The evil with in Lady Macbeth In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is portrayed to be a true agent of evil due to her blind ambition, manipulation, and madness. Lady Macbeth uses her manipulation as a result of blind ambition to fulfill what she thinks is needed. As a consequence, Lady Macbeth turn to madness that will ultimately characterize her a true agent of evil. Lady Macbeth is a very strong individual that has the ambition to get whatever she wants but unfortunately fails to see
Macbeth Essay Macbeth, a powerful tragedy written by William Shakespeare, expresses how a man’s downfall in life can be due to either his belief in fate, or the tragic flaws in his character. Many readers and audiences ponder whether it was fate, an evil outside force, or his flaw in character that ultimately lead to his tragic flaw. Macbeth’s trust in his fate can be noticed after the battle in the beginning of the play, when he tells his good friend Banquo that fate will hold and control his
is another. Macbeth, one of William Shakespeare’s greatest plays, tells the story of a man who experienced both these things, murder and power. Macbeth, a Scottish general and Thane of Glamis, is told that he will become the Thane of Cawdor as well as Glamis by three witches. Hearing this, Macbeth becomes hungry for power. When people like King Duncan and Banquo, who is a noble general, and Macduff, who is a Scottish nobleman, start to get in Macbeth’s path towards power, his ambition for power grows
Determining who is sane and who isn’t is all based on perception. For example, Dr. Frankenstein is viewed as insane for creating a monster. In actuality Dr. Frankenstein was just a scientist doing what he devoted his life to, but what makes him different from any villain who devoted their life to their cause? Insanity is determined by perspective. Shakespeare plays around with the idea of insanity by fanning the flames of ambition and greed. Supernatural events test the sanity of the main
In William Shakespeare’s tragedies Macbeth and Othello, the manipulation of Lady Macbeth and Iago, is the key to the downfall of the plays’ tragic heroes. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, after Macbeth shares with his wife the predictions of three witches her lust for power becomes great and manipulates her husband into killing King Duncan which also leads to destruction of Macbeth. Meanwhile, in Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago, the antagonist vows his revenge against Othello for not promoting him to second