In the play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, a tragic hero faces a tragic downfall when he meets 3 witches who gives him prosperous prophecies and his greed and want for more morally corrupts him. This causes him to go on murderous sprees to achieve want he wants and believe he is untouchable. One of the themes from William Shakespeare's Macbeth is appreciate the things given to you and life and don't let it change how you act. there are many quotes and topics to support this theme and in this paper it will explain how those tie into this theme and support this theme with evidence and reasoning
The first quote shows how confident Macbeth is that he will stay untouched by Malcolm who is the son of one of the firsts of Macbeth's victims,
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Whiles I see lives, the gashes do better upon them" (5.8) This is a reference to Cato and Julius Caesars fight in a civil war when Cato was defeated and rather than dying by Caesars hands, he chose to kill himself instead. Macbeth disagrees with Cato's choice to kill himself and be a coward and this shows that he will fight to the end. This shows his stubborn and egotistical personality because if he had surrendered things may have gone a little smoother for him but instead he chose to put the blame on others and say they deserve to be killed. He never took any credibility for his actions by even admitting that he was wrong. Which shows that he is a coward and is like Cato in some aspects because he cant even admit his wrongs. Cato also tried to de-influence Ceaser and block his attempts to be in ruling by saying that his success on the battlefields should not be used as a stepping stone for power. We can see this aspect in Macbeth when he sent his murderers to kill Banquo because he saw the visions of his bloodline being