Sympathy In Macbeth

Although some may believe that Macbeth is not deserving of any sympathy at the end of the play, Macbeth deserves sympathy from the audience because he is mentally weak and never gives up. The readers are introduced to a man who is kind hearted and noble to his country and king. This man, Macbeth, undergoes intense pressure from the beginning to the end of the play but never gives up on his ambitions, which shows who he is as a man.

Shakespeare is known for his character development and how easily readers can relate to the characters in his plays. Most high school students, who make up the majority of readers of this book, tend to feel pressure and stress throughout their years of schooling. Macbeth goes through the exact same pressure and

As the play progresses and Macbeth commits murder on several accounts the audience is lead to believe that his true battlefield mindset and actions have carried over to his everyday life. This is entirely untrue because Macbeth is caring, as seen in his sadness and regretfulness at the end of the play when he realizes that what he has done is wrong. When a person is invested into something they tend to think and act irrationally which blinds them from what is right and wrong. Source A is a perfect example of this because Rob Blagojevich committed terrible acts of corruption and later realized what he did was wrong. In Source A Rob says, “I have nobody to blame but myself for my stupidity and actions, words, things that I did, that I thought I could do,” (Source A). He addresses the fact that he was oblivious, at the time of his crimes, to his irrational actions that he did not realize were seriously wrong. The same thing happens to Macbeth because he is overwhelmed with emotions and pressure. At the end of the play he takes a step back and realized what he has done was wrong and truly cares for Macduff because he killed his family. This allows readers to relate to when they did something wrong and allows them to feel sympathetic for Macbeth. It is reasonably inferable that Shakespeare wanted to audience to feel sympathy for Macbeth by creating a deeper message that takes further examination to understand. In Greek tragedy tradition , “no violence was permitted on the stage,” (Source E). The Macbeth play has several times where violence is present and this is a sign that Shakespeare wants the audience to look past the violence and feel sorry for Macbeth because he does not truly have the ambitions to be