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Political Parallel In Macbeth

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There is a political parallel between Macbeth with 2 connected revolutions going on. In Macbeth’s mind, the shadow is attempting a coup d'etat against his persona, while in Scotland, Macbeth is attempting a coup d'etat against King Duncan, and with that, comes insanity on both sides. It starts with the rise of Macbeth’s Shadow, the rise of King Macbeth, and after the revolutions, the aftermath of such actions.
There is a political parallel between Macbeth’s character and Scotland and it starts with the rise of Macbeth’s shadow. At the start of Macbeth, it starts with a battle. A war experience is something not to be taken lightly, especially if you have killed many other humans ~~ that have families, children, and friends. When you “unseam'd …show more content…

When it comes to the chain of being, the King is above common folk and your average footsoldier, and even Thane of Cawdor. When this chain is disrupted, chaos ensues. The universe becomes mentally ill, throwing fits, like natural disasters. When it comes to Macbeth, people expect a high-ranking political figure, like the thane of Cawdor Macbeth, to be very organized. Another mental health affect that can be seen is Macbeth’s transitions from a yang, patriotic soldier at the start to an yin, emotionless king who cannot feel pain or remorse for his actions “I have almost forgot the taste of fears” (V, v, 9) demonstrates the effects of yin and shadow on him, however, now that he is at such an extreme, a bit of persona/yang is bleeding through, since this kind of behavior is stereotypical of a man. After the coup d’etat, Lady Macbeth is also feeling the effects of the universe on her, being a direct force in the overthrow of persona. Lady Macbeth is likely taking blows directly from the universe, god, and the previous traces left over by persona as the message from god might be “mess with the chain of order, Macbeth, and we’ll also destabilize your wife” eventually she starts sleepwalking, and talking in her sleep and having hallucinations, like this “Out, damned spot! out, I say!--One: two: why,” (V, i,

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