Morality and Immorality in Macbeth

Macbeth, a Shakespearean tragedy base in Scotland during the 14th century, begins with the iii witches that Macbeth and Banquo encounter after they learn their battles. The witches prophesy that Macbeth would be do thane of Cawdor, then eventually pansy of Scotland; they then prophesies a larger reward for Banquo, al curtilagegh he whitethorn non be king, his children will. The prophesies ingest Macbeths ambitions in the ladder and leads him to pour down all that booth in his way of kingship. Machiavelli depicts Macbeths ambitions in his book The Prince when he say, Men rise from virtuoso ambition to another. First they look to practiced themselves from set upon, and then they brush up others (33). This illustrates that Macbeth would do whatever it takes to secure his position from attack and attack others to fulfill his desire. This leads the moral in the play, in the sense that Macbeth kills to hand what he wants. \nMacbeth advances his rise to the mickle by commi tting the murder of queen mole rat Duncan for his own gain. Macbeth even said that he has no thoroughly reason to kill Duncan save to boost his ambitions. However, when Duncan sucks Malcom the heir to the ordure Macbeth says, Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my saturnine and deep desires; The eye blink away at the hand (333). This shows that Macbeth plans to kill Duncan before he speaks to his married woman but he does not want to do the claim. When he says, The eye wink at the hand (333), he is intercourse himself to be blind to the deed of killing. It is his wife who is the one that pushes Macbeth to make the prophesy true. This is seen when she says, that which rather thou dost fear to do than wishest should be undone (334). This depicts Lady Macbeth to be ruthless, in the quote she says that once the deed is done he will not sadness the decision of committing it. This only pushes Macbeth to further his objective of which that he already held. She gives reaso n to Macbeth to fulfill his ambitions of bec...