Disintegration in Macbeth

Several forms of disintegration are evident in Shakespeare's Macbeth. These forms of disintegration include marital disintegration, moral disintegration, and psychological disintegration. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is portrayed as a noble and loyal character who is defending his country against traitors and foreign invaders. However, as the play progresses, we see that his ambition and the prophecies made by the witches start to affect his morals, marital relationship, and state of mind. In …

…listened to the witches, and served his king loyally, his morals would never have disintegrated, his wife would not have died, and he would not have lost his mind. However, because he chose ambition over his morals, all those forms of disintegration occurred. As stated by his soliloquy in Act 5 Scene 5, his life has become a tale told by an idiot signifying nothing. The several forms of disintegration has resulted in his life becoming nothing.