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Macbeth Essay Final

Power is the source of destruction to many people.  Generally when a person has a potential to gain power they take that chance even if they have to step on someone.  In William Shakespeare's, Macbeth, he tells the story of a young man who was told his future by three witches that he will become King. To gain the great power he did horrific things that came with great consequences, he started going insane and he grew apart from his wife. Macbeth is so hungry for power he would do anything including killing his closest friend. The lesson that is portrayed in Macbeth is that people can change in terrible ways to gain power and it can ultimately be the death of you.

            He doesn’t do wrong all he wants to do is fight for his country and his king.  But he starts to get greedy when the witches he meets after the war tell him that he will become the future king.  You can see that he starts thinking about killing the king once he hears the prophecy because everyone wants to have power.  He starts to contemplate killing the king and his head is getting the best of him.  He Imagines things “is this a dagger my weapon of choice pointing to king Duncans room”(Act 2 Scene 1 p65).  Then he changes from a good solider fighting for his country into a murderer and psychopath when he tells his wife that the witches for told that he would be king.   But you can tell he didn’t turn in to a full on serial killer, he still has feelings.  He shows that he killed the king but he feels guilty because he couldn't pray to god.  He talks to his wife “the guards said Amen why couldn’t I say amen I needed it the most”(Act 2 Scene 2 p71).  He says that he regretted it because Duncan was a good man that didn’t do anything to him and he killed him for power.  He changes from a good loyal man into a insane king because he craved the power.
            The next time you see Macbeth a little while past the killing of King Duncan.  He’s King he is different he starts to lose his sanity.  He first gets paranoid and doesn’t trust anyone.  He doesn’t trust his right hand man that went through war with him.  He thinks Banquo knows too much and cant trust him because he can give him up.  He also doesn’t like the prophecy of Banquo being the father of a line of kings,  the witches called Banquo will become the father of a line of kings.  He hires a murderer and talks to them “Banquo is a traitor everyday he is alive hurts me and his son Fleance is with him I would like both of them dead”(Act 3 Scene 1 p97).  So he wants to kill him and his son so that he can keep the throne to himself. This shows that power is starting to make him corrupt and crazy.  There is also the scene where Macbeth starts to see Banquo's ghost.  He starts to go crazy because he feels the pressure of his terrible deeds and feels guilty about his acts to stay king.  He also talks to his wife when he sees the ghost and she tells him “ are you a man your insane”(Act 3 Scene 4 p117).  He sees a ghost and feels the guilt of killing Banquo. But the biggest change is from the end how much of a paranoid tyrant he becomes because he still has feeling but he soon becomes a corrupt tyrant.  He is being overwhelmed by the terrible deeds he did to gain power.

            In the end of the play we see a completely changed Macbeth.  The first terrible thing that you hear that he is doing is killing many citizens from lack of trust.  He was such a tyrant that citizens of the Scottish kingdom left to help Macduff a loyal  because “there were so many murders that they got used to ringing the bells daily and they didn’t know who died”(Act 4 Scene 3 p155).  That shows how insane he became and that he couldn’t trust anyone in the country.  Then you find out that everyone wants to overthrow King Macebeth because he is corrupt from his power. Even to the point where Macduff who is supposed to be loyal to the throne leaves his family defenseless and they die just to help kill Macbeth.  He says the phrase “bleed bleed my country while that tyrant rules”(Act 4 Scene 3 p157)  He doesn’t care that much all he was focused on was killing the corrupt man. You saw the full transformation from a loyal, good solider to a power hungry and corrupt king. Which is why power results in your destruction.

            In conclusion, Shakespeare expresses a valuable life story through his famous play Macbeth.  He portrays the message through a good man becoming a power hungry tyrant because he was foretold to be king.  The theme of the story was people change to get power. This is an important lesson to learn because when your offered power people tend to do heinous things to get there.  Which will ultimately lead to your demise.  Thats why if you are offered power get it without doing horrific things.  So that you can stay sane and not result in your demise.

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Macbeth Essay

            The Curtain opens you see iconic old England characters and at that moment you know it is William Shakespeare. The master play writer that wrote many plays to tell life stories and brings literature to the people.  In one of his greatest plays called Macbeth tells the story of a young man who was told his future and to gain the great power he did horrific things that came with great consequences he started going insane and he grew apart from his wife.  The lesson that is portrayed in Macbeth is that people can change in terrible ways to gain power.

            When you see the curtains open and are introduced to Macbeth he seems like a good man with good morals.  He doesn’t do wrong all he wants to do is fight for his country and his king.  But he starts to get greedy when the witches tell him that he will become the future king.  You can see that he starts thinking about killing the king once he hears the prophecy because everyone wants to have power.  Then he changes when he tells his wife that the witches for told that he would be king changed him to become a murderer a cold blooded killer.  But you can tell he didn’t turn in to a full on serial killer he still has feelings.  He says that he regretted it because Duncan was a good man that didn’t do anything to him and he killed him for power.  That’s how power changed the good Macbeth changed for power but he changes more as the play goes on.

            The next time you see Macbeth a little while past the killing of King Duncan.  He’s King he is different he starts to lose his sanity.  He first gets paranoid and doesn’t trust anyone.  He doesn’t trust his right hand man that went through war with him.  He thinks he knows too much and cant trust him because he can give him up.  He also doesn’t like the prophecy of Banquo being the father of a line of kings.  So he wants to kill him and his son so that he can keep the throne to himself killing his friend. This shows that power is starting to make him corrupt and crazy.  There is also the scene where Macbeth starts to see Banquos Ghost.  He starts to go crazy because he feels the pressure of his terrible deads and feels guilty about his acts to stay king. But the biggest change is from the end how much of a paranoid tyrant he becomes.

            In the end of the play we see a completely changed Macbeth.  The first terrible thing that you hear that he is doing.  He was such a tyrant that citizens of the Scottish kingdom left to help Macduff because there were so many murders that they got used to ringing the bells daily and they didn’t know who died.  That shows how corrupted he became that he couldn’t trust anyone in the country.  Then you find out that everyone. Wants to overthrow the king because he is corrupt from his power.  Macduff who is supposed to be loyal to the throne leaves his family defenseless and they die.  He doesn’t care that much all he was focused on was killing the corrupt man.

            In conclusion William Shakespeare expresses a valuable life story through his famous play Macbeth.  He portrays the message through a good man becoming a power hungry tyrant because he was foretold to be king.  The theme of the story was people change to get power. 

Pre-Read MacBeth

Part 1

1) Behind every great man is a great woman (every great man is supported, guided, helped and even pushed by a great woman). I think that this is true because you need to learn to be a good person and to do your best.  That generally comes from your mother.  Who always pushes you to do your best and take all the opportunities that you can.  Personally my mother always pushes me to do good so that I have a great future.

2) Witches, demons, and evil spirits actually exist. I don’t agree with this statement because I haven’t had any proof of evil spirits and demons.  So I don’t believe they exist

 Until I see them

3) Sometimes it is necessary to do something wrong to get what you want. I think that this statement is true because I have done something that was wrong before to get something that I want.  Also criminals steal money so they can get what they want event though it is wrong

4) What goes around comes around (karma). I don’t believe in karma because when ever I do something bad it doesn’t always come around and hurt me in some way.  Sometimes it does but majority of the time it doesn’t so I don’t think its true.

5) Human beings are easily tempted by things they want, even if it’s wrong. It is true because humans do things to gain something even if it is wrong it just depends on how bad that they want something will determine how far they go.

6) If someone feels that the ruler/s of his/her country is destroying the country, that person should try to overthrow the ruler/s. This is a statement that I agree with because the people should have a right to over throw their leader for freedom like in every single revolution in history.

7)There are circumstances or events that justify murdering someone.  I agree with this statement because if you are going to die you have the right to defend yourself. But other wise than that I disagree with this statement

8) Success is worth any price to pay. I don’t agree with this statement because you should earn your own success not just pay a price to become successful.

9) Kings are appointed by God, and they rule as His representatives on Earth. I don’t agree with this statement because god sends everyone to earth with a purpose but I don’t think that everyone fulfills his or her purpose. Like Kings I don’t think they were sent to be kings.

10) Our astrological forecast (your horoscope) is a good indicator of how your day will go.  I don’t believing horoscopes because whenever I read it never comes true.  Until that happens consistently I won’t believe it.

11) Traitors should be executed.   I don’t agree with this statement because traitors should be punished but not to the extent of execution.

Part 2

1)   I think that evil is inherit in human nature because there are criminals doing wrong things all the time because they have a belief that drives them to do bad.  I believe that no one is born evil. Evil is acquired through your environment and how you are raised.  Will depend on how you were raised by your parents.

2)   Our lives are determined not by your fate but by your choices in life.  Your choices will determine how your life turns out.  It will determine how well your life will be.  Its all in your choices not your fate.

3)   I believe that redemption is possible.  You just have to be able to right your wrongs. Then if you truly are clean and don’t do more wrong then you will be redeemed if the person that you did wrong forgives you then you are redeemed.

4)   It is possible that you respect some one who committed an act of wrong.  Because it is possible for someone to redeem themselves.  People do change and see that the things they did were wrong.  That is a person that I would respect personally.

5)   Just because someone did something wrong to achieve a goal doesn’t mean they are tainted and polluted.  They can always restart their goal and do it right so that they redeem themselves.

The Night Thesis Statements

Theme:

In the story Night it shows that the theme of the story is that humans may be able to do great deeds can do inhumane acts.  The Night shows the Nazis acts through the holocaust and how it affected a 15-year-old Jewish boy and his people mentally and physically.

Characteristics:

In the story Night it shows that there are people that are capable of doing terrible acts but there are people that will always appose them. But it does affect a lot of people.