English Essay, Macbeth Shakespeare’s extensive use of symbols throughout Macbeth (1606) provides us with deeper understandings of the characters within the play. ‘The choices we make determine our destiny’ is the driving quote for this essay and is an ongoing motif throughout the play Macbeth. This quote signifies that the decisions you make within your everyday life will determine the outcome of your future and destiny. The releletivity of this quote can relate to every character in this play but the most relevent example of this saying would be the tragic hero of the story Macbeth and his partener Lady Macbeth. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth was seen as a loyal and brave subject of the king Duncan. A good quote that shows how Macbeth …show more content…
It was at this point that Macbeth started to have thoughts about committing regicide, which is one of the worst crimes you can do. He was very hesitant to do so and had second thoughts but his wife Lady Macbeth was in on the plan and started to question his masculinity and began to say he was no man. Macbeth had been persuaded. Macbeth had this quote that explains that he was in for the plan now.`If it were done when tis best it was done quickly” this is a soliloquy of Macbeth’s thoughts saying that if the crime must be done best to get it over with fast. Macbeth now goes and kills Duncan and has now committed regicide. Macbeth instantly regrets this decision and you can tell this by the way he speaks through the rest of the play. A good example of this could be this quote “Macbeth shall sleep no more Macbeth murders sleep innocence sleep” this quote symbolises the innocence of sleep, King Duncun is asleep while murderd. After murdering him Macbeth cannot sleep and feels he ‘...heard a voice cry’Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep’ he no longer feels pure. Lady Macbeth becoming prone to sleepwalking around the castle reimagining her part in killine king Duncan is symbolic of her loss of purity and