“He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must fall with the greatest loss.” Niccolo Machiavelli means to say is that when driven by blind ambition, one will go to the highest rank possible and the only thing left for one to do is to fall. In Shakespeare’s most bloody and gory play “Macbeth”, the late Shakespeare correctly exemplifies the fact that if one is ambitious one will have the greatest downfall, and will suffer consequences. Macbeth a mighty and ambitious warrior from the medieval times, manipulated by the peculiar sisters’ prophecy, leads Macbeth into thinking he has a chance to become king. Due to Macbeth’s blind ambition, he becomes a gruesome killer. Macbeth performs several slaughters in order to achieve the throne. Lady Macbeth, who is just as ambitious, worked side by side with Macbeth so she could become queen, and she too takes part in all the slaughters. After all these murders Macbeth and Lady Macbeth becomes crazy and starts feeling guilty and share a common goal. In the end due to all the horrific things Macbeth and his wife have done to other people, they all decide to take revenge on them, thus leading to their deaths. Therefore if one is blindly ambitious, one will face costs.
Macbeth prompted by the manipulative witches, ignites the ambition within him to take place on the throne, and leads him to kill several characters in the play. First of all Macbeth starts by murdering the present king of Scotland,
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The way that we distinguish things is usually based upon miscalculation that seem to mask the reality. The tragic story of Shakespeare’s Macbeth shows that the exterior appearance of anyone may be false. Macbeth is portrayed as an honest, loyal and a brave subject. The witches play the major part towards Macbeths downfall and Lady Macbeth plays the most part.
‘Macbeth’ a Scottish play known as one of Shakespeare’s best plays was written in 1611 by William Shakespeare, during that time King James the 1st was the king of Scotland, the Jacobean times was a time where people had a fascination with witches and witchcraft, ‘Daemonolgie’ was a book written by King James the 1st himself, this was about ways to spot a witch, which intrigued people. Since ‘Macbeth’ has a Scottish theme Shakespeare may have written this play to please King James since there is references to Banquo which is a direct descendant of King James, also it is said that Banquo wasn’t a very nice man but Shakespeare presents him as very loyal and kind person
In human society there are different rank and class systems that distinguish groups of people. Ambition -- the quest for power – is an internal drive that is embedded in every one of us. It motivates us to improve ourselves. Ambition can lead to corruption as in the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, where the main character Macbeth is driven by his ambition and eventually becomes corrupt. Macbeth chooses to let ambition override his humanity in order to achieve and maintain the throne which ultimately leads to his and Scotland’s down fall.
We first start seeing power affecting Macbeth’s morals in the ending of Act I when the promise of power makes Macbeth think about killing the king. Macbeth has just finished having a nice dinner with the King and he is rethinking his plan of killing the king. We see him try to pull away from the idea of killing the king and wanting to stay an honest man. He is arguing with Lady Macbeth to not kill the king because “the king has just honored me”, “We can’t go on with this plan.” Macbeth wants to stay respectful and honest, he feels guilty to think about killing the king because the king thinks so highly of him. It is an honor to have respect from the king and Macbeth does not want to kill a good man like him. No matter what he says lady Macbeth still argues to kill the king and promises unlimited power. Macbeth finally makes the decision to kill him and begin to change from an honest and humble man to a liar and cheater. As Macbeth and lady Macbeth go forth with killing the king in Act 2 Scene 3 Macbeth freezes and Lady Macbeth tells him to dispose of the evidence but he can’t move. “I can’t go back. I’m afraid even to think about what I’ve done. I can’t stand to look at it again.” Macbeth regrets the decision and wants to go back to the honest and humble man he once was, but after killing the king he can’t turn back. He uses word choice like afraid, can’t stand to look at it again because he realizes how power has made irrational and power hungry. This new personality
Can one of the most influential plays in mankind 's history be revolved around one object? Does Shakespeare 's most terrific play Macbeth be all surrounded in encompass by a single dagger? This may not be the case, but the dagger does change the play in a dramatic way. This is one of the most symbolic objects in all of Shakespeare 's writing and maybe one of the biggest turning points in any of this place. MacBeth 's dagger symbolizes his ambition for power and it 's an apparition. This ambition is his most coveted asset and his tragic flaw.
After the crowing of the new king, sickness begins to infiltrate throughout the land. What was once a healthy and strong nation suddenly becomes stricken with terror and misfortunes. Macbeth portrays sickness throughout the play, infecting everyone who he comes in contact with. On the other hand Edward, the king of England, preserves and strengthens those who come to seek asylum within his kingdom. Shakespeare uses the imagery of sickness versus health to reveal the effects of evil through Macbeth and the effects of health through Edward, in his tragic play, Macbeth.
In human nature, ambition is a character trait that is most often associated with heroic, strong-willed individuals. To dare to fulfill one’s deepest desires can be perceived as a wonderful characteristic to acquire, but it can result in both positive and negative consequences. In William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, the tragic hero, Macbeth, is portrayed as a victim of his own ambition which leads him to ruins. A well-respected general in the Scottish army, Macbeth is originally considered a war hero in the eyes of the people. Upon his return to Scotland, he is greeted with a surprise visit from The Weird Sisters, three witches whom speak riddled prophecies regarding his future titles. When it
Many of people have heard the tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare. The story revolves on a sequence of misfortunate events that take place when Macbeth makes immoral decisions to be king. In the play, Shakespeare shows how power can cause corruption in a human’s brain. Macbeth himself was not a very confident person, though he had a kind soul to begin with, he was easily influenced and gullible. Through the prophecies of the evil beings, an insignificant seed was planted in Macbeth. That spark of wealth and fortune caused the tyrant within him to awake. Which eventually lead to his fatal death. His ambition lead him to murder, go insane and become very superstitious.
In this 16th century, classic play about a man hungry for power by William Shakespeare there are many intense instances of symbolism used to demonstrate and prove Macbeth’s feelings and behaviour throughout the book. Good symbolism makes you feel what the character feels when reading a story. In the story, “Macbeth”, Macbeth is shown to be a sly and deceiving person who betrayed his kingdom for his own gain. Three important symbols used to show Macbeth 's greed and deceit are blood, animals, and children. They add description of emotions and events felt by the characters, especially Macbeth.
1. Many things change throughout the play of Macbeth. One of the first ones is how Macbeth’s peer treated and viewed him. At the beginning of the play his brothers in arms viewed Macbeth as a respected Captain and friend. He was in charge of them, they “feared him.” And then the tragedy of him killing Duncan happened. Macbeth went basically insane after that and when he started acting suspicious and killing families, his brothers began to pity him and his sanity. At the end of the play when Macduff killed Macbeth none of them felt upset, just pitied Macbeth and the loss of his wife and his sanity. Another moment of periptery is Macbeth’s relationship with his wife. Lady Macbeth didn’t want to kill anybody at the beginning of the play but he dragged her into the mess. Towards the end of the play, Macbeth started to fear that his wife would give them away because she was starting to go insane. Then when she killed herself, Macbeth only seemed to pity her and her life, not even caring that she committed suicide. Another moment is actually how the audience feels for Macbeth. Macbeth at the beginning of the play is a respected warrior who feared nothing. Then after the murder of Duncan, he begins to become a coward and the way he talks and the things he does makes the readers pity him. Even if the things that he does are his fault, the audience still has to feel bad for him.
At first, their downfall begins with the temptation of power, and it consumes their thoughts and blinds their reasoning to think logically. This first shows when Ross and Angus announce Macbeth as the new Thane of Cawdor. The thoughts about the predictions being unbelievable then, become prophecies waiting to happen. As seen when Macbeth whispers to himself, “Glamis, and thane of Cawdor:/The greatest is behind…” (I.iii.116). As a result, his thoughts stray from his loyalty to King Duncan, to taking Duncan’s place. Then, when Lady Macbeth reads the letter from Macbeth, making her husband take the throne became her goal. As when Lady Macbeth says, “…All that impeds thee from the golden round, / which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem/ to have
“The moment you change your perception is the moment you rewrite the chemistry of your body.” This quote by Dr. Bruce Lipton is suggesting that our perceptions is related to our whole being. When our perspective is altered, our identity changes with it; the actions we commit thereafter that is motivated by our perceptions reveals change in our identity. However, we do not always change for the better. Most of the time our perceptions cause us to change for the worst. Sometimes in life, an individual’s perceptions and interpretations influence their thoughts and actions that may shape one’s identity detrimentally. This is evident in the play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare through Macbeth’s interpretation of the witches’ prophecies, perception of the security of his throne, and interpretation of what his life has become.
In a lot of stories there is always the main antagonist. Often throughout the stories the antagonist creates many problems in the story on his or her own doing. Everything that they do, they do on their own and there is nothing that influences them to do these things. Sometimes it is quite the opposite, there is perhaps something that greatly influences this person to do the bad things. In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare there is a lot of trying to figure out who is to blame for all of the bad things happening in the play. Macbeth is obviously everyone’s go to guy to blame because he is the one that is committing the act of violence or the one commanding the assault. He is definitely the antagonist of the story because of the things that he does, but is he really the only one to be blamed for these things? I think that in the play Macbeth there are a few people that you could blame: Macbeth, the witches, and Lady Macbeth.
Shakespeare intentionally discloses the fall of a pious king in order to reveal the impeding guilt which the perpetrator dwells upon, prior to the carnage. “Thou wouldst be great; art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it”; Lady Macbeth’s reaction to Macbeth’s letter on his encounters, emphasises the well documented differences between Macbeth and herself in their attempts to ascend to the throne; as Macbeth’s soft incentives clearly do not counterpart with her own darker impulses. Here the audience is revealed to two routes which could ultimately lead to the mirroring of their intents. However Shakespeare pinpoints the ideology that; ambition catches evil, as one might catch a disease. He emphasises how the symptoms develop until there
Macbeth is a tragedy written in the 17th century that shows what the desire for power can do to a man. Macbeth is expressed as being the villain. But, Macbeth is in fact a tragic hero, doomed by fate from the beginning into the madness he put himself in. If it not been for meeting the witches and persuasion of his wife, the play would have had a very different ending.
"Yule aliyepofushwa na tamaa ya makuu, na kujikweza hadi mahali ambapo hawezi kupanda juu, lazima aanguke na hasara kubwa zaidi. "" - Niccolo Machiavelli, Mtaalamu wa Uongozi wa Uongozi wa Uongo, ""Mtu ataenda kwa cheo cha juu zaidi iwezekanavyo na kitu pekee kilichobaki kwa mtu kufanya ni kuanguka.""" Katika mchezo wa Shakespeare wenye umwagaji damu na umwagaji damu zaidi, Macbeth, Shakespeare aliyekufa anaonyesha kwa usahihi ukweli kwamba ikiwa mtu ana tamaa ya makuu atakuwa na kuanguka kubwa zaidi, na atapata matokeo. Macbeth, mpiganaji mwenye nguvu na mwenye tamaa kutoka nyakati za enzi za kati, anayedhibitiwa na unabii wa dada wa ajabu, anamwongoza Macbeth kufikiri ana nafasi ya kuwa mfalme. Kwa sababu ya tamaa yake ya kipofu, Macbeth anakuwa muuaji mchafu. Macbeth anafanya mauaji kadhaa ili kupata kiti cha enzi. Lady Macbeth, ambaye ni mwenye tamaa sawa, alifanya kazi kando ya Macbeth ili awe malkia, na yeye pia anashiriki katika mauaji yote. Baada ya mauaji hayo yote, Macbeth na Lady Macbeth wanakuwa wazimu na kuanza kujisikia na hatia na kushiriki lengo la kawaida. Baada ya kuuawa kwa Macbeth na mkewe, wanaamua kulipiza kisasi kwa watu wengine. Kwa hiyo ikiwa mtu ni mwenye tamaa ya kupita kiasi, atakabili gharama. Macbeth, kwa kuchochewa na wachawi wenye udanganyifu, anawasha tamaa ndani yake ya kuchukua kiti cha enzi, na kumwongoza kuua wahusika kadhaa katika mchezo. Macbeth anaanza kwa kumuua mfalme wa sasa wa Scotland, na njia ambayo sisi kutofautisha mambo ni kawaida msingi juu ya miscalculation kwamba inaonekana kuficha ukweli. Hadithi yenye kuhuzunisha ya Macbeth ya Shakespeare inaonyesha kwamba sura ya nje ya mtu yeyote yaweza kuwa bandia. Macbeth anaonyeshwa kuwa mtu mnyoofu, mwaminifu na jasiri. Mchawi ni sehemu ya mwisho ya Macbeth na Lady Macbeth ni sehemu ya mwisho. "Macbeth ni mchezo wa kuigiza wa Scotland ulioandikwa na William Shakespeare mnamo 1611 na ""Mungu wa Uchawi"" na ""Mungu wa Uchawi"" na ""Mungu wa Uchawi"" na ""Mungu wa Uchawi"" na ""Mungu wa Uchawi"" na ""Mungu wa Uchawi"" na ""Mungu wa Uchawi"" na ""Mungu wa Uchawi"" na ""Mungu wa Uchawi"" na ""Mungu wa Uchawi.""" "Kwa kuwa ""Macbeth"" ina mandhari ya Scotland, Shakespeare anaweza kuwa aliandika mchezo huu ili kumfurahisha Mfalme James, kwani kuna marejeo kwa Banquo, ambaye ni mzao wa moja kwa moja wa Mfalme James, pia inasemekana kwamba Banquo hakuwa mtu mzuri sana, lakini Shakespeare anamwonyesha kama mtu mwaminifu na mwenye fadhili sana." Tamaa - utafutaji wa nguvu <unk> ni gari la ndani ambalo limeingizwa katika kila mmoja wetu. Inatuchochea tujitahidi zaidi. "Hata hivyo, ""Makabe"" ni mchezo wa kuigiza wa William Shakespeare, ambapo Macbeth anaongozwa na tamaa yake ya mafanikio na hatimaye anakuwa mchafu." Macbeth anaamua kuruhusu tamaa ya kiuchumi kuathiri ubinadamu wake ili kufikia na kudumisha kiti cha enzi ambacho mwishowe kinasababisha kuanguka kwake na Scotland. "Mambo ya kwanza ya kuathiri maadili ya Macbeth ni katika sehemu ya mwisho ya hatua ya kwanza, ambapo ahadi ya nguvu hufanya Macbeth afikirie juu ya kumuua mfalme.""" Macbeth amemaliza chakula cha jioni na mfalme na anafikiria tena mpango wake wa kumuua mfalme. "Tunaona jinsi alivyojaribu kuepuka wazo la kumuua mfalme na kutaka kubaki mtu mnyoofu.""" "Mfalme Macbeth anajiuliza, ""Je, ni kweli kwamba ni lazima uua mfalme?"" na ""Je, ni lazima uua mfalme?"" na ""Je, ni kweli kwamba ni lazima uua mfalme?"" na ""Ni lazima uua mfalme"" na ""Ni lazima uua mfalme"" na ""Ni lazima uua mfalme"" na ""Ni lazima uua mfalme"" na ""Ni lazima uua mfalme"" na ""Ni lazima uua mfalme"" na ""Ni lazima uuawe mfalme.""" Ni heshima kuwa na heshima kutoka kwa mfalme, na Macbeth hataki kumuua mtu mwema kama yeye. Hata kama atafanya nini, Lady Macbeth bado anadai kumuua mfalme na anaahidi mamlaka isiyo na kikomo. Mwishowe, Macbeth anaamua kumuua na kuanza kubadilika kutoka mtu mnyoofu na mnyenyekevu kuwa mwongo na mdanganyifu. Macbeth na Lady Macbeth wanapoanza kumuua mfalme katika sehemu ya pili ya sehemu ya tatu, Macbeth anasimama na Lady Macbeth anamwambia kuondoa ushahidi lakini hawezi kuhamia. Siwezi kurudi nyuma. Mimi ni hofu hata kufikiri kuhusu nini nimefanya. Siwezi kusimama kuitazama tena. Macbeth anajuta uamuzi huo na anataka kurudi kwa mtu mnyoofu na mnyenyekevu aliyewahi kuwa, lakini baada ya kumuua mfalme hawezi kurudi nyuma. Yeye hutumia uchaguzi wa neno kama hofu, hawezi kusimama kuangalia tena kwa sababu anatambua jinsi nguvu imefanya isiyo ya busara na nguvu njaa. Mtu huyu mpya Je, mojawapo ya michezo yenye uvutano mkubwa zaidi katika historia ya wanadamu yaweza kuzungukwa na kitu kimoja? Je, mchezo wa Shakespeare wa Macbeth unaozungukwa na kisu kimoja? Huenda hilo lisingekuwa kweli, lakini kisu hicho hubadili mchezo kwa njia yenye kutokeza. Hii ni moja ya vitu vya kuvutia zaidi katika maandishi yote ya Shakespeare na labda moja ya hatua kubwa zaidi katika mahali hapa. Kisu cha MacBeth hufananisha tamaa yake ya kupata mamlaka na ni maono. Tamaa hiyo ndiyo mali yake inayotamaniwa zaidi na ni kasoro yake yenye kuhuzunisha. Baada ya mfalme mpya kupiga pembe, magonjwa yanaanza kuenea kotekote katika nchi. Kile kilichokuwa taifa lenye afya na lenye nguvu ghafula kinashambuliwa na hofu na misiba. Macbeth anaonyesha ugonjwa katika mchezo huo wote, akimambukiza kila mtu anayekutana naye. Kwa upande mwingine, Edward, mfalme wa Uingereza, huwalinda na kuwaimarisha wale wanaokuja kutafuta kimbilio katika ufalme wake. "Shakespeare alitumia mfano wa ""ugonjwa dhidi ya afya"" kufunua athari za uovu kupitia Macbeth na athari za afya kupitia Edward katika mchezo wake wa kuigiza wa Macbeth." Katika asili ya kibinadamu, tamaa ya makuu ni sifa ya tabia ambayo mara nyingi huhusianishwa na watu mashuhuri, wenye nia yenye nguvu. Kuwa na ujasiri wa kutimiza tamaa za mtu za ndani zaidi kunaweza kuonekana kama sifa nzuri ya kupata, lakini inaweza kusababisha matokeo mazuri na mabaya. Katika mchezo wa William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth, shujaa wa msiba, Macbeth, anaonyeshwa kama mhasiriwa wa tamaa yake mwenyewe ambayo inamwongoza kwenye uharibifu. Akiwa jenerali anayeheshimiwa sana katika jeshi la Scotland, Macbeth mwanzoni alionwa kuwa shujaa wa vita machoni pa watu. Baada ya kurudi Scotland, anakaribishwa na ziara ya kushangaza kutoka kwa Weird Sisters, wachawi watatu ambao huzungumza unabii wa kushangaza kuhusu vyeo vyake vya baadaye. "Hata hivyo, kuna watu wengi ambao hawajui kuhusu mchezo wa Macbeth wa William Shakespeare.""" Hadithi ya Macbeth inaelezea matukio ya bahati mbaya ambayo hufanyika wakati Macbeth anapofanya maamuzi ya maadili ya kuwa mfalme. Katika mchezo huo, Shakespeare anaonyesha jinsi mamlaka inavyoweza kusababisha ufisadi katika ubongo wa binadamu. Macbeth mwenyewe hakuwa mtu mwenye kujiamini sana, ingawa alikuwa na roho ya fadhili mwanzoni, aliathiriwa kwa urahisi na kuamini. Kwa njia ya unabii wa viumbe waovu, mbegu isiyo na maana ilipandwa katika Macbeth. Kichocheo hicho cha utajiri na bahati kilimfanya yule mnyanyasaji aliyekuwa ndani yake awe macho. Jambo ambalo hatimaye lilisababisha kifo chake. Tamaa yake ilimwongoza kuua, akawa mwendawazimu na kuwa mwenye ushirikina sana. Katika mchezo huu wa karne ya 16 kuhusu mtu mwenye njaa ya nguvu, kuna mifano mingi ya ishara zinazotumiwa kuonyesha na kuthibitisha hisia na tabia za Macbeth katika kitabu hiki. Ishara nzuri hufanya uhisi kile mhusika huhisi anaposoma hadithi. Katika hadithi, <unk>Macbeth<unk>, Macbeth anaonyeshwa kuwa mtu mwerevu na mdanganyifu ambaye alisaliti ufalme wake kwa faida yake mwenyewe. Ishara tatu muhimu zinazotumiwa kuonyesha pupa na udanganyifu wa Macbeth ni damu, wanyama, na watoto. Wao huongeza maelezo ya hisia na matukio yaliyoonwa na wahusika, hasa Macbeth. 1. Uwe na mtazamo wa kweli Mambo mengi hubadilika katika mchezo wa Macbeth. Mojawapo ya mambo ya kwanza ni jinsi mwenzake wa Macbeth alivyomtendea na kumwona. Mwanzoni mwa mchezo huo, ndugu zake wa kivita walimwona Macbeth kuwa Kapteni na rafiki anayeheshimiwa. Alikuwa na jukumu la wao, wao <unk> walimwogopa.<unk> Na kisha msiba wa yeye kuua Duncan kilichotokea. Macbeth alishindwa akili baada ya hapo na alipoanza kutenda kwa mashaka na kuua familia, ndugu zake walianza kumhurumia na akili yake. Mwisho wa mchezo, Macduff anapomuua Macbeth, hakuna hata mmoja wao anayejisikia vibaya, lakini ana huruma kwa Macbeth na kupoteza mke wake na akili yake. Kipindi kingine cha periptery ni uhusiano wa Macbeth na mkewe. Lady Macbeth hakutaka kuua mtu yeyote mwanzoni mwa mchezo lakini alimsukuma ndani ya fujo. Mwishoni mwa mchezo, Macbeth anaogopa kwamba mkewe atawaachilia kwa sababu anaanza kuwa wazimu. Lakini baada ya kujiua, Macbeth alimwonea huruma na maisha yake, bila hata kujali kwamba alijaribu kujiua. Kwa upande mwingine, ni muhimu kujua jinsi watazamaji wanavyohisi kuhusu Macbeth. Macbeth mwanzoni mwa mchezo ni mpiganaji anayeheshimiwa ambaye hakuogopa chochote. Baada ya mauaji ya Duncan, yeye huanza kuwa mwoga na jinsi anavyozungumza na mambo anayofanya huwafanya wasomaji wamhurumie. Hata kama mambo anayofanya ni kosa lake, watazamaji bado wanapaswa kumhurumia. Kwanza, kuanguka kwao huanza na kishawishi cha nguvu, na huchukua mawazo yao na kupofusha sababu zao za kufikiri kwa mantiki. Hii inaonekana kwanza wakati Ross na Angus kutangaza Macbeth kama Thane mpya wa Cawdor. Mawazo kuhusu utabiri kuwa unbelievable basi, kuwa unabii kusubiri kutokea. Kama inavyoonekana wakati Macbeth anaposema kwa sauti, <unk>Glamis, na thane wa Cawdor: <unk>The kubwa ni nyuma... <unk> (I.iii.116). Matokeo yake, mawazo yake yanapotea kutoka kwa uaminifu wake kwa Mfalme Duncan, kuchukua nafasi ya Duncan. Wakati Lady Macbeth alisoma barua kutoka Macbeth, kufanya mume wake kuchukua kiti cha enzi akawa lengo lake. "Lady Macbeth anasema, ""Kila kitu kinachokuzuia kutoka kwa mzunguko wa dhahabu, ambayo hatima na msaada wa kimetaphysical inaonekana kuwa nayo, wakati unabadilisha utambuzi wako ni wakati unarekodi upya kemia ya mwili wako.""" Wakati mtazamo wetu unabadilika, utambulisho wetu hubadilika pamoja nao; vitendo tunavyofanya baadaye ambavyo vinachochewa na maoni yetu hufunua mabadiliko katika utambulisho wetu. Hata hivyo, si mara zote tunabadilika kuwa bora. Mara nyingi maoni yetu hutufanya tubadilike kwa njia mbaya zaidi. Wakati mwingine katika maisha, maoni na tafsiri za mtu huathiri mawazo na vitendo vyake ambavyo vinaweza kuunda utambulisho wa mtu kwa madhara. "Hii inaonekana wazi katika mchezo, ""The Tragedy of Macbeth,"" iliyoandikwa na William Shakespeare kupitia tafsiri ya Macbeth ya unabii wa wachawi, utambuzi wa usalama wa kiti chake cha enzi, na tafsiri ya kile maisha yake yamekuwa." Katika hadithi nyingi sikuzote kuna mpinzani mkuu. Mara nyingi katika hadithi zote mpinzani huunda matatizo mengi katika hadithi kwa kufanya kwake mwenyewe. Kila kitu wanachofanya, wanafanya kwa ajili yao wenyewe na hakuna kitu kinachowashawishi kufanya mambo haya. Wakati mwingine ni kinyume kabisa, kuna labda kitu ambacho huathiri sana mtu huyu kufanya mambo mabaya. Katika mchezo wa Macbeth, William Shakespeare anajaribu kugundua ni nani anayesababisha mambo mabaya yanayotokea. Macbeth ni dhahiri kila mtu kwenda kwa guy kulaumu kwa sababu yeye ni mmoja ambaye ni kutekeleza kitendo cha vurugu au moja kuamuru mashambulizi. Yeye ni antagonist wa hadithi kwa sababu ya mambo ambayo yeye hufanya, lakini ni yeye tu kuwa na lawama kwa mambo haya? "Mwanamke mmoja wa Macbeth, ambaye ni mshiriki wa kikundi cha ""Wachezaji wa Macbeth,"" aliandika hivi: ""Mwanamke wa Macbeth, wachawi, na Lady Macbeth." Shakespeare anafunua kwa makusudi kuanguka kwa mfalme mcha Mungu ili kufunua hatia ya kizuizi ambayo mhalifu anaishi juu yake, kabla ya mauaji. "Hata hivyo, ""Utaweza kuwa mkuu; si bila tamaa, lakini bila ugonjwa unapaswa kuhudhuria."" - Lady Macbeth, katika barua yake kwa Macbeth, alisisitiza tofauti zilizowekwa kwa maandishi kati ya Macbeth na yeye mwenyewe katika majaribio yao ya kupanda kiti cha enzi, kama Macbeth's motisha laini wazi si sawa na msukumo wake mwenyewe giza." Hapa watazamaji hufunuliwa kwa njia mbili ambazo mwishowe zinaweza kusababisha kutafakari nia zao. Hata hivyo Shakespeare anaonyesha waziwazi itikadi kwamba; tamaa ya makuu hushika uovu, kama vile mtu awezavyo kushika ugonjwa. "Mwanamke huyo anaelezea jinsi dalili hizo zinavyoendelea, na anasema ""Macbeth"" ni tragedi iliyoandikwa katika karne ya 17 inayoonyesha kile tamaa ya nguvu inaweza kufanya kwa mtu." Macbeth anaelezwa kuwa mwovu. Lakini, Macbeth kwa kweli ni shujaa wa msiba, aliyehukumiwa na hatima tangu mwanzo katika wazimu aliojitia ndani. Kama si kwa kukutana na wachawi na ushawishi wa mke wake, mchezo ingekuwa na mwisho tofauti sana.