Guilt In Macbeth

Guilt In Macbeth

The author of the epic tragedy Macbeth, William Shakespeare, depicts the life and downfall of Macbeth, a former King of Scotland. The story narrates the evolution of guilt that Macbeth places on himself and is haunted with due to the serial murders that his hand commands of his close and trusted. His mind is corrupted by the events and the people around him, forcing him into a state of madness to pursue his goals. All of the deaths are on his hands, and they are forever stained with blood. Driven to a mad state by being influenced by his own wife and witches hands, Macbeth tries to accomplish his unreachable goal of resisting fate by using his hands to commit murder on innocent people, and commanding the hands of murderers as his guilt engulfs ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...His mindless companions, the murderers, are loyal to his kingship, and attempt to murder, and do murder, innocent men, women, and children. As he hires the killers, "Whose heavy hand hath bow'd you to the grave/And beggar'd yours for ever?"(3.1.88–89), he contemplates what he is asking them to do, but carries it out anyway. The mention of hand in this passage implies the mindset of Macbeth that the murderers will kill Banquo with a "heavy hand". Macbeth also has a moment of retrospect where he has the chance to change his ways and stop hsi tyranny, but he decides that he will not think before he does anything else, because he believes that this will make him feel less guilty. "From this moment/The very firstlings of my heart shall be/The firstlings of my hand."(4.1.152–154). This shows that he has lost all conviction inside himself, and is ready to overlook all past morals to make sure that he can remain in power of King. Macbeth has now successfully murdered blameless people, just so he can prove the three Witches' prophecy to be

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