Macbeths Great Plunge
... 17-19), fighting against great odds with a single-minded purpose. ... Shakespeare incorporates this idea to help explain the origin of Macbeths vulnerability. Near the beginning of the play, we are given examples of Macbeths nature that show he is not a flawless allegorical figure of morality. ... Although to fear doing evil is good, the fact that it causes a great deal of emotional stress in Macbeth shows his struggle between whether or not to act out his thoughts, a struggle which can only exist within a conflicted man with both good and evil natures. Despite Macbeths mostly moral nature, the reader is given signs that Macbeth has thought about killing Duncan before, as "My dull brain was wrought/ With things forgotten" (1. ... By itself, Macbeths ambition isnt enough for him to kill Duncan. ... Although they do not predict Macbeth specifically murdering Duncan in order to rise to power, they realize that the natural expression of Macbeths character can only bring about that result. ... Finally, there are the smaller circumstances that set the stage for the murder to take place, such as Duncan spending the night at Macbeths castle and the King declaring Malcolm the new Prince of Cumberland, which Macbeth reacts to with hostility. ... Macbeths first thoughts about the murder (1. ... After the murder, Macbeths sinful nature is best described by images of natural disorder. ... Just as nature itself is corrupted, Macbeths moral "nature" has also changed for the worse. ... When Duncan arrives as a guest to Macbeths castle, Banquo describes him as the "guest of summer. ... In the end, the growing sinfulness originating from Macbeths nature rises up to destroy him. ... Macbeths demise is due to his "vaulting ambition" and the Witches success in manipulating his notion of living in the present, "disdaining fortune," into living in the future.