Fatal Influences (Macbeth)
William Shakespeare, writer of the most well known poetry of all times and whose travesties are legendary wrote the play of Macbeth. Macbeth is considered to be one of Shakespeare's four principle tragedies. In this play, Macbeth, thane of Scotland, becomes obsessed with the Weird Sister's prophecies and his own lust for power. Ultimately it is this need for power that consumes him. The combination of influence from the Weird Sisters and Lady Macbeth only feeds Macbeth's burning ambition and in the end, it is the power that destroys him. Very early on in the play, Macbeth is confronted by the three witches, otherwise known as the Weird Sisters. As Macbeth rides forward from the gloom of the night they greet him "All hail to thee". Right away Macbeth thinks fondly of the Weird Sisters who praise him so regal. It is then that the three witches make their prophecy about Macbeth's rise to power. Though Macbeth is wary at first, he desires power so greatly that it is easy to forget precautions. At a later time, Macbeth is promoted to thane of Cawdor, fulfilling a prediction of the prophecy. With this fulfillment, Macbeth's confidence in the witches grows, just as the seed of greed and ambition within his mind blossoms.
Even in the end, Macbeth was not an evil man. He was not a villain in the classic sense. Often times his heart misgives him, and he is cowed and abashed by his success and his methods of attaining it. His mind is assailed by the stings of remorse and is conscious of the evil he has committed. His speeches and soliloquies are dark riddles on human life and he becomes entangled within their labyrinths. His energy springs from the anxiety and agitation of his conscience and comes from a distrust of his own resolution. His blindly rushing forward on the objects of his ambition or so easily succumbing to the insistent pressure of Lady Macbeth equally betrays the harasses state of his feelings. Macbeth is a victim of his own success. False security provided by his belief in the Weird Sisters combined with the persuasive manipulations of Lady Macbeth lead to Macbeth's ultimate downfall. As time went on Lady Macbeth's hardened persona begins to crack. The murder that she so willingly participated in begins to unnerve her. She begins having hallucinations and is constantly in fear. Lady Macbeth has dwindled from the proud woman "with power emanating from her breast" to a lowly, frightened child. In c
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