Why Is Macbeth Blind

The play of “Macbeth” written by William Shakespeare suggests that an individual’s own ambition can blind one from their own actions and can be a source of great grief for others. Macbeth’s ambitions and insurmountable desire for becoming king blinds him from reality to the point that he cannot control his own body. On account of Macbeth’s actions Lady Macbeth is sicken with an enormous amount of grief that she takes her own life in the process. In addition, any human can be in the place of Macbeth and act in such a way as to put themselves as their top priority and be unaware to the ones they hurt. This is understandably a matter of being human that Macbeth showcases well.

Macbeth’s yearning for power drove him to become blind to the results of his own actions. ”Is this a dagger which I see before me,/the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch/ thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee …show more content…
She showcases the magnitude of the guilt she possess when she caught sleepwalking saying ”Out, damned spot! Out, I say!/ One, two. Why, then, ’tis time to do ’t. Hell is murky!/ Fie, my lord, fie! A soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?/ Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him.”(V.i.37-42) From the things she said when she was under somnambulism one can see that the wrongdoings of her husband have taken a toll on her as she has become delusional and crazy. Her husband’s killing and greed for power have caused her much grief and despair. Macbeth is the source to the negative emotions that Lady Macbeth feels so extremely and yet he does not seem to notice the unusual way she has been acting Macbeth is still focused on his ambition for power. This self-centered attitude is a way to protect ourselves rooted in us from the time we had to fend for