In Macbeth, Shakespeare clarifies man’s perception of fate and drives the action forward by using what others say about Macbeth and Macbeth’s own thoughts.
Macbeth’s actions and perceptions of his fate are significantly affected by what the three witches and Lady Macbeth say about him. In the beginning of Macbeth, the three witches hail Macbeth and claim that he should be the king, guiding Macbeth to evil temptations. After hearing from the witches, although Macbeth doesn’t understand and trust them, he is overwhelmed by their words and his ambitions start to stand out over his loyalty and morality. The sudden change from a brave warrior of his king to an ambitious villain is directly caused by the witches’ words. However, Macbeth still fluctuates between killing King Duncan or not, and his hallucinations of the nonexistent dagger depicts his horror and guilt. When Macbeth decides to give up, Lady Macbeth’s reprimands of him not having enough courage and ambition stimulates Macbeth to kill the king eventually. Due to Macbeth’s concerns of losing his courageous spirit and further self-doubting, he agrees with Lady Macbeth and kills Duncan. The three witches’ words and Lady Macbeth’s reprimand pushed Macbeth forward to overcome his trepidation and gradually lead Macbeth to his fate.
Moreover, Macbeth’s own thoughts also influence his perception of his fate and his actions. After he kills King Duncan, his hallucinations put him in horror and guilt. Macbeth’s trepidations
are evoked by his imaged hearing of others’ prayers and crying of the murder. The great horror leads Macbeth to kill the innocent bedchambers, which ironically makes him suspicious and deepens his ambitions. As Macbeth falls more deeply into the quagmire of evil temptations, he is overwhelmed by his thoughts of aggression and trepidation. When he sees Banquo’s ghost, which is only visible to him sitting in his chair, he is insane about the thought of Banquo’s coming back to conquer his throne and longing for revenge on him. Even Lady Macbeth can’t pacify him. Macbeth suffers though his anxiety which pushes him further in the bloody business and fear. Consequently, because of Macbeth’s strange behaviors, his people are more suspicious about Macbeth. By his increasing worries of his throne and the people’s revenges, Macbeth becomes more bellicose and morally corrupted. Furthermore, Macbeth’s arrogant thought of not fearing anyone also contributes to his fate to failure and death. His own thoughts play a significant role on the way to his fate.
Macbeth’s perception of fate is strongly affected by what others say about him and also his own thoughts. His actions which are influenced by people’s thoughts eventually lead him to his fate of
death.
Macbeth’s actions and perceptions of his fate are significantly affected by what the three witches and Lady Macbeth say about him. In the beginning of Macbeth, the three witches hail Macbeth and claim that he should be the king, guiding Macbeth to evil temptations. After hearing from the witches, although Macbeth doesn’t understand and trust them, he is overwhelmed by their words and his ambitions start to stand out over his loyalty and morality. The sudden change from a brave warrior of his king to an ambitious villain is directly caused by the witches’ words. However, Macbeth still fluctuates between killing King Duncan or not, and his hallucinations of the nonexistent dagger depicts his horror and guilt. When Macbeth decides to give up, Lady Macbeth’s reprimands of him not having enough courage and ambition stimulates Macbeth to kill the king eventually. Due to Macbeth’s concerns of losing his courageous spirit and further self-doubting, he agrees with Lady Macbeth and kills Duncan. The three witches’ words and Lady Macbeth’s reprimand pushed Macbeth forward to overcome his trepidation and gradually lead Macbeth to his fate.
Moreover, Macbeth’s own thoughts also influence his perception of his fate and his actions. After he kills King Duncan, his hallucinations put him in horror and guilt. Macbeth’s trepidations
are evoked by his imaged hearing of others’ prayers and crying of the murder. The great horror leads Macbeth to kill the innocent bedchambers, which ironically makes him suspicious and deepens his ambitions. As Macbeth falls more deeply into the quagmire of evil temptations, he is overwhelmed by his thoughts of aggression and trepidation. When he sees Banquo’s ghost, which is only visible to him sitting in his chair, he is insane about the thought of Banquo’s coming back to conquer his throne and longing for revenge on him. Even Lady Macbeth can’t pacify him. Macbeth suffers though his anxiety which pushes him further in the bloody business and fear. Consequently, because of Macbeth’s strange behaviors, his people are more suspicious about Macbeth. By his increasing worries of his throne and the people’s revenges, Macbeth becomes more bellicose and morally corrupted. Furthermore, Macbeth’s arrogant thought of not fearing anyone also contributes to his fate to failure and death. His own thoughts play a significant role on the way to his fate.
Macbeth’s perception of fate is strongly affected by what others say about him and also his own thoughts. His actions which are influenced by people’s thoughts eventually lead him to his fate of
death.
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