Evil in Macbeth: With cited sources.

Evil In Macbeth

It has been said Shakespeare's play Macbeth shows the roots of all evil, our own human nature. The play is centered on the coexistence of good and evil. Macbeth, unlike any other Shakespeare play has the protagonist convert to evil. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is shown as a hero in the Scottish army, that is ironic because Macbeth has defeated a traitor and he will become one. Macbeth knows his place in the world. He is fully capable of distinguishing between right and wrong. Macbeth purposely disregards his own moral judgment to rise to power.

To begin, Macbeth himself stands as a symbol for Satan's sin of ambition. Like Satan, Macbeth's insatiable lust for power and ambition drives him to commit evil.

Macbeth is blinded by his ambition and like Satan battling God in heaven, yearns for a position higher than he is fit to have.

Lady Macbeth by George Cattermole.

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In the Renaissance, too much lust and ambition was seen as a (evil in Macbeth This paper is the property of NetEssays. Net Copyright © 1999-2003) "rebellion against the will of God and the order of nature. . . Macbeth through love of self, sets his own will against that of God, chooses a lesser finite good --- kingship and power - rather than a greater infinite one"(Ribner, 290).

This play is consumed by evil, evil intentions, evil thoughts, and evil doings.

Contrary to the theory of supernatural forces he is responsible for his own actions. The Three Witches and Lady Macbeth were only influencing factors in Macbeth's demise. Macbeth was pressured to do a horrible deed which was driven by evil. The beginning of the evil was rooted in his wife and the witch's but quickly spread into his mind and heart. The Three Witches told Macbeth...