Cotter
Kristen Cotter
Mr. Watson
Junior English
15 August 2014
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
The one theme that really sets the stage for Macbeth is manipulation through suggestion. "Fair is foul and foul is fair." This depicts that all is not what it seems and throughout the story the seemingly good will turn bad and the seemingly bad will be good. Macbeth kills the king though he seems loyal. Macbeth is also terrified of not fulfilling the "prophesies" that the three witches gave him so he puts out the idea that he's invincible. Lady Macbeth on the other hand gets extremely guilty about even handling the knife even though she seems like the one who was "wearing the pants" in the relationship.
Macbeth is the antagonist and in the beginning seems like the most loyal person in the play, but that doesn't stop him from going on a killing spree at the first glimpse of power along with his wife insulting his manhood enough to the point where he feels he has to prove himself.
He kills the king of Scotland just because of a so called "prophesy" that three withes with beards tell him. Sure he's loyal, but he only has eyes for himself and what benefits him the most, not his country or family.
Using fear to manipulate someone has been around for centuries, as this play shows. Macbeth is terrified of anyone finding out that he, a very loyal and just promoted General, killed his king. In order to manipulate Macbeth with confidence the three witches tell him "Be bloody, bold, and resolute; Laugh to scorn/the power of man, for none of woman born/Shall harm Macbeth." However; this does have a loophole. Malcolm, son of Duncan, was not born but rather C-sectioned. This...