How Does Macbeth Affect Society

An act of betrayal in society has the power to change the future significantly and tends to create a great deal of disruption. Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth focuses on how Macbeth's actions affected society as a whole, giving a good example of how evil acts may cause disaster. To keep King James entertained during the making of the play and to relate the story to the current events in Scotland, William Shakespeare makes Macbeth as entertaining as possible with precise details. Shakespeare adds treacherous acts to build up the play's entertainment value to guarantee the King's approval. Throughout the story, Macbeth shows how he has changed from a noble hero to a villain by taking on different characteristics and making choices that he has either

The killing of Duncan created great disorder in Scotland, as killing a king in any scenario would cause a huge disturbance. As Macbeth carries out his actions, he realizes what he has done and understands that there is no way that he can ever leave the guilt. Macbeth states “I’ll go no more: I am afraid to think what I have done; Look on, I don’t dare not” (2.2. 62-64) At this point in the play, Macbeth is speaking to Lady Macbeth after the killing of Duncan. Macbeth goes on to say how he knows what he did was terrible and how he will go through great consequences and come across problems after what he did. One of the effects on Macbeth after he killed Duncan was that he wanted more power and his ambition and greed grew stronger. As the play went on, Macbeth became suspicious about Banquo because the Witches said that Banquos descendants would be king, and not Macbeth’s. This then leads Macbeth to kill Banquo, who was originally a foil to Macbeth. Macbeth quotes many inhumane sayings throughout the play such as “Thou art the best o’ th’ cutthroats: Yet he’s good that he did the like for Fleance. If thou didst it, thou art the nonpareil.” (3.4.18-20) This quote follows after the killing of Banquo when Macbeth meets with the Murderers to discuss what has happened and Macbeth showing his murderous personality, says how it is no good if only Banquo was killed and not his son Fleance too which

Body Paragraph 3- Macbeth's greed and ambition Macbeth’s great ambition as well as his greediness take advantage of his life, provoking him to be blind from the outcomes of his villainous actions. The idea of being king completely takes over Macbeth’s conscience and overrides any of his moral beliefs. Walter Cylde Curry believes that Macbeth was completely not in control of his actions and that his surroundings forced his ambition to rise. “Macbeths character is simple: the two dominant forces that control his actions are ambition and conscience. He is so ambitious that he is potentially capable of the worst crime.” (Curry 2) The words used in this quote explains in further detail how his weak mind lead him to failure as it could not resist the temptation to be king. Macbeth had the potential to become a great hero if he could force himself to stay away from his influences. “His imagination is perhaps his greatest strength to propel him in his design and also his highest weakness as he ultimately, falls prey to his own design and deliberations.” (ZTÜRK”) This quote explains how Macbeth could’ve used his mindset in a positive way and would have still been able to be successful without the killings but instead Macbeth is blinded by the other options of murdering the king and Banquo so that nothing would be in his way. Macbeth is connected to many villains in fiction, one of them being Satan, as both of them were determined to take over. “Macbeth can be linked to Satan