Macbeth, By William Shakespeare - 1839 Words

Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare in the year 1606, is a prominent tragic play that is notoriously recognized for its excessive use of violence. The author mainly elaborates how Macbeth, who used to be a proud hero of Scotland, spreads his turmoil throughout the whole kingdom. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is widely regarded as an honorable hero because he is a valiant warrior who wants to protect the kingdom to the best of his abilities. As the play progresses, however, Macbeth’s personality, motives, and character start to vary dramatically. His personal greed and overconfidence to fulfill his ambition for power leads him to commit malevolent actions that brings upon remorse, despair, and guilt within him and for the†¦show more content†¦The decline and deterioration of Macbeth’s character is a prominent example to demonstrate his downfall as the main tragic hero. In a particular instance throughout the play, Macbeth describes the death of his w ife and does not feel any guilt or remorse within him. To prove this, he articulates upon his thoughts and says, â€Å"She should have died hereafter† (V.v.17). The fact that Macbeth does not even care about the death of his wife elaborates the fact that he has been accustomed to his own state of madness that he has been living in for quite some time now. Furthermore, it also portrays that he has completely lost the emotion of fear within himself because his mind is filled with impure thoughts. Macbeth describes himself and says, â€Å"I have almost forgot the taste of fears./ The time has been, my senses would have cooled†¦ As life were in’t. I have supped full with horrors: /Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts†¦ (V.v.9-10). Macbeth is slowly losing his mind, his rationality, and his logic in the process, and becomes a more disturbed person from what he was previously. In addition, Elizabeth Montagu provides an internal description of Macbeth and suggests that â€Å"The man of honour pierces through the traitor and the