e is to not be
             subordinate to others like the king.
             To be independent, one must be strong. Inner strength, not physical strength, is
             needed. Inner strength is only accomplished by having a high self-esteem. Macbeth does
             not and must use others to reach for independence. Macbeth needs this strength:
             It [Macbeth] hurls a universe against a man, and if the universe that strikes
             is more impressive than the man who is stricken, as great as his size and
             gaunt as his soul may be he will fall. (Van Doren 217)
             According to Macbeth's ideas of independence and of strength, he is neither independent
             nor strong. He feels the need for both and thus allows nothing, including murder, to get
             Shakespeare opens Macbeth with the disorder being stabilized by the king and
             thanes. The thanes fought "rebellious arm 'gainst arm" to curb "his lavish spirit" (I, ii, 56-
             7). Macbeth's stature increased to fill the space in the bundle of limbs opened by the
             death of the Thane of Cawdor for "what he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won" (I, ii, 67).
             "When we first see him [Macbeth] he is already invaded by those fears which are to render
             him vicious and which are finally to make him abominable" (Van Doren 216).At the end of
             Act I, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are discussing whether or not to assassinate the king (I,
             ii). Macbeth has not committed himself to t
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