 #1 (permalink) Thu Jun 04, 2009 18:28 pm TOEFL essay: In William Shakespeares play Macbeth, Macbeth is seen as a brave... |
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In William Shakespeares play Macbeth, Macbeth is seen as a brave soldier who is devoted to Duncan, the King of Scotland, but is corrupted by Lady Macbeth’s greed for personal satisfaction, as well as his own ambition to become king and secure kingship. Macbeth has the final say in many of the killings throughout the play; however Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth and influences him with the ambition to become king, insults his manhood, and conspires with him to plan the assassination of Duncan, until Macbeth becomes a murderer.
The witches’ initial prophecies that were given to Macbeth influence Macbeth, however Macbeth decides not to act upon them, saying that “If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly” (1.7.1-2.), nevertheless Macbeth believes “But in these cases We still have judgment here, that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague th' inventor” (1.7.7-10).
Lady Macbeth provokes Macbeth’s ambition by persuading Macbeth to murder Duncan as she says, “Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear and chastise with the valor of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round” (1.5.12-15)
As Macbeth expresses his doubts’ on murdering Duncan, Lady Macbeth immediately insults Macbeth’s masculinity, saying that, “Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting “I dare not” wait upon ‘I would’” (1.7.41-44). Lady Macbeth stops at nothing to see Macbeth seize the crown, and manipulates him into murdering Duncan.
Lady Macbeth mocks Macbeth as he expresses his doubts on the murder, saying that “What beast was 't, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man” (1.7.48-51). Lady Macbeth tells him that he was a man when he agreed to murder Duncan, but now he is not because of his doubts. Lady Macbeth continues to assault Macbeth verbally, as well as his manhood until she has Macbeth agreeing to murder Duncan.
After Lady Macbeth has Macbeth agreeing to the murder plan, she then plans for Macbeth to murder Duncan while he is asleep as a guest in their castle. Lady Macbeth continues to persuade Macbeth into murdering Duncan when she says,
When Duncan is asleep--
Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey
Soundly invite him--his two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
What cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan? what not put upon
His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt
Of our great quell?
After the murder takes place, Lady Macbeth, who shows minimal remorse scold’s Macbeth for forgetting to leave the bloody dagger on the guards, saying “Why did you bring these daggers from the place? They must lie there. Go carry them and smear the sleepy grooms with blood” (2.2.49-51). Macbeth refuses to return to the murder scene to place the bloody dagger on the guards, as a result Lady Macbeth then goes back to place the bloody dagger on the guards in an attempt to incriminate them of murdering Duncan.
Lady Macbeth continues to verbally assault Macbeth by calling him a coward for not wanting to return to the crime scene, “Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures” (2.2. 54-55).
In conclusion it is this confidence Lady Macbeth has in herself, as well as her persuasive words that persuade Macbeth into murdering Duncan.
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