proof that it will actually come true. Words have a way of getting under people's skin and burrowing in their bones. There is no telling what someone will do when they receive life changing news. In Macbeth's case, he uses this prophecy to mindlessly justify the murders of King Duncan, Banquo, Macduff's family,
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There are many points in the play where she influences Macbeth and urges him to do things to ensure that he gets the throne. For instance, Lady Macbeth insults him and tells him that he is no man if he doesn't kill King Duncan. She tells him, “When you durst do it, then you were a man” (I.vii. 49). This gets the wheels turning in their minds sand pushes them to actually go through with the murder. But in all actuality, Lady Macbeth only holds the power of persuasion. If Macbeth had never received the prophecy telling him that he'd be king, he would have never told his wife. Thus, not giving her the opportunity to work on the idea of getting rid of the current king. The prophecy holds the power to consume; it ends up devouring any true morality on Macbeth's part because he eventually becomes power hungry. That hunger, ends up getting Banquo murdered by Macbeth's command, while Lady Macbeth had no knowledge of it. Even when she inquires to Macbeth about what he intends to do with Banquo, he tells her, "Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck/ Till thou applaud the deed" (III.ii.44-45). So even without her in the picture, he still strives to conquer because of the few sentences he hears from a prophecy that had the power to change his entire
There are many points in the play where she influences Macbeth and urges him to do things to ensure that he gets the throne. For instance, Lady Macbeth insults him and tells him that he is no man if he doesn't kill King Duncan. She tells him, “When you durst do it, then you were a man” (I.vii. 49). This gets the wheels turning in their minds sand pushes them to actually go through with the murder. But in all actuality, Lady Macbeth only holds the power of persuasion. If Macbeth had never received the prophecy telling him that he'd be king, he would have never told his wife. Thus, not giving her the opportunity to work on the idea of getting rid of the current king. The prophecy holds the power to consume; it ends up devouring any true morality on Macbeth's part because he eventually becomes power hungry. That hunger, ends up getting Banquo murdered by Macbeth's command, while Lady Macbeth had no knowledge of it. Even when she inquires to Macbeth about what he intends to do with Banquo, he tells her, "Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck/ Till thou applaud the deed" (III.ii.44-45). So even without her in the picture, he still strives to conquer because of the few sentences he hears from a prophecy that had the power to change his entire