Macbeth Essay

The story of Macbeth is Shakespeare's great tragedy, the story shows the downfall of the character Macbeth. Macbeth goes through many emotions and feelings in the story; one to question is fear. In the play Macbeth fear overcomes the character of Macbeth resulting in his actions and his increasingly evil proceedings. Macbeth represents this fear from his fear of losing kingship, fear of not fulfilling his prophecies and the fear of getting caught. In the …

…through the murder of Duncan, the murder of Banquo, and him trusting no one. In the play Macbeth fear overcomes the character of Macbeth resulting in his actions and his increasingly evil proceedings. Through the fear of losing power, the fear of not fulfilling his prophecies, and the fear of getting caught contribute to his increasingly evil actions. There fore it has been proven that fear can indeed influence one to amplify ones evil actions.