Imagine being so power hungry that you would kill your best friend, an innocent wife and her child, and not even stop have a funeral for your own wife. Shakespeare wrote Macbeth as play to entertain his audience. In this play, power leads to the killing of lots of people. The theme of Blinding power can lead to ones downfall develops through out Macbeth.
This theme of the death of Duncan begins to develop at the start of the play. The witches telling Macbeth was going to become king was the start. Macbeth gets the idea that he will become king. Macbeth starts talking to his wife lady macbeth. She convinces him the only way to become king is if they kill him. Macbeth decides that if he kills Duncan he will become king with much power, in the …show more content…
As he soon steps to power and takes the throne, Macbeth soon realizes he can do anything. Macbeth see’s that he can kill anyone that stands in his way. Eventually on the play he turns to Banquo his trustworthy friend and feelshe needs to kill him as well. Macbeth will soon find out he is not all powerful and mighty he assumes to be, and we will need some advice.
Macbeth realizes war will soon fall upon him, so then he returns to where all this all started, the three witches. The three witches individually tell macbeth whats to come, the woods will move for war, and that he cannot be killed by anyone but a non-woman born child. The most important statement was to fear Macduff. Macbeth doesn't take the advice seriously, he soon realizes it is not a joke.
Through out Macbeth the theme of corruptive power leads to ones downfall is developed. To begin, power was not the issue with Macbeth, but it was for his wife Lady Macbeth. As the play continued the strength of their thirst for power changes because Macbeth becomes more powerful than lady macbeth, because he is leaving her out of his plans. Finally, their power leading them both to death. Corruptive power can blindside anyone from seeing what is actually going on around
This theme of the death of Duncan begins to develop at the start of the play. The witches telling Macbeth was going to become king was the start. Macbeth gets the idea that he will become king. Macbeth starts talking to his wife lady macbeth. She convinces him the only way to become king is if they kill him. Macbeth decides that if he kills Duncan he will become king with much power, in the …show more content…
As he soon steps to power and takes the throne, Macbeth soon realizes he can do anything. Macbeth see’s that he can kill anyone that stands in his way. Eventually on the play he turns to Banquo his trustworthy friend and feelshe needs to kill him as well. Macbeth will soon find out he is not all powerful and mighty he assumes to be, and we will need some advice.
Macbeth realizes war will soon fall upon him, so then he returns to where all this all started, the three witches. The three witches individually tell macbeth whats to come, the woods will move for war, and that he cannot be killed by anyone but a non-woman born child. The most important statement was to fear Macduff. Macbeth doesn't take the advice seriously, he soon realizes it is not a joke.
Through out Macbeth the theme of corruptive power leads to ones downfall is developed. To begin, power was not the issue with Macbeth, but it was for his wife Lady Macbeth. As the play continued the strength of their thirst for power changes because Macbeth becomes more powerful than lady macbeth, because he is leaving her out of his plans. Finally, their power leading them both to death. Corruptive power can blindside anyone from seeing what is actually going on around