How Does Shakespeare Present Evil In Macbeth

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Act I Scene I opens up the play with dramatic drama and to the supernatural proposition of evil. The witches meet in the desert place in the of a wild storm. The rhythm of their song reveal there are on the devil’s side, formulating a dark plan to meet Macbeth. I imagine the Third Witch pausing for a moment while her sisters gather round her and then shrieking out Macbeth in an bliss of devilish happiness. Their last saying that the three witches say in union confesses their creed, “Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air,” all that is “good” to others is “foul” to them and conversely. This quote applies to the human and fantasy world, as they say “the fog and filthy air, ” and in every sort of mischief and evil doings. Since this first scene of the play …show more content…
“All hail Macbeth, hail to thee Thane of Galamis!” “All hail Macbeth, hail to thee Thane of Cowdor!” “All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” (50) These words successfully raise Macbeth’s deep desire to be the King of Scotland and drives him to thinks of ways to bring destruction. The downward spiral into a moral abyss that Macbeth enters represents a strong statement about the nature of evil. He goes through the thoughts of “dagger of mind” before he enters the king's room to commit his first murder. He is imagining what it will be like to actually hold the dagger and carry out the act. Macbeth is frightened by his vision, but then a ringing bell snaps him back to reality of what he has to get done.Once Macbeth commits his first murder, evil is pointed out as all consuming and much more difficult to stop. “I go, and it is done. The bell invites me,” (60) there is little that can restrain Macbeth from becoming increasingly evil. As he keeps getting more and more power he has become more evil than ever before killing more people, his once friend