Examples Of Power Hungry Macbeth

Jacalyn Doerwald
Shugrue/Stins
Humanities 6+7 The Power-Hungry Macbeth
Macbeth is praised a hero at the beginning of the story, and by the end, he’s considered a villain. Macbeth had his rise of power, and then his plunge to less than nothing. It’s actually quite interesting to see how Macbeth is affected by outside influences. All beginning with the witches, then to Lady Macbeth, he is heavily influenced. And after that, he cannot stop. He becomes power-hungry, and greedy. This grows more and more each day. He throws away all of what he could have had (being a hero for Scotland and thane), and gave it up for a short time to be king. Power poisons Macbeth’s mind into committing heinous crimes. And as time continues Macbeth gives up on caring. It is almost like he forgets to care. Killing innocents by the end of the story did not phase him one bit. While Macbeth is forgetting to care you see Lady Macbeth fill up with guilt, that she can't bare anymore. Eventually you can see how

Yet in the end Macbeth is considered a villain, and Macduff is the hero. In the beginning of Macbeth, Duncan, the king of Dunsinane, praises Macbeth. Duncan was happy with the results from the battle. Macbeth had won the battle with Macdonwald and yet another battle right after that against the Norwegian king. He gave him the position of being Thane of Cawdor and much praise. Macbeth was Dunsinane hero, the people consider him noble and a good man. Too much disbelief, Macbeth was manipulated by his own wife and by other outside forces. He was pushed to the brink. For Macduff, he was always a noble man. You do not read a lot about Duncan praising Macduff, but you know that Duncan trusted Macduff because Macduff looked up to Duncan very much and served him at any means. In the end, everyone looks to Macduff to slay Macbeth, since he is the only one that