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... We cannot help but be in awe of the unknown, just as Shakespeare’s Macbeth (1606) is. ... Macbeth is an easily influenced man who overturns his entire life to adjust and carry out the witches’ foretelling. ... Macbeth doesn’t hesitate to murder numerous people to secure his position as king; he loses all logic and reason and focuses solely on achieving the prediction of the witches. ...
If one pays attention only to Macbeth’s personality throughout the play, it is apparent how he shifts to a completely different person. ... His wife takes control of their plan and, in a way, pressures Macbeth into agreeing to the murder like a bully pushing around a child. At this point, Macbeth is in touch with logic and reason, and he understands the consequences and risks of committing murder, “Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return / to plague the inventor” (Shakespeare 1. ... Macbeth acknowledges how Duncan is a good king, one who doesn’t deserve murder, but he acts as if he must commit the crime. ...
After the murder of Duncan is complete, Macbeth refuses to stop there.
Approximate Word count = 869
Approximate Pages = 3.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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