Macbeth

MacBeths evil came from his ambition to become king. MacBeth was not fundamentally good nor bad. He was so sure he was going to win but because of his belief in the supernatural, he was killed.

In conclusion, MacBeth was a man, like any other man, whose human nature was one of good and evil. MacBeth went to the witches to get his future told, and there the apparitions appeared,

"Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn

The power of man, for none of women born

Shall harm MacBeth" 6

MacBeth based his victory on the witches' prophecies, this was MacBeths’ fatal flaw, (tragic flaw), it destroyed him. He slowly became evil as he got to know the witches more and more, he believed the witches when they said he would become king, even though he knew they were evil and no good,

"This supernatural soliciting

Cannot be ill, can not be good; if ill,

Why hath it given me earnest of success" 3

He was a superstitious man, he would believe anything or do anything to get what he wanted, even kill, "I have done the deed. Although MacBeth was evil, he never gave up, and he fought until the end of his life. He had a dual nature, and because of his ambition he seemed to ignore his good nature and focus on the bad side of himself to get power. After he had killed Duncan MacBeth went to phscological hell, he saw everything from apparitions to ghostly daggers, "Is this a dagger which I see before me" 5. When MacBeth killed the king, was when evil struck upon him.

1 MacBeth I iii 38

2 Angus V ii 19

3 MacBeth I iii 130-132

4 MacBeth II ii 15

5 MacBeth II i 33

6 Second Apparition (a bloody Child) IV i 79-81. MacBeth was also a sensitive man because he felt loyalty to the king, and felt that the king had done lots for him, and killing the ruler would make him feel afraid and guilty. MacBeths mind was not stable any more because of the hallucinations.