Macbeth Essay

In William Shakespeare’s, “Macbeth”, things aren’t what they seem. This theme is used many times throughout the play and in life today. This theme represents the idea of people doing things to benefit themselves even though you would never expect that. These things are often hurtful and make you mistrust people in general. It makes you realize that people lie just to make themselves look better as a person. It’s like living a lie in life. In Macbeth and life, having the opportunity to reflect on things that are not always what they seem gives you to chance to change it.
Macbeth was a man that liked power. That’s evident because he was a warrior and war hero. He was a strong leader amongst his men. He always took charge. He started to like the feeling of being in power. He meets an apparition in the woods and gives him message “Be bloody, bold, and resolute! Laugh to scorn the power of men – for none of women born shall harm Macbeth.” – Second Apparition. [4.1.87]. Macbeth mistook the message which leads him in the wrong direction. “I bear a charmed life which must not yield, To one of women born “[5.3.15]. He took it as no one could harm him in any way. Macbeth believed that all men were born from women. It never accrued to him that man could be born through a C-section. Macbeth not thinking beyond his own desires caused his own death.
Lady Macbeth was a sweet girl before she heard the prophecies. As a hostess she was welcoming and kind. She made everyone think she was this perfect person. Lady Macbeth started to desire becoming queen. Her desire was so strong she would kill for it.
“How tender ‘tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, have pluck’d my nipple from his boneless gums, and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done this.” – Lady Macbeth. [1.7.60]. Any women that would harm an innocent baby has a severe problem. Lady Macbeth wanted to become queen so badly that she would kill a baby to achieve what she wanted. King Duncan went to Macbeth’s castle to thank him for being so heroic but instead of being welcomed by the Macbeth’s, he was killed by them. Lady Macbeth is not a great hostess.
Lady Macbeth couldn’t deal with the guilt of what she’s done. She thought she was as strong as a stone but turns out her body and mind was going in circles with regret. She later got paranoid thinking there was blood on her hands to the fact she was washing them several times daily. “Out damned spot! Out, I say! One, two. Why, then ‘tis time to do‘t. [5.216.30]. This is another example of things not being always what they seen, Medical insists that was trying to help her because they thought she was going mad didn’t really understand just why she was. With all that’s happened, she took her own life because of all the guilt she had built up inside her.
In Macbeth, things aren’t always what they seem. People act differently just to better themselves as a person. Things not being as they appear could make things boil. People start making decisions that are bad and that could result to taking there own life. With the mistrust of people could lead to the distance between one another and the feelings towards them.