Man as shown in the work of Shakespeare was someone who has a weak will that could easily be moved by jealousy and other similar emotions that might make him higher or stronger than the others. The thought of gaining power that could bend laws and could make him the strongest and the most famous has deluded his senses and gave him enough strength needed to conduct the heinous act.Īlthough essentially Macbeth was a nice man, he believed that he was not given proper credit to his action. The thought that the blame would not be put unto him had ensured him that everything would be fine. His love for her, as could be seen in the scene before he decided to kill the king, was the trigger that set his thoughts to become the murderer that he came to be.
Macbeth was greatly influenced by his wife's ambition. That prophecy may not come true if man himself would not let it happen.
The story seemed also to reflect how man could actually be the one who fulfills his destiny. Nevertheless, an opportunity was presented to him, which exposed all the viciousness in his character, eventually leading him to an ambition that drove him to his evil thoughts and wishes. However, such instances when combined with evil thoughts to make the deed easier and faster could ruin someone's virtues and change him into an evil person, just as what had happened with Macbeth.įormerly he was a good man, a man of respect and loyalty. There are instances in which the addictive quality of power could create a strong man, a dedicated man who would do everything to meet his goals. Power makes man greedy the mere thought of one having it more than others could make a man change his former virtues just to reach the apex of his success. As can be seen in how Macbeth was changed by the lure of power and his ambition, it could then be obvious that it is, indeed, power that could change a man's attitude and character. The Shakespearean theme in Macbeth has given one the idea concerning the role of power in a human character. This is especially the case when power is involved. It seems then that there is no clear distinction if an action should be seen as something that is really fair or foul since one may lead to the other and vice versa. Shakespeare might be telling of a man's change of heart, denoting that no "foul is fair and no fair is foul", which seems to imply that there are certain things in this world that disguise themselves as fair although they are evil, and yet there are fair things that could have been gained through a foul act. This seems to reflect how man can easily be influenced by the evils in his environment. Macbeth was portrayed by Shakespeare as someone who has a very good heart that was easily corrupted by evil. Thus, it would not be right for anyone to judge Macbeth as someone who is evil just because he has caused harm to the king or just because he later on did evil acts such as committing more murders. That he has, in fact, a moral conscience that guides his actions and that killing the king was something that he perceived as a naturally immoral act. This constant nag of conscience shown in the story depicted that Macbeth was naturally a good man. Thus, it was understood that his conscience kept on haunting him that he has "killed sleep". Nonetheless, on the night that he killed the king, he could not sleep. He would not be so trusted if he were not good with swords and killing. He was a great warrior who was used to taking away lives of people in the battlefield. Being so, he was committed to defending the king and be his loyal servant. Nevertheless, since the vision of being a king and having all the power in their mind seemed attractive, they later decided that the king must really die.
In the beginning, the two were wary of bringing the king to his death. Evil in the sense that she was the one who came up with the idea that Macbeth must kill Duncan who was the king. Lady Macbeth who is Macbeth's wife was also a kind woman who driven by greed had become someone evil. As the story unfolds, the prophecy seemed to come true thus, Macbeth believes that it is his destiny to become a king as the prophecy tells. This prophecy was given to him at the beginning of the story. The story revolves on the process by which Macbeth had tried to fulfill the prophecy by the witches concerning his becoming a king. Macbeth's character was illustrated in the Shakespearean tragic poem as a man of honor and greatness that was later on tarnished because of greed and too much ambition.
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