7/25/2023 0 Comments Characters in macbethReligious fundamentalism is one example, as is much political terrorism. Many evil people carry out evil deeds but believe they are acting for the greater good: they may know, deep down, that individual acts they perform are evil, but they justify their execution because ‘the ends justify the means’ and they believe they are acting in the name of Something Greater. What’s more, he embarks on this course of action largely because he is tempted to do so by the Three Witches (who prophesy that he will be King) and by a woman closer to home, his ruthlessly ambitious wife, Lady Macbeth, who taunts his courage and his manhood (as it were) when Macbeth seems reluctant to go through with the deed.Īnd here we have the nub of it: what makes Macbeth such a touchstone and archetype for the tragic hero and the evil villain. A brave and effective soldier who is rewarded by the King, Duncan, for quelling a rebellion against his king, Macbeth decides to kill this same king, while Duncan is a guest under Macbeth’s own roof, just so Macbeth can seize the crown for himself. Throughout the play, Banquo acts as the contrast to Macbeth’s evilness as he is guided by light.Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragic heroes, not least because he represents the Man Who Has It All (seemingly) and yet throws it away because of his ‘vaulting ambition’ to have Even More: to be king. Even after the death of Banquo, Macbeth has hallucinations of Banquo appearing in front of him as a ghost. As a result, of this attempt, Banquo dies but Fleance runs away. To prick the sides of my intent, but only. Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. After the encounter with the three witches, Banquo clearly rejects the prophetic greetings of the witches though the witches prophesied that Banquo will father a line of kings although he fails to be one.ĭue to Macbeth’s fear of Banquo that he will suspect him of the murder of King Duncan, Macbeth arranges Banquo and his son Fleance to be murdered. The deep damnation of his taking-off And pity, like a naked newborn babe, Striding the blast, or heaven’s cherubim, horsed. However at the end of the play, it is Macduff, who kills Macbeth and saves the land from the evil hands of Macbeth.īanquo is a general of King Duncan’s army who bravely fights with Macbeth on the battlefield. It is not only these two characters, but even the country seems to perish at the hands of an evil ruler. In the later part of the play, we see both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth suffering due to all the evil plans that they implemented. The witches warn him of Macduff but create a false sense of security in Macbeth with their prophecies that no man born of a woman can harm him. Even after the murder of Banquo, Macbeth is tormented by the future that he goes to the witches again. Since Macbeth lives in fear of Banquo, he plans to murder Banquo and his son so that the prophetic greetings of Banquo would not come true. With the assistance of his wife the Lady Macbeth, he becomes king after murdering King Duncan.Īlthough Macbeth becomes king, he is often tormented by his thought or murder and suspicions. After King Duncan promotes Macbeth as the Thane of Cawdor murderous thoughts, enter into Macbeth’s mind. Macbeth is stunned by these greetings due to his ambitious nature. He encounters the three witches on his way from the battlefield, where the witches tempt him with prophetic greetings saying Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor and as the future king. Macbeth is a general of King Duncan’s army.
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