Macbeth Quotes Analysis

     After Duncan’s murder, Macbeth realizes that the witches’ prophecy about him becoming king has come true, and he feels that it is his destiny to be the king of Scotland. Macbeth begins to believe in everything the witches say. Macbeth, however, does not want to risk giving up his crown to the son of Banquo like the prophecy said. Thus, Macbeth hires three murderers to kill both Banquo and his son. He tells the hired murderers to "leave no rubs nor botches in the work . " (Act III: ii: 133). By having both men killed, no one will be in line to take the crown from Macbeth, and he will secure his position has king.

“I’ll glad the faces of the grooms withal for it must seem their guilt”(2.296-73). What happens is after he kills Duncan he returns to Lady Macbeth with blood all over him and the daggers. She yells at Macbeth for bringing the daggers back and she said she would make

In this scene, Macbeth is alone in his castle, contemplating the murder of King Duncan to fulfill the witches' predictions. The dagger he sees is a hallucination of guilt and inner confusion. The quote signifies Macbeth's path into madness as he chooses the decision to commit murder. The dagger represents a type of symbol that makes Macbeth want to carry out his bloody deed. These words are crucial as they reveal Macbeth's internal conflict and

Page 1 of 2 ZOOM Throughout history and literature, the desire for power has led people to go to great lengths to acquire it. Typically, all values and morals are deemed unimportant as long as power or status is achieved. In Macbeth, the internal and external struggle for power enhances the theme that power corrupts. Shakespeare uses the deaths of Duncan, Banquo and the attempt on Fleance to demonstrate the lengths to which Macbeth will go for power.

The pursuit of power has harmful repercussions. During Shakespeare’s time people thought thin blood implies good health while thick blood implies the result of poison. Lady Macbeth in planning for Duncan’s murder states, “Make thick my blood; Stop up the access and passage to remorse” (Shakespeare I.v. 43-44). Lady Macbeth desires to thicken her blood to make planning murder easier by removing her remorse. The result of thicker blood is poisoning: Lady Macbeth invokes the spirits of murder to poison herself to aid in Macbeth’s pursuit of power. As a result of pursuing power, one can throw away part of himself to more easily commit vile acts. transition Shakespeare demonstrates throwing away a part of oneself with Lady Macbeth desiring to poison herself to remove her remorse. Furthermore, repercussions for the pursuit of power also come from others. After the events of the banquet and Macbeth’s sighting of Banquo’s ghost Macbeth states, “It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood. Stones have been known to

I think that Macbeth feels pressured into killing King Duncan and now he regrets it. Another quote from the text, “And wash this filthy witness from your hand, why did you bring these daggers from the place?” (Macbeth II. II. 47-48.

Macbeth was widely seen and treated as a man of virtue, valiance, and nobility. However, now at a position of such high standing, he starts to act like Lady Macbeth. Like his wife, Macbeth began to hold a very single-minded train of thought and manipulated others to his benefit. For a secure spot on his throne, Macbeth resorted to planning the murder of Banquo, for “He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valor / To act in safety. There is none but he /

Macbeth's mental condition continues to deteriorate as his pursuit of power continues to drive him to commit more crimes. After his first killing Duncan to last killing Malcolm's family, the greed only caused him to commit more and more crimes. He would have never totally satisfied, he would always want more, but that is do to his greed that had corrupted his mind and heart.

Although he was in panic after Duncan’s death, he is in control when the body was found. “Who could refrain/ that had a heart to love, and in that heart/courage to make’s love known?”(2.3.95). The night before, Macbeth was still worrying about his action. But in the morning, He has already prepared his actions and lies to get away easily. As fear and desire cloud his judgment, he keep on killing and lying until he is no longer the “Brave Macbeth” (1.2.16). From a betrayer he becomes a wicked murderer and finally a “tyrant” king (5.2.12). “By the end of the play he is a “butcher” (5.8) who has turned Scotland into a slaughterhouse” (Paris). His dynamic personality developed rapidly like a cancer. It is aided by paranoid and ambitions. By the time Macbeth discovers he has changed too much and gone too far, it is too

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

With Macbeth being fearful that the Witches’ prophecies are true about Banquo and his sons taking over the throne, he hires murders to kill them all. Others may argue that

Here Macbeth had a choice to ignore Lady Macbeth or continues to do nothing to become king. Now Macbeth agrees to kill King Duncan but he has second thoughts about killing him. Then a dagger appears on Macbeth mind ... Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?

Macbeth suggests that once a man commits a murderous act for his own gain, something of which he has done, and continues to do, it is impossible for that person to stop, as turning back would make no sense, and be “tedious”. At this point, Macbeth is willing to do whatever it takes to keep himself at the highest position of power. Committing evil deeds has almost become second nature. According to Macbeth, looking out for his own best interest is his main focus. Macbeth’s ambition to preserve the title as King of Scotland has taken over any rational thoughts.

it not, Duncan, for it is a knell /That summons thee to heaven or to hell.” (2/1/63 - 65) Later in act 2, scene 3 when the murder is brought into light Macbeth confesses to killing the guards out of rage. “His silver skin laced with his golden blood; /And his gash'd stabs look'd like a breach in nature /For ruin's wasteful entrance: there, the murderers, /Steep'd in the colours of their trade, their daggers /Unmannerly breech'd with gore: who could refrain,” (2/3/108 - 112) The truth is that Macbeth killed the king

But the evil of Macbeth's ambition doesn't stop there when he becomes king. He is ambitious to keep his power and what he's fought for and he intends to change the prophecy by killing his best friend Banquo and his son for it is said Banquo will beget many kings. So he has 3 men murder Banquo but doesn't get his son. One of the murderers tells Macbeth that they managed to do half of the job in a crowded room but “there’s blood upon your face”. Tis banquo’s then" (3.4.13-14).