Role Of Internal Conflict In Macbeth

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There have been numerous times when my heart would knock at [my] ribs… against the use of nature]. I had a thought of cheating to pursue a tale my papa told me. I can compare to Macbeth’s internal conflict in the play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, when he was given a prophecy from the three witches, followed by a thought of murder. Such as in Macbeth, the witches told him that he would become king, in comparison to my papa told me I would be better than the rest of my family. As a child, my papa would always tell me that I would do great in life and advance to be better than the rest of my family. I thought of ways I could actually make that possible. During school, if I forgot to do an assignment or struggled during a test or quiz, my first thought was to cheat. The reason of that is because if I forgot to do my work and did not know the information for a test, what other way was I supposed to make a well enough grade to be the best in my family. I can relate my situation to Macbeth’s internal conflict. Macbeth was told by the three witches, that he would become king; as seen in line 51. “All hail, Macbeth that shalt be King hereafter!” (I.i.52). After he was told that by the three witches, he knew something had to be done. In lines …show more content…

Therefore, something had to be done in order for them to incline to become true. Not always will you think of the positive ways to achieve the statement? And often, your thoughts of imagination will be more powerful than reality because you fear it would not happen. “Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings” (I.i.138-139). I can also relate to Macbeth’s internal conflict because I thought of cheating to do well on my test and assignments, in comparison to Macbeth imagining the murder of Duncan to become