Division and Disorder in Shakespeare's, "Macbeth".

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Division and Disorder in Shakespeare's, "Macbeth"

In Macbeth, Shakespeare adds a supernatural dimension that purposively conspires against Macbeth and his kingdom. In the tragedy of King Lear, the distraught king summons the goddess of chaos, Hecht; and in Macbeth, Hecate appears as an actual character. This shows that the play itself is built around chaos and disorder, therefore leading to one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies.

On the level of human evil, Shakespeare's Scottish tragedy is about Macbeth's bloody rise to power, including the murder of the Scottish king, Duncan, and the guilt-ridden pathology of evil deeds generating more evil deeds. As a pivotal part of this thematic web is the play's most memorable character, Lady Macbeth. Like her husband, Lady Macbeth's ambition for power leads her into an unnatural, phantasmagoric realm of witchcraft, insomnia and madness. But while Macbeth responds to the prophecies of the three witches, Lady Macbeth goes even further by figuratively transforming herself into an unnatural, desexualized evil spirit.

The play begins in an unnatural setting, with the three witches talking about Macbeth and hat is soon to come. They delight in the division and disorder that is apparent in the