Was Adam just as guilty as Eve? Although Adam was tempted by Eve, everyone is entitled to make up their own mind. In the case of Macbeth, because of his weak mind, greed, and his poor leadership he led himself to his own downfall in the tragedy of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare.
Adam was easily convinced by Eve to eat fruit from the forbidden tree which was a terrible act to perform. Even though Eve tempted Adam to perform the act, Adam did the same amount of wrong as she did and God held them responsible for their own actions. In the case of Macbeth, one should not compare Macbeth and Lady Macbeth by who is the most responsible for their failure. Instead, they should look at the individual’s actions. Macbeth performed much more evil deeds then Lady Macbeth. Temptation is …show more content…
Greed can be linked with temptation which then can be linked to failure. In Macbeth, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth had succumbed greed to be King and Queen of Scotland. Both desired to have the power and authority to rule over everyone. Greed played a terrible role in this play and it led to many innocent lives being slain for assurance that Macbeth kept his power. Although Macbeth had doubts about his plan, his greed still overpowered him even after his countless efforts to avoid. Eventually, Macbeth started thinking of reasons why he should kill King Duncan just to make him feel better about himself. “I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself and falls on th’ other” (Act I, Scene 7 L. 25). At this point in the play greed was controlling Macbeth’s thoughts and actions and the only thing on Macbeth’s mind was dark ambitious desires. “Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires” (Act I, Scene 4, L. 50). Macbeth was out of control and practically insane due to his greed, but the worse was yet to come for
Adam was easily convinced by Eve to eat fruit from the forbidden tree which was a terrible act to perform. Even though Eve tempted Adam to perform the act, Adam did the same amount of wrong as she did and God held them responsible for their own actions. In the case of Macbeth, one should not compare Macbeth and Lady Macbeth by who is the most responsible for their failure. Instead, they should look at the individual’s actions. Macbeth performed much more evil deeds then Lady Macbeth. Temptation is …show more content…
Greed can be linked with temptation which then can be linked to failure. In Macbeth, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth had succumbed greed to be King and Queen of Scotland. Both desired to have the power and authority to rule over everyone. Greed played a terrible role in this play and it led to many innocent lives being slain for assurance that Macbeth kept his power. Although Macbeth had doubts about his plan, his greed still overpowered him even after his countless efforts to avoid. Eventually, Macbeth started thinking of reasons why he should kill King Duncan just to make him feel better about himself. “I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself and falls on th’ other” (Act I, Scene 7 L. 25). At this point in the play greed was controlling Macbeth’s thoughts and actions and the only thing on Macbeth’s mind was dark ambitious desires. “Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires” (Act I, Scene 4, L. 50). Macbeth was out of control and practically insane due to his greed, but the worse was yet to come for