Was Adam just as guilty as Eve? Although Adam was tempted by Eve, everyone is entitled to make up their own mind. In the case of Macbeth, because of his weak mind, greed, and his poor leadership he led himself to his own downfall in the tragedy of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare.
Adam was easily convinced by Eve to eat fruit from the forbidden tree which was a terrible act to perform. Even though Eve tempted Adam to perform the act, Adam did the same amount of wrong as she did and God held them responsible for their own actions. In the case of Macbeth, one should not compare Macbeth and Lady Macbeth by who is the most responsible for their failure. Instead, they should look at the individual’s actions. Macbeth performed much more evil deeds then Lady Macbeth. Temptation is an evil thing and it was terrible for Lady Macbeth to do so, but she only succeeded because of Macbeth’s weak mind. At first when the witches’ prophecies were told to Macbeth, he wanted fate to decide his future and did not want any part of the action. “If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me without a stir” (Act I, Scene 3, L. 144). When Lady Macbeth suggested her plan to murder King Duncan to Macbeth, he was against it because he was the host of a King who had the most faith and trust in him. “He was a gentlemen to whom I build an absolute trust” (Act I, Scene 4, L. 13) However, because of Lady Macbeth’s strong attempts and Macbeth’s weak mind, he fell for the temptation and performed the terrible deed which brought him quick success. But failure that was soon to come. If one were to look back at all of history, they would find that greed never brings a good outcome. …show more content…
Greed can be linked with temptation which then can be linked to failure. In Macbeth, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth had succumbed greed to be King and Queen of Scotland. Both desired to have the power and authority to rule over everyone. Greed played a terrible role in this play and it led to many innocent lives being slain for assurance that Macbeth kept his power. Although Macbeth had doubts about his plan, his greed still overpowered him even after his countless efforts to avoid. Eventually, Macbeth started thinking of reasons why he should kill King Duncan just to make him feel better about himself. “I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself and falls on th’ other” (Act I, Scene 7 L. 25). At this point in the play greed was controlling Macbeth’s thoughts and actions and the only thing on Macbeth’s mind was dark ambitious desires. “Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires” (Act I, Scene 4, L. 50). Macbeth was out of control and practically insane due to his greed, but the worse was yet to come for him. Through his weak mind Macbeth killed king Duncan for his throne. Through his greed he kept his throne and did anything to protect it. However because of his poor leadership he failed. There are many reasons why he was considered a tyrant and terrible leader. The greatest one however would be his relentless thirst for blood as every solution to his problems. A king has his power only because a country needs someone to govern over and protect them. Macbeth did the exact opposite. Instead of protecting his people, he had them murdered. The only person Macbeth thought about was himself no matter even if it was his best friend. Macbeth went as far as having his best friend Banquo murdered because of suspicion. “And thence it is I to your assistance to do make love, making the business from the common eye” (Act III, Scene 1, L.51). Nobody stood a chance in the way of Macbeth. Every punishment was death and more than a few innocent lives were killed. Some of the many lives taken were those of Macduff’s family. Macbeth killed Macduff’s family because he was a threat to his throne. So in turn Macduff’s wife and son were both
Adam was easily convinced by Eve to eat fruit from the forbidden tree which was a terrible act to perform. Even though Eve tempted Adam to perform the act, Adam did the same amount of wrong as she did and God held them responsible for their own actions. In the case of Macbeth, one should not compare Macbeth and Lady Macbeth by who is the most responsible for their failure. Instead, they should look at the individual’s actions. Macbeth performed much more evil deeds then Lady Macbeth. Temptation is an evil thing and it was terrible for Lady Macbeth to do so, but she only succeeded because of Macbeth’s weak mind. At first when the witches’ prophecies were told to Macbeth, he wanted fate to decide his future and did not want any part of the action. “If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me without a stir” (Act I, Scene 3, L. 144). When Lady Macbeth suggested her plan to murder King Duncan to Macbeth, he was against it because he was the host of a King who had the most faith and trust in him. “He was a gentlemen to whom I build an absolute trust” (Act I, Scene 4, L. 13) However, because of Lady Macbeth’s strong attempts and Macbeth’s weak mind, he fell for the temptation and performed the terrible deed which brought him quick success. But failure that was soon to come. If one were to look back at all of history, they would find that greed never brings a good outcome. …show more content…
Greed can be linked with temptation which then can be linked to failure. In Macbeth, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth had succumbed greed to be King and Queen of Scotland. Both desired to have the power and authority to rule over everyone. Greed played a terrible role in this play and it led to many innocent lives being slain for assurance that Macbeth kept his power. Although Macbeth had doubts about his plan, his greed still overpowered him even after his countless efforts to avoid. Eventually, Macbeth started thinking of reasons why he should kill King Duncan just to make him feel better about himself. “I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself and falls on th’ other” (Act I, Scene 7 L. 25). At this point in the play greed was controlling Macbeth’s thoughts and actions and the only thing on Macbeth’s mind was dark ambitious desires. “Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires” (Act I, Scene 4, L. 50). Macbeth was out of control and practically insane due to his greed, but the worse was yet to come for him. Through his weak mind Macbeth killed king Duncan for his throne. Through his greed he kept his throne and did anything to protect it. However because of his poor leadership he failed. There are many reasons why he was considered a tyrant and terrible leader. The greatest one however would be his relentless thirst for blood as every solution to his problems. A king has his power only because a country needs someone to govern over and protect them. Macbeth did the exact opposite. Instead of protecting his people, he had them murdered. The only person Macbeth thought about was himself no matter even if it was his best friend. Macbeth went as far as having his best friend Banquo murdered because of suspicion. “And thence it is I to your assistance to do make love, making the business from the common eye” (Act III, Scene 1, L.51). Nobody stood a chance in the way of Macbeth. Every punishment was death and more than a few innocent lives were killed. Some of the many lives taken were those of Macduff’s family. Macbeth killed Macduff’s family because he was a threat to his throne. So in turn Macduff’s wife and son were both