evilmac Protagonist Becoming Evil in Shakespeares Macbeth :: Macbeth essays

Macbeth Protagonist Becoming Evil  The story Macbeth is like no some other in plot and poetry. It sets itself apartfrom the rest by having a protagonist becoming evil. What makes Macbeth such acomplicated character is the way his outlook keeps on changing throughout theplay. This essay will prove that Macbeth is an evil man and was not over positionedby ambition to get what he wanted. This essay will excessively determine that certaincharacters like the witches did not force him to do evil they simply triggeredit. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is shown as a hero in the Scottish army,that  is ironic because Macbeth has defeated a traitor and he will become one.We feel that a person of his loyalty could never confide evil unless he had agood reason or if he would be provoked.  After Macbeths first meeting with thewitches, we learn from his aside that he has thought about cleanup position Duncan Mythought, whose murder yet is but fantastical 1(Macbeth 1.3. 152).  Macbeth alsosays If chance will have me big businessman, why, chance may crown me Without my stir.2(Macbeth 1.4.157-159) which means that maybe he does not have to murder theking to gain that title.  Luck has been very generous to him and might continueand make him king. Macbeths true evil thoughts about being king are first shown when he finds outthat king Duncan has named his son Malcolm as Prince of Cumberland.  He nowshows his evil and  his true feelings.                Stars, hide your fires Let not shadow see my black and                 deep desires.  The  eye wink at the hand yet let that                 be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see. 3                 (Macbeth 1.4.57-60 ) Macbeth is actually seeking champion from the dark and supernatural.  Macbeth issaying that he does not want to see the evil that he will commit until it isdone.  It is now known that Macbeth is capable of evil and would commit it. Upon meeting Lady Macbeth, we can assume that any evil done by Macbeth would becontributed by her influence.  Lady Macbeth is a very powerful women and she hasa-lot of power over Macbeths decisions. After Lady Macbeth reads the letterfrom Macbeth, she says that he is in fact too noble to kill Duncan in cold bloodbut he would like to.                It is too full othmilk of human kindness To catch                  the nearest way.  Thou wouldst be great, Art not