Examples Of Conflicting Forces In Macbeth

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a tragedy in which the main characters are obsessed by the desire for power. Macbeth’s aspiration for power blinds him to the ethical implications of his dreadful acts. The more that Shakespeare’s Macbeth represses his murderous feelings, the more he is haunted by them. By analyzing his hallucinations it is possible to trace his deteriorating mental state and the trajectory of his ultimate fall. Throughout the play Macbeth is never satisfied with himself. He feels the need to keep committing crime in order to keep what he wants most: his kingship. The harder Macbeth tries to change his fate the more he tends to run into his fate. His ambition and struggle for power was Macbeth’s tragic flaw in the play.

Macbeth was an honorable warrior, content to be fighting to protect King Duncan and Scotland, Duncan though of Macbeth as one of the finest soldiers in the land fearing no man nor enemy that came his way. Macbeth being unsure of himself made him morally ambiguous he knew what he was doing was wrong but at the same time he wanted more power,respect,to please his wife that at the same time the murder of duncan didn't seem wrong. The murders that were planned by macbeth shows an evil persona taking upon him he wanted power,to be a great king macbeth didn't let anyone get in his way of achieving that goal even if it meant killing friends,families nothing mattered but the crown. We can’t blame Sir Macbeth for his behavior besides if you were promised,fame fortune, and everything that came with it what how far would you go to get

Altering what he thinks is right or wrong and helping him with the murder are reasons why Lady Macbeth is responsible for the demise of Duncan. Macbeth, at first does not want to kill his kinsman, his king who is here in double trust (Act 1 Scene 7 Lines 13), it is simply unnatural to do so, yet so is the woman in 1606 Scotland altering the decision of a Thane. Lady Macbeth, has eagerly done her part of making the guests drunk (Act 1 Scene 7 Line 35), and is in desperation for the murder to occur.

Macbeth corrupts the power of rule and becomes self centered and greedy. The corruption of power creates self centeredness and revenge. Early in the play, Macbeth emerges as the definition of what it means to be a man, Macbeth takes his time so everything will be one right and no one will question him when he takes throne. Fortunately, Macbeth’s decision to rethink the plan of Duncan's murder enables him to change his plan so he can kill Duncan and will have it be “done quickly”.

In the first act of William Shakespeare’s, Macbeth, Macbeth’s decision to go ahead with the regicide of King Duncan was influenced by multiple factors, primarily his own decision making, the prophecy of the three witches, and his wife Lady Macbeth. Ultimately, the final decision was the result of gullible, caring Macbeth, who unfortunately cannot make his own decisions or think for himself. Lady Macbeth’s power-hungry endeavors and aggressive personality, and lastly the witches who set the plot into action.

Macbeth had told her that he wasn’t comfortable going through with the plan, and he response was very harsh and questioned his manhood. She asks him if he will “live a coward in thine own esteem, letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would”,” (Act 1 Scene 7 43-45). Through Lady Macbeth’s manipulation and taunting, Macbeth finally agrees to commit this murder. Although it was she who convinced him to murder, it was still ultimately Macbeth’s choice to kill, considering he was the one who actually held the dagger and murdered Duncan. While Lady Macbeth was trying to taunt Macbeth into killing Duncan, there were confounding factors that led to some resistance.

With attention to the murder of King Duncan, Macbeth struggles with the morality of his actions. Before the murder takes place, Macbeth begins to believe that the murder will “be the be-all and the end-all” to his clear conscious and would risk him to eternal damnation (Act I, line 5). Yet, the murder would bring him power over Scotland and he “shalt be kind” as told by the Weird Sisters(Act 1, line 50). Macbeth goes off of his ambition to murder King Duncan. The internal struggle of choosing mortality over motives brought forth an intense shift of loyalty to betrayal. The murder caused for Macbeth to turn on Scotland and only care for his own selfish motives. The betrayal causes for the play to become horrific and have a double meaning. Macbeth must put on a face to hide his murder to become the king. The double meaning is how Macbeth looks like a hero to all of Scotland, but only the people on the inside know of his horrific actions. He had to murder to to get the position of King, but the

     Later on (Act 1 Scene 7) Macbeth started to have some serious doubts about the dreadful deed he was planning. He still very much wanted to be King, but his conscience was getting in the way of his "vaulting ambition". However, his wife managed to reassure him that all will be well, and he weakly submits. Nevertheless, it is absurd to suggest that Lady Macbeth was responsible for Macbeth’s decision to kill the King. If Macbeth had not wanted to kill the King, he wouldn’t have, regardless of any amount of bullying from his wife. He knows that he really wants to kill Duncan, it was his initial thought when he first encountered the witches. However, he didn’t like to think he was capable of such atrocities.

Macbeth is aware that his plan is wrong, but he seems to be persuaded by Lady Macbeth and his own ambition. She changes his perception when she tries to tempt Macbeth into killing Duncan by explaining “QUOTE OF PERSUASION” (). Without Lady Macbeth pushing Macbeth to commit the murder, we do not know how Macbeth would carry on. Shakespeare creates Lady Macbeth as a way to manipulate Macbeth in order to create a feeling of sympathy within the audience. Shakespeare wants us to sympathize with Macbeth as a character because Shakespeare purposely builds him as someone who is not a villain, but is pressured into carrying out the evil plan.

The second reason for Macbeth feeling the need to kill Duncan was his wife. Macbeth had sent a letter home to his wife entailing the encounter with the witches. Lady Macbeth later pushed across the idea of killing Duncan so that Macbeth could be king. “He who is coming must be provided for; so you will put me in charge of this night’s business, which will bring royal power and mastery to us alone for all the rest of our nights and

At this point in the play Macbeth is still an honest, honorable man, and to kill a dear friend would be going against his nature. “Commends the ingredients of our posion’d chalice to our own lips. He’s here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject.” (Pg. 57). In these lines we are shown that Macbeth is very uneasy about the murder of King Duncan, he believes killing him would be poisoning himself. King Duncan trusts Macbeth, and Macbeth trusts him, so how could he kill a loyal man who has trust in him? This is the conflict that begins to tear Macbeths sanity apart. His wife, Lady Macbeth does not feel the internal conflict Macbeth is faced with. She is so blinded by power and ambition that she doesn’t think twice about killing a man who sleeps soundly in their home at peace. Lady Macbeth calls Macbeth a coward and less of a man for having an internal conflict, this leads Macbeth to the murder of King Duncan. Internal conflicts are a powerful thing; this example goes to show how a person can be stripped of their sanity, especially when it goes against ones

Firstly, an external conflict occurs when Macbeth decides he no longer wishes to murder Duncan. He indicates that they will not continue their plan. Lady Macbeth becomes irate with her husband and attacks his manhood by calling him a coward. She continues to attack his ego by stating that he would be an example of a man if he killed Duncan. The resolution of this conflict involves Macbeth trying to prove his manhood of his wife. He later murders Duncan, the King of Scotland. Secondly, another external conflict occurs when he encounters Banquo who challenges Macbeth in the dark of night, being unable to tell whether Macbeth is friend or foe. Once Macbeth ironically greets Banquo as "a friend," the external conflict arises as Macbeth has to dissemble and deceive Banquo when Banquo confesses to being unnerved by the witches' predictions. Lastly, During Act I, Macbeth struggles with the concept of killing Duncan. He likes Duncan, and he wants to let fate takes its course. Lady Macbeth persuades him otherwise, and he ultimately gives in to his desires of becoming King. Macbeth externally must kill the sleeping Duncan and his

In the beginning of the play, Macbeth loyally defends his king from traitors and was given the title of the Thane of Cawdor, but Macbeth still wanted more power. The only Macbeth would ever get more power is by becoming king; however, in order to that he would have to wait years or murder King Duncan. At first Macbeth was not willing to kill King Duncan because he was loyal to him, but eventually, his wife manipulates him into killing him. Macbeth then begins to ask the heavens to hide his immoral act from God and is horrified. Now that Macbeth is King, he is paranoid about him losing his kingship. So Macbeth begins to kill anyone he finds a treat. If Macbeth had not killed Duncan he would have obtained kingship in a moral manner, thus

One of Lady Macbeth’s tragic flaws that leads to her downfall is passion which soon leads to corruption of power. Her passion drives her to do terrible deeds that she thinks are going to make her a better person. She also convinced Macbeth that these terrible deeds were necessary for accomplishing their goals of being king and queen. In the first act of the tragedy, Lady Macbeth is trying to convince Macbeth that killing King Duncan is a good choice and that it will help the process of becoming king go quicker. They come up with a plan, that they think, will make sure no one suspects that they murdered Duncan. She says, “Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem’st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem, letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would’, like the poor cat i’ th’ adage?” (Shakespeare 1.7. 41-44). Lady Macbeth is asking Macbeth if he will always say “he wants to” and then say that “he can not” right before he is supposed to do the deed that he is planning to do. She is trying to get under his skin so he will be persuaded to kill Duncan. Her passion and ambition is driving her to get Macbeth convinced to do this. They both want power but she is willing to do whatever it takes to get it. Macbeth is too scared to take action, he needs some pushing from his wife. Lady Macbeth is making Macbeth believe that backing out of his decision is the wrong choice and killing all of these people that are in their way is the right choice. Lady Macbeth succeeds in

Lady Macbeth is the person who is able to persuade Macbeth into killing Duncan, assuring Macbeth that it will succeed, as Lady Macbeth’s ambition is far greater than Macbeth. This change in the character of Lady Macbeth is apparent after she reads the letter from Macbeth. She goes to the extent of planning the murder of Duncan and assumes full responsibility for this. She exerts a lot of power over Macbeth in this part of the play and even calls him a coward. This shows just how determined she is and how much ambition she has for the two of them. She cries to dark spirits to help her “Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe potful of direst cruelty” (16). In this quote she is asking the spirits to make her into a man, so she will be strong enough to commit murder. She talks down to her husband and calls him a coward for not wanting to go through with murder. She does everything in her power to make sure her husband will go through with her plan to kill Duncan. She shows this characteristic again after they kill Duncan. After Macbeth had killed Duncan, he came to her and said it was finished. He then commented on what a horrible sight it was. She then replied saying, “A foolish thought to say a sorry sight” (28). She was clearly unmoved at the thought of Duncan being murdered that she does not even stop to