Pathetic Fallacy In Macbeth Essay

The play “Macbeth” is a Shakespearean tragedy that explores the dark and immoral side of humanity.And reminds us of the importance of moral integrity, as we consider that this play was written in the Jacobean era, meaning we can suggest the audience's awareness of King James’ paranoia surrounding witchcraft, Having published a novel named ‘daemonology’ in order to educate and reinforce how witchcraft was a heinous crime against God and humankind, King James’ skepticality originated from his suspicion of witchcraft causing his mothers death. The relevance of the witches portrayed in act 1 scene 1 to start the play is major as we consider that the generally evil nature witches, combined with the use of pathetic fallacy in this scene could be

The word “serpent” suggests malice and emphasises lady macbeth’s desire for Macbeth to be king, we are also able to analyse the biblical reference as we consider that the Jacobean audience of this era was a majority christian population, and the serpent is most commonly identified by the story of Adam and Eve, where satan enters the body of a serpent to deceive adam and Eve, their action subsequently broke their relationship with God, which resulted in them being expelled from the garden of Eden where they experienced harmony, peace, and perfection, this action would affect mankind negatively forever, and is the reason humans suffer to this day.We are strongly able to suggest that the serpent represented in this quotation portrays the worst possible example of evil, foreshadowing the betrayal and murder of king Duncan, which further conveys Lady Macbeth’s twisted morality and her desire for power, despite knowing hell would await her. In this quotation we can also analyse the use of “be the serpent under’t”, the verb “be” can be inferred to be a command, in order to further portray Lady Macbeth’s position of power, and could possibly suggest that

Throughout the play, we are shown the negative consequences of deception to Lady Macbeth, and Macbeth’s relationship. The most prominent and recurring consequence is guilt, and the haunting consequences of conscience, which are salient themes in ‘Macbeth’. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are both possessed with feelings of guilt after committing treason, and disrupting the great chain of being, subsequently leading to their emotional and mental destruction. An example of Lady Macbeth's guilt is in Act 5 Scene 1 while sleepwalking when she notes how “all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand” when referring to the metaphorical blood on her hands from her act of regicide. to consider that Arabian perfumes are often considered the most exotic and luxurious fragrances at the time .We are further shown the consequences of deception and its negative effects.

This quotation also outlines how deeply Lady Macbeth is affected by her internal guilt. The use of “perfumes of Arabia” is made to emphasise the severity of Lady Macbeth’s sinful actions, and how her nothing can remove the psychological and moral stain of her part in Macbeth’s actions,we can refer back to act 1 Scene 5, when Lady Macbeth requests the to be overtaken by evil “spirits” that “ tend on mortal thoughts”. This is evidence perhaps of being human and unable to escape to the consequences of our actions. Even if you get away with your actions through hiding it, psychologically you are unable to escape