Macbeth Once Macbeth murdered King Duncan, he had already contracted with the devil to further advance is own gain. Once he sold his soul to the devil he could not turn back. Macbeth had no concern about the afterlife when he committed this crime. He wanted the immediate consequences of taking Duncan’s place and becoming king. When the idea of killing Duncan first was brought up by Lady Macbeth, Macbeth thought he did not have it in him to do this atrocity. Although Macbeth tried to resist the temptations of Lady Macbeth, he gave in to his power-mongering tendencies. In Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, the character Macbeth is more concerned with how he’s viewed in life than how he will be in the afterlife. The story Macbeth starts off with
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This quote describes one of the things that the 3 witches falsely predicted about Macbeth. He did not care about anything that had to do with his soul when he died. All he cared about is if that predicted came true, and so it did. The soldiers were carrying tree branches to make it seem like they were a forest. Macbeth did not believe this could happen, and is ultimately shocked when it does. This is only one part of his tragic downfall as a hero of the story. One of the predictions of the witches is that nobody who was born of a woman is able to kill Macbeth. Like the moving forest prediction, Macbeth was very hesitant to believe that someone could not have been born of a woman. This is another example of how Macbeth is blinded by his ambitiousness. When Macduff reveals that he was not technically born of a woman, that he was cut out of his mother, Macbeth realizes that the witches’ prophecy is false and that he might actually be looking death in the …show more content…
He wanted power and respect, and was willing to do anything to get them. He even went as far as to kill King Duncan, a man that trusted Macbeth with his life. He did not care what he had to do to get what he wanted. Nothing would stop him from achieving his goals. This ultimately was his tragic flaw, thus being the cause of his downfall. I do agree that Macbeth does not care about the afterlife consequences because of the path he took while he was alive. Macbeth’s actions in the book sealed his fate for him. There was no turning back from killing Duncan, so he just kept moving forward, and kept committing crimes just to please
This quote describes one of the things that the 3 witches falsely predicted about Macbeth. He did not care about anything that had to do with his soul when he died. All he cared about is if that predicted came true, and so it did. The soldiers were carrying tree branches to make it seem like they were a forest. Macbeth did not believe this could happen, and is ultimately shocked when it does. This is only one part of his tragic downfall as a hero of the story. One of the predictions of the witches is that nobody who was born of a woman is able to kill Macbeth. Like the moving forest prediction, Macbeth was very hesitant to believe that someone could not have been born of a woman. This is another example of how Macbeth is blinded by his ambitiousness. When Macduff reveals that he was not technically born of a woman, that he was cut out of his mother, Macbeth realizes that the witches’ prophecy is false and that he might actually be looking death in the …show more content…
He wanted power and respect, and was willing to do anything to get them. He even went as far as to kill King Duncan, a man that trusted Macbeth with his life. He did not care what he had to do to get what he wanted. Nothing would stop him from achieving his goals. This ultimately was his tragic flaw, thus being the cause of his downfall. I do agree that Macbeth does not care about the afterlife consequences because of the path he took while he was alive. Macbeth’s actions in the book sealed his fate for him. There was no turning back from killing Duncan, so he just kept moving forward, and kept committing crimes just to please