Macbeth: Power

Shakespeare's tragedy, "Macbeth", exemplifies those with good intentions can still be overcome by their own greed and lust for dominance. Macbeth's transition from the noble warrior to the power-driven ruler and Lady Macbeth's mental incapacity for her evil deeds driving her to suicide shows that even normal-folk when deprived of their humanity can perform acts of great horror. In the early stages of the play, Macbeth is depicted as a noble man, a hero for …

…Macbeth" is truly a tragedy of a man submitting to his desire. Throughout the play, Macbeth strived on power, in doing so he lost his humility and humanity. Macbeth was continually conscious of his evil choices, he is expressively aware of the rapid deterioration of his humanity and by the end of the play, he wishes for the end, "I 'gin to be aweary of sun, And wish the estate o'the world were now undone."