FREE ESSAY ON MACBETH

MACBETH

Macbeth 
Macbeth In this play Macbeth portrays a man in position doing the usual, searching for
more power. Macbeth is a young prosperous, ambitious man that is out to fulfill a
prophecy. Maybe he is a little too ambitious. At first he wasn't the murderous type. His
wife Lady Macbeth was pretty much behind the whole thing. She convinced him that he
should kill King Duncan so he could claim the throne. It might be his character but it
doesn't truly come out till he has Banquo killed. It appears that he doesn't really care
what happens to his friends. He first kills King Duncan and then to cover up his crime he
must lower himself even more to kill his close friend Banquo. It makes no sense how
someone could possibly kill someone close to them just because they might threaten your
position and power in the world. One question that comes to mind is that if Lady Macbeth
hadn't been there would Macbeth have committed the murders. She had a lot of influence in
this man. For someone to murder somebody because they were told to would be blind
obedience and they are still responsible no matter what. All the killing must get to
Macbeth in some way or another. Macbeth seems like a good person but he is driven by
power and wealth pretty much like most people in the world now days. In this can be seen
the downward cycle of his life into destruction due to his lack of character. Instead of
being driven on conviction he was driven by power, wealth, and the influence of evil
people around him. Macbeth who started out to be a man of honor and integrity was
destroyed and corrupted by his major flaw ambition and influenced deeply by his wife Lady
Macbeth. Even though he ends up conscience-stricken he ends up in utter degradation in
order to cover up his sins. This section talks about the effects drinking has on a
person. Macduff: What three things does drink especially pro- voke? Porter: Marry, sir,
nose-painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes and unprovokes; it provokes
the desire, but it takes away the performance: therefore much drink may be said to be an
equivocator with lechery: it makes him and it mars him; it sets him on and it takes him
off; it persuades him and disheartens him; makes him stand to and not stand to; in
conclusion, equivocates him in a sleep, and giving him the lie, leaves him. This section
is basically telling some different things that can happen to you when you are drunk.
Specifically three things are mentioned. First of all it provokes the desire, but it
takes away the performance. Second it makes him and it mars him. Third it persuades him
and disheartens him. The verses that will be compared with this passage will be found in
Proverbs. The first one is Proverbs 23:29-30 and it says, "Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow?
Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness
of eyes?" Both passages tell you what the effects of liquor are and caution you of it.
The next passage I chose is Proverbs 23:35, it says "`they hit me,' you will say, `but
I'm not hurt! They beat me, but I don't feel it! When will I wake up so I can find
another drink?'" When someone drinks they loose any real common sense they have. For
example someone can forget where he or she are or whom they are with or even what they
are doing in that particular place. The last verse that will be used in this comparison
will be Proverbs 23:32. It says, "In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a
viper." No matter how much what kind of liquor you drinks it will still be harmful to
you. God's word warns us that all liquor will eventually be harmful. Drinking can
separate you from your family. It can cause you to be violent when you it is not
necessary to be violent. It can make you sick, like a headache, stomachache, or it can
make you have to throw up. Over all drinking is not good because God tells us to keep our
bodies clean so that the Holy Spirit can dwell in them. To do so we must not do worldly
things such as drinking. It is our choice whether or not we want to drink but we must
look at the long-term consequences. Learn from other people's mistakes.