Macbeth coursework

In the next part of the play Macbeth wonders about killing Duncan his wife tries her best to persuade him but he can’t Macbeth loves Duncan like a father and tries his best to  resist her words. Macbeth thinks about killing Duncan and then thinks about the consequences of killing him he will either be king and rule Scotland or he will be hung for murder, Eventually lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to kill him by calling him a coward and saying he hasn’t got what it takes to be king of Scotland.

In the next part of the play Macbeth waits until everybody has gone to sleep, Then his wife lures the guards away with wine and drugs them, Then Macbeth enters Duncan’s room with two daggers and kills him when he comes out of Duncan’s room he is like in a trance and can’t believe what he has done. Later on when Macduff goes to check on the king he finds he is dead and Macbeth makes the huge mistake of killing the men who were outside of the kings room this makes Macduff very suspicious and Macbeth covers it up by saying how could you control yourself when you no the people who have just killed someone you love are right here, This touching speech convinces Macduff that he has no reason to be suspicious of Macbeth. In this part of the play Macbeth finds Banquo as a threat and sends assassins to kill him. During this time Macbeth is holding a dinner party, this is the scene in the play when Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost he is the only one that has seen it, as Macbeth sees it the ghost becomes more and more gruesome as more blood and gashes appear on his face. Macbeth’s wife is worried about him and dismisses the party as she fears Macbeth will say something which might expose them, at this point it is clear that he can see Banquo’s ghost as he says “if I stand here, I saw him” Macbeth is referring to Banquo’s ghost as he is the only one that could see him. This shows that Macbeth is starting to go mad because he has killed so many people this is referred to in the following quote “I am in blood/stepp’d in so far” this shows that Macbeth has killed so many people that he cannot turn back now.

 Further into the play Macbeth begins to hear voices saying things like “murderer” theses voices drive Macbeth mad and make him begin to suspect that people all around him are trying to kill him because of this madness Macbeth tries to kill Banqous sons but he only kills one as the others get away. Towards the end of the play Macbeth makes the biggest mistake of his life when he sends assassins around to Macduff’s house to kill him but he isn’t there so instead they kill his wife and his kids and all the servants in the house.

Towards the end of the play I think he becomes a horrible monster who has gone mad with power he is a psychopathic man who will kill anyone and everyone for the sake of it. Finally the witches tell Macbeth that no man that came out of there mothers womb can kill him but when he comes face to face with Macduff he tells him that he didn’t come out of his mothers womb and at this point Macbeth is so surprised that he is frozen then this is where Macduff strikes him down. I think Macbeth deserved to die after all what goes around comes around

Paul Constantinou                   827 words