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How Does Macbeth Cause Mass Destruction

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Hello and good morning to you all, my name is Dannielle and welcome back to “Late night Shakespeare” last, we talked about the relationship of Romeo and Juliet and their deaths and today we are going to discuss another Shakespeare’s play…” Macbeth” and how he shows how taking illegitimate power can cause a mass destruction. In the play Macbeth by Shakespeare, the main character, Macbeth, becomes immoral to any power that he gains. In the play we can clearly see that Macbeth was quite normal in some ways, however throughout the play Macbeth begins to crave power and will do anything horrific just to gain power and authority. Shakespeare’s play begins with King Duncan and Malcom In Act 1 scene 4 “a good and hardy soldier” this is talking about the plays protagonist, Macbeth. Macbeth is the good solider who was dedicated to his king until they end up befriending three witches who tell Macbeth three prophecies. One of the prophecies being “Macbeth shall be named Thane of Cawdor and then king. This shows us that Macbeth would become king however he did so himself. …show more content…

Or are the three witches just giving voice to Macbeths secret desire. Macbeth has no control over himself if he has been hypnotised by the power of becoming king. Macbeth had lost himself after his chat with the three witches because he didn’t know what to do fulfil his future or continue doing what he was doing. Macbeths mind is now only focusing on the power of becoming king because of the prophecies the three witches told him. The three witches drive Macbeth’s humanity through a

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