Macbeth

tead of shaking his hand, as is customary, he decapitates the officer and places his head upon his sword. In this he showed great aggressive and impulsive almost unnecessary behavior in a situation where these tokens to madness , could be mistaken for bravery and spontaneous initiative in a time of need.
             Now, my reasoning in mentioning this is not so much to show the brutality of the massacre, but for the endless praise he got for his bravery and little if any acknowledgement of the severity of his actions. This is because this kind of thing was an expected and respected quality for a man in his situation.
             His mental illness could therefore have been easily hidden behind the illusion of necessary action for many years.
             But in reality, the necessity in his killing lay only in his uncontrollable need to kill, which was satisfied and easily justified to the world and
             almost most importantly, to himself, through his line of work.
             After this massacre Macbeth and Banquo come across three witches. they prophesize that Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor, and then k
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