The play Macbeth is jam-packed full of different themes and symbols. Although a number of these themes and symbols are fairly important, the most significant, and the one that is featured the most, is the theme “Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair”. In many instances, the play has shown the reader that in the fictional setting where Macbeth is based, things just simply don’t work out for the goody-two-shoes, hero type characters. In fact, things actually turn out really shitty for them. And for those lowkey bad guys who you don’t know are bad until they brutally murder someone, things actually turn out pretty good for them... Well at least for the ones who can handle murdering someone without being a total wussy about it. The whole play is sort of based on this theme that for some reason being good is bad, and being bad is great. The first, most prominent representation of this theme is in Act 1, Scene 2 when king Duncan finds out that there was a traitor …show more content…
This time the traitor is his buddy Macbeth, who is ALSO the new Thane of Cawdor. Is this a joke, Duncan? These ‘Thane of Cawdor’ guys really don’t like you. Next time you should really reconsider who you trust. Oh wait it’s too late, you’re already dead. Once again, Duncan was too quick to put his trust in Macbeth and was already ready to have a sleepover party with him like a day after hearing that he LITERALLY unseamed someone “from the nave to th' chops,”(1.2.22) in battle, and then stuck their head on the castle’s wall. I bet you if that man still had his head, he would be shaking it at you Duncan. Duncan was too good for that world, which is why he is now dead. He was a man that liked to believe that everyone is generally good hearted, and they couldn’t possibly have any hidden bad intentions, but oh was he dead wrong (again, no pun
Before visiting Macbeth's castle, Duncan states how there is no way to see that the Thane of Cawdor is a traitor. "There's no art/ To find the mind's construction in the face" (1.4.12-13), and "This castle hath a pleasant seat. The air/Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself/Unto our gentle senses". Duncan is ignorant that he will be betrayed again by Macbeth, which is dramatic irony.
My conclusion to this story is that Macbeth is the bad guy in story but he didn't start off as the evil villain until he mentioned to his wife about the withes telling him that he would be king, after Lady Macbeth received this information from her husband Macbeth she decided to take it upon herself to persuade her husband into killing the king but the original plan was that Lady Macbeth was going to kill the King Duncan but she couldn’t because King Duncan reminded her of her father. So moral of the story is don't get power hungry and start
There is betrayal among character in Macbeth, Hamlet, and As I Lay Dying. When Macbeth talks to the witches, he learns that he will become king in the future. Macbeth then starts to think about killing King Duncan (ShakeMac 1.3.65-88). Macbeth talks to Banquo about killing Duncan, and Banquo suggest letting Duncan die on his own. Lady Macbeth is excited that her husband will be king.
No downfall is to appear upon them yet, but their love for each other does. Just as Duncan continues to talk good about Macbeth to other, Macbeth is soon to hear about his title for thane of Cawdor. Right before Duncan leaves, he addresses Ross “ What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won. “ ( Shakespeare I, ii, 78 ) Furthermore, the role of power was not yet fully given to Macbeth, which results to no downfall. But as time is still early, Macbeth still intends to display his strong
Macbeth clearly distinguished himself as a great warrior, but his battlefield heroics did not carry over into heroic behavior off the battlefield. It is ironic that he, who had defended Duncan from traitors colluding with Irish and Norwegian armies, himself harbored traitorous thoughts. As he was contemplating assassinating Duncan, Macbeth was having trouble in justifying what he was about to do. “I am his kinsman and his subject, / Strong both against the
Macbeth and Banquo then meet three witches who tell them that Macbeth is to be named Thane of Cawdor and eventually king of Scotland. As the story would have it, he is named Thane of Cawdor. Now here is where the evil comes into play. Macbeth invites King Duncan of Scotland to his castle to visit, and when he arrives, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth plot to kill the king while he is sleeping. Macbeth is hesitant about the whole scheme, but his wife pressures him and he caves in.
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair” (Act 1, Scene 1, Line 12) is a quote said by the three witches in the beginning of the play. It explains that what is fair or pretty will become ugly or what is ugly will become pretty. Macbeth was once fair and innocent but corruption turned him ugly by the end of the play. The witches gave hints of what's to come with that quote. By the end, Macbeth was becoming more of a megalomaniac.
“The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood is stopped; the very source of it is stopped” (2.3.77-78). Macbeth murders the guards to prevent them from professing their innocence, affirming their intention to avenge the king in a fit of rage for his misdeeds. Duncan 's children; Malcolm and Donalbain, flee to England and Ireland, respectively, for fear that the killer of Duncan wishes the death of both also. Macbeth has killed Duncan who is his cousin. “Where we are, there’s daggers in men’s smiles.
Macbeth relates to modern society somewhat, As demonstrated by The theme of Karma. This is occurring attribution to society. In Macbeth the main character shows a great example of Karma. This also seems to get most unruly and murderous people and villains of modern society, These people that make the same mistakes as Macbeth always end up with a flat load of karma. As you know karma is the term meaning you're only going to end up with as much as you output.
However, she and Macbeth actually intend to kill Duncan later that night while he is sleeping. Lady Macbeth’s aura of kindness makes King Duncan feel safe and secure in their home. Second, Macbeth acts as if he had no clue that King Duncan was killed in his sleep when Macduff emerges from the King’s room from trying to wake him the following morning because Macduff had been ordered to come wake Duncan. “Macduff: Confusion now hath made
In The Tragedy of Macbeth, some of the most well known characters, the three witches, state that “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”. This quote is the theme of the play and helps set up the rest of the story. What this quote means is nothing is as it appears, that looks can be deceiving. In Act 1 when Banquo and Macbeth meet the witches, the witches tell them that Macbeth shall be Thane of Glamis and Cawdor, and that he shall be king of Scotland. They also tell Banquo that his sons shall be kings.
Macbeth is struggling and entangled with the advantage and disadvantage of killing Duncan. Macbeth appears hallucination under the temptation of power: “Mine eyes are made the fools o’th’ other senses, / Or else worth all the reset I see thee still, / And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, / Which was not before. There’s no such thing.
Macbeth’s Struggle Dear diary,today, I have to make a difficult decision, the outcome of this decision will either bring myself greatness, or it will lead me down a path in which death will follow. I have already been named the Thane of Cawdor, and those weird sisters had told me that I was to be the king of Scotland! but alas.. that is not me. How could Duncan name Malcolm the Prince of Cumberland! When I am much more suited!
Macbeth’s true character reveals his natural cruelty when Lady Macbeth persuades him to kill Duncan for