Macbeth Persuasive Essay The play of Macbeth is one of the greatest pieces written in all of literature. William Shakespeare's “Macbeth” is about Macbeth, a Scottish General and thane of Cawdor, who runs across some witches who tell him about a prophecy that they have foreseen that he will become the next great King of Scotland. Once the witches tell Macbeth of his fate, he suddenly has a new found lust for power. Although the play of Macbeth can be seen as a Tragedy of Fate given by the witches, the play is really about the tragedy of character. When we are first presented with the character of Macbeth he is pictured as a noble and loyal warrior. However, once his future is presented to him by the witches saying that he, Macbeth, is to become the next great King of Scotland, he begins to lose focus and makes the wrong decisions. Macbeth begins to only make choices that will benefit only himself and to gain power. Becoming almost unrecognizable to the person he once was. After confronting his wife, Lady Macbeth, he isn't the only one with a lust for power. …show more content…
However, he isn't the only one with character flaws. Like her husband, Lady Macbeth also shares for his lust for power, if not making his lust worse. It can be seen in the story that Lady Macbeth plants metaphorical seeds into Macbeth's head. An example of this being when Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are talking, and she almost hints towards him that Duncan will stand in his way in becoming King, forcing Macbeth to kill him. Although Lady Macbeth never told her husband to kill Duncan, she knew saying that would force him to take some sort of action. Another group of characters that show flaws are the story's antagonist the