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Macbeth's Desire And Insanity

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Macbeth talks about the darkness of his plan to murder, and he personifies nature as a living creature that is dead and all living things are in deep sleep. Furthermore, Macbeth proclaims that dreams are wicked and that they abuse sleep. This can be interpreted as the supernatural forces are guiding his dream of being successful and his ambition leads him to kill King Duncan in his sleep. Even though Macbeth recognizes all his flaws and sins by following the wrong path, he talks about the darkness of his crime and the night. It does not affect him yet it proves that the darkness of Macbeth’s desire and insanity contributes to his downfall.

When Macbeth begins to hallucinate and sees a floating dagger in front of him. Rather than seeing the dagger as a sign to stop himself from murdering the …show more content…

This can be seen as Macbeth’s attempt to justify his choice in murdering the king. In addition, this decision displays how Macbeth’s lust and greed for the throne push him over the brink of insanity. This is proven as he sees the weapon as “a dagger of the mind, [and] a false creation; / proceeding from [his] heat-oppressed brain” (2.1.38-39).

Throughout the play, Macbeth, masculinity and feminity are different than the typical gender roles of the 11th century. According to Greig E. Henderson and Christopher Brown’s Feminist criticism, people stereotype males as active, dominating, and rational, whereas the female is passive, submissive, and emotional. In Act II Scene I of the play, one can learn that the role of Lady Macbeth and the three witches has a great impact on Macbeth's actions and his masculinity. Firstly, Macbeth says that “wicked dreams abuse the curtain'd sleepe” (2.1.51-52). When you comprehend this quote literally, one may think Macbeth would kill the King in his sleep and his act is the wicked dream. However, this quote also

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