Nature And Evil In Macbeth

Arshdeep Singh

Mrs. Rossi

ENG3U

May 01 2017

The evilness of the Macbeth vs Nature condemning evil

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, nature itself reacts to some of the events in a supernatural manner. The topic of natural versus unnatural comes various times throughout the Macbeth. Natural is what is good and unnatural is what is bad, or evil. In medieval times, it was believed that the health of the country was directly related to the goodness and the moral legitimacy of its king. If the king was good then the nation would have good harvests and weather. If there was a political order, then there would be natural order. In Macbeth, when characters do something considered evil, unnatural things happen. In Macbeth, the supernatural

(1, 3, 51 to 53)

When Macbeth first hears the prediction, Macbeth questions the witches, and demands more from them, and then ponders what the prophecy might mean. Macbeth’s only large speech here directed totally to the witches, which shows his interest in their prophesy, for he begs them three times for more information. Between these lines Macbeth says;

Tell me more. By Sinel’s death I know I am

Thane of Glamis. But how of Cawdor? The thane of Cawdor………. Say from whence you owe this strange intelligence or why upon this blasted heath……… Speak, I charge you. (1, 3, 73 to 81)

The prophecy that revealed that he would be the king was the first thought that he had to kill the king Duncan. Even though, Macbeth once thought about to kill Duncan but it was not possible, if lady Macbeth did not convince him.. Macbeth hesitates to kill Duncan because he has a change of mind. He begins to thinking about the fact that Duncan has recently honored him by promoting him to the position of thane of Cawdor. This shows that Macbeth still has good in him. However, Macbeth’s decision to not to kill Duncan is overruled by lady Macbeth. She insults Macbeth’s manhood and calls him a coward. She

This shows that after committing another evil deed Macbeth has become unstable and his mental health begins to deteriorate. Macbeth has lost the good that he had in him. He totally became a corrupted and a evil king who only cares about to keep the power. This also relates with the theme of nature seems to be condemning evil because only Macbeth knew that Banquo has been killed and the nature condemns evil by only letting Macbeth to see Banquo’s ghost. The play Macbeth is a true tragedy, in which murders take place in order for man to take the throne and to become a king. It starts with Duncan’s murder, then the murder of Banquo. Once, Duncan and Banquo were out of the way, Macbeth turns his attention to kill Macduff. Macbeth chooses to murder Macduff, a man who Macbeth himself said was a good man and a fine leader. At this point in the play, Macbeth has lost all touch with moralistic value and rational thought. He is so fearful of losing his crown that he will do anything to protect it. When Macduff was absent from Macbeth’s inauguration, Macbeth grew suspicious of him and decided to kill his family. The reason of killing Macduff’s family was to clear the bloodline.

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