Who Rules Your World?
In his play Macbeth, William Shakespeare makes several accusations regarding man's subordinancy to those other than himself. Although this story takes place during a time when nobility were said to be very knowledgeable, several instances occur in which man is influenced directly by others nearby. Macbeth, a nobleman of Scotland, spends most of his time in this play committing and plotting murder. These murders appear, superficially, to be a result of Macbeth's selfish desire to be a powerful ruler. Upon further reading it becomes obvious that Macbeth's rise to royalty and eventually his tragic downfall would not be possible without several prominent outside influences. Specifically, Macbeth's decisions centered on the beliefs of the three weird witches and his wife, Lady Macbeth.
The three witches control Macbeth's thoughts and actions from very early on in the play. In an early interaction the witches refer to Macbeth by stating, "All hail Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All hail Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!" (I, iii, Line 46).
Lady Macbeth by George Cattermole.
Macbeth Consulting the Vision of the Armed Head. B...
English: Poster of Thos. W. Keene in William Shake...It was this exclamation of encouragement that began Macbeth's unyielding pursuit of royalty. The witches gave Macbeth a hunger for power that he would not have ever known. From the moment Macbeth believed these prophesies to be true, his tragic flaw of obsessive greed began to take hold. In the eyes of the reader, Macbeth had already transformed from a nobleman into a pitiful power hungry villain that was doomed to never prosper.
Macbeth's fate is further sealed when he gives in to the influence of his wife, Lady Macbeth, in regards to their murder of King Duncan. Macbeth questions his greed and the idea of murder and tells his wife, "We will proceed no further in this...
Who rules your world,superstitions or reasonability?
I want to thank this writer for clearly stating the work of william shakespear-macbeth.i really do like the way the writer started.
These days,even as it is in macbeth,some people live their life's supertitiously,allowing the wind of doom to lead them on.
Others base their lust for power, wealth on false beliefs.i want to be the wealthiest man,as such i must do all it takes to be it.kill,murder them all,waste properties that is suppose to be useful.
But the woe of it all is when in the end after you must have acquired all,retributive justice comes calling.thus,you pay surely well.one thing with this essay,i mean the implication is that no matter what you do and think you are,one day confusion will, in deed set in, and it will be "pay day".
From here it would be necessary and advisable for us to leave our lives with reflections,reflecting towards the heavenly God.let reasonability rule your world rather than false hope and superstitions.
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