Macbeth Good vs Evil Essay

Look like the innocent flower only when be the serpent under it let non light see my deep and unknown desires to alter favour ever is to fear The service and the loyalty I owe Point against point, rebellious arm gainst arm 1. How are they corrupted by the evil in them? After reaching the highest level success Macbeth still desires more and is leave behinding to fall to any level to achieve it. When the evil presents Macbeth with the opportunity, he puts all his trust in it later to find out evil has whileoeuvreed a double game. 2. Is Lady Macbeth totally evil?Lady Macbeth is not evil she is only trying to help her husband in his ambition, she takes support of evil to fulfil her ambition when she pushes Macbeth to kill Duncan and challenges his manhood that she forgets her morals because she is too disoriented in her ambition. 3. Find examples in the play in which characters try to hide the truth from around them? Macbeth hallucinates about Banquos phantom who symbolises Macbet hs goodness hardly to hide his offensey conscious he becomes cruel towards others. Banquo hides the prophecy from the rest of the kingdom because he doesnt believe them to be true, but still doubts Macbeth for Duncans murder.4. Why do they do it? Macbeth hid his 3 prophecies from others because he didnt know whether it would be true or not and because once he heard that Malcolm will inherit his fathers throne. He and Lady Macbeth planned to kill the king therefore, if bulk knew about his prophecies they would have suspect him in an instant the pansy is dead. 5. What does this identify us about the world around them? The world is really small and they would go to any limits to protect themselves and achieve their goals. 6. Macbeth and Banquos reactions to the witches prophecies are very different.In what ways? Macbeth doesnt believe at first but when he is promoted he starts to believe and uses the prophecies as guide towards his ambition whereas Banquo never believed in the wi tched and always thought they were evil. 7. What are the different consequences of their attitudes? Macbeth believed in evil and let it guide him into an instant of success which eventually leads him to his own destruction, death. Banquo doesnt believe in evil and let good guide his way, but is murdered by Macbeth because he was so good that Macbeth got scared for his safety. 8.Would you consider Macbeths ambition to be flaw in his character? Macbeth ambition is too great for him to handle, and he put all of his trust on those prophecies which lead to his downfall. Those prophecies can be seen as hallucination and instead of trusting his surroundings, his friends. 9. What about Lady Macbeths ambition? Is she ambitious for herself or her husband? Lady Macbeths ambition only started when she got the earn from Macbeth and she wanted to help her husband make the prophecies come true. The only thing thats in the way to make the prophecy came true is Malcolm.10. What has the play got to tell us about selfish, unchecked ambition? The play tells the audience that being selfish will display and illusion success would disappear if the person dough to feel human emotions. 11. Why does Banquos ghost only appear to Macbeth during the banquet? Banquos ghost only appeared to Macbeth during the banquet is because it was Macbeths conscience and guilt that take shape to form Banquos ghost. No one else in the banquet knew that it was Macbeth who plotted his friends death. 12. What does this tell us about Macbeths conscience?It tells us that Macbeth is guilty of the crimes he had committed, and soon realises that once his left alone no one he could trust, like Banquo. 13. Find examples in the play to comment on this theme When Duncan is King of Scotland, it seems that the place is peaceful and everyone can trust each other. Whereas when Macbeth is King there are chaos everywhere and people couldnt trust each other because they afraid that the other person might be Macbeths spie s and their lives would be in danger if they said anything against Macbeth. 14. hand Banquos sense of honour Banquo might as well be a little responsible for Duncan death because he hide the prophecies from the kingdom though he always remained loyal to his serving king. 15. Why is Malcolm so suspicious of an honourable character like Macduff? Malcolm was so suspicious of Macduff because the former Thane of Cawdor was an honourable man and yet he betrayed Duncan. Malcolm wanted to make sure that when he would be surrounded by trustworthy and loyal Thanes and not the ones that would be power peckish like Macbeth. 16.Review and list again the qualities Shakespeare thinks are needed by a king to govern a country Honesty Kind becoming Loyalty Generosity Courage 17. List the things that are not what they seem to be, and people whose reality is different from their appearance Duncan visits Macbeths castle and was amazed at the view of the castle but didnt know that Macbeth and Lady Macb eth plotted to kill him. The old Thane of Cawdor seems like hes very noble but he ended up being a traitor. A dagger A A wood B False promises A A ghost A Two guilty grooms A A wicked prince- A A foul and fair day B.