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Macbeth Is Evil Essay

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"Be careful who you trust, the devil was once an angel."- Ziad K. Abdelnour. It is a fitting quote for Macbeth as we saw Macbeth betray his idea over the obsession over the throne. At the beginning of the story, we see that Macbeth is described as a “nice person” later on we find out he was not as his obsession led to his downfall. The Tragedy of Macbeth is written by William Shakespeare. It follows the main character Macbeth, a Scottish nobleman and a devoted general to King Duncan who meets with three witches who predict he will become king. After this interaction, he gets possessed by ambition and a thirst for power. Throughout the story, we see his life unfold before us along with the decisions he makes. Macbeth does try to control the …show more content…

Not so happy,20 yet much happier.
Third Witch. Though shalt get kings, though thou be none.
So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!”
This mentally messed with Macbeth as the witches got the idea stuck to his head he was consumed by it. This prophecy deeply affects his decisions throughout the story. Which also makes him delusional that he's immortal and can not be killed by men. Macbeth was delusional ever since the witches mentioned the prophecy. For this reason, he was easily manipulated by his wife Lady Macbeth; she knew what she had to do to become queen. In addition, this gave Macbeth the idea of taking the throne for himself which made him overpowered.
Macbeth is obsessed with having power over others. He likes the feeling of people fearing him even though he was scared of Banquo since the prophecy said that Banquo will be greater than him. Along with this, he thought he was god simply because the prophecy said that he can not die by men. “For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered;
Put rancors in the vessel of my peace only for them; and mine eternal jewel
Given to the common enemy of man,
To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings!”. You can sense the anger of Macbeth behind this piece of text. The fact that his power will one day pass to Banquo's sons. Enrages him saying that he deserved to be king because he killed the

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