Macbeth Soliloquy Analysis

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Shakespeare’s Macbeth, shows how ambition and desire can be a destructive force. The play is set in Scotland where three witches meet to plan Macbeth’s demise. They tell him of great prophecy that stirs Macbeth’s ambition. He internally struggles with his ambition and eventually it overcomes him as he makes many sacrifices to fulfill his prophecy. Macbeth’s sacrifices for the throne show how ambition can corrupt and lead to the ruin of morality and happiness. The soliloquy in act one shows how his “vaulting” ambition lead to the death of the king and many others. In the soliloquy, Macbeth argues with himself about murdering the king. At this point, Macbeth is rationalizing the idea of killing the king. He wants a high position of power and will go as far as sacrificing his soul. He regards Duncan as a virtuous man and knows that the people would be heavily affected by his loss. He would give men “bloody instruction” which would backfire and plague Macbeth. Macbeth puts …show more content…
Macbeth sacrifices his friendship fearing the line of kings that Banquo will conceive. Banquo is very loyal and virtuous to which he appears kingly. In Act three Banquo states, “Let your Highness command upon me, to the which my duties are with a most dissoluble tie, For ever knit.” He pledged allegiance to Macbeth even though he had a slight suspicion of him. Macbeth is falling deeper on a morality scale and he becomes immoral after murdering an innocent woman and child. The Macduff family were innocent to Macduff’s “treachery”and Macbeth reacted on impulse. His own desires and impulses are the only forces driving Macbeth. Before Macbeth started to commit murders, he was heavily conflicted. He argued with his own morality and even walked away from the idea of doing so. But now Macbeth is in “blood stepped too far.” He has committed so many crimes that it’s too late for him to turn