MacBeth as an Island

John Donne wrote the quote “ No man is an island”, to show that no person can go through life without others successfully. This quote can be related to William Shakespeare's tragedy MacBeth. The character MacBeth was loyal to the king and a great worrier until he interacted with the Weird Sisters. They gave him three prophecies that changed his life. He made himself and “island”, becoming evil and disconnected from everyone. Macbeth is and island, …

…tree in his hand; saying he can’t be vanquished until the woods of Birnam to Dunsinane Hill should come against him. MacBeth is an island when he acts upon what the witches tell him. He acts a tyrant and he is alone. With no one left to care or honor him. MacBeth fell for the hollow promises of the witches that had filled him with a false confidence, making MacBeth an evil lonely island.