It is a well known saying that money is the root to all evil. However, how true could that be if there was evil before money, or currency in a whole. Money is just an item that we have given a false value that would mean nothing if we did not see it as currency. A slightly more accurate statement would be that power is the root of all evil. Everyone desires at least a little power. The poor, the rich, and everything in between. Power plays a big role in Macbeth as Macbeth himself strives to become king, with Lady Macbeth pushing him along, and the Wyrd Sisters lining his future in front of him.
Macbeth, the worst combination of greed and power, at first lacks motivation, but soon strives for his own advancements with little regard of the well beings of those around him. ”Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo. Down! Thy crown does sear mine eyeballs. And thy hair, Thou other gold-bound brow, is like the first. A third is like the former.—Filthy hags! Why do you show me this?—A fourth? Start, eyes! What, will the line stretch out to th'
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”But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we’ll not fail.” (1.7) Lady Macbeth taking authority over Macbeth and she is not going to let him give up. She wants this too much, she wants the power and status and riches. She wants Macbeth as King. ”Sit, worthy friends : my lord is often thus, and hath been from his youth : p;ray you, keep seat; the fit is momentary; upon a thought he will again be well. If much you note him, you shall offend him and extend his passion : Feed, and regard him not” Not only does this show Lady Macbeth taking control over the small group of people at the banquet, but it also shows how everything is starting to get to Macbeth, like the power, and the consequences he must now face because of how he gained his