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Macbeth Madness Essay

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Macbeth’s Murderous Madness

“He who seeks evil will find it” (Heart and Minds). It is often that in both life and fictional literature those with the character to look for the answers to the future seek some immoral means. In Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Macbeth is portrayed initially as a valorous and good-hearted general to King Duncan, but who later is corrupted by ambition. He persuades himself that killing his king to take the throne is the right thing to do. Macbeth’s evil ways to attempt to control the future make him realize that he has to bury the past by firstly assassinating King Duncan, seeking the witches for information, and covering it all up by murdering Banquo.

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“All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee. Thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee. Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!” (Shakespeare 1.3.49-51). The information the three witches have provided for Macbeth was a big part of his controlling the future. Furthermore, Macbeth goes to the witches to profile what his future looks like. Macbeth wants to know what he can do to control the things that can happen in the future so he asks the witches for help and they give him three apparitions. Macbeth wants to know what he can do by controlling the future and finding a way to help himself at the same time. One of the apparitions that the witches gave to Macbeth is that he can't be killed by a child born from a …show more content…

Macbeth was best friends with a soldier named Banquo who he fought side by side in war. “Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, As the weird women promised, and I fear Thou play’dst most foully for’t” (Shakespeare 3.1.1-3). Macbeth fears Banquo suspects for a crime which was Macbeth killing King Duncan. However, A third man joins the two whom Macbeth has already sent to kill Banquo and Fleance. The three assassins manage to kill Banquo Fleance escapes (Shakespeare 3.3.18). King Macbeth orders three murderers to kill Banquo and his son while thye were on their way to expose Macbeth. While Macbeth turned on not only his bestfriend he also turned on the town and that is why Banquo wanted to tell everyone the truth. The truth is that Macbeth turned on so many people and killed everyperson that was in his way including friends and

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