Macbeth

Macbeth Macbeth- - God or a Power-hungry Mortal' “…I go and it is done. The bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell That summons thee to heaven, or to hell.” (II, i, 71-73) “…It is concluded. Banquo, thy soul’s flight, If it find heaven, must find it out tonight.” (III, i, 157-158) “…Only for them, and mine eternal jewel Given to the common enemy of man To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings! Rather than so, come, Fate, into the list, And champion me to the utterance! Who’s there'” (III, i, 72-76) In the first passage, Macbeth was preparing to kill King Duncan. The toll of the bell was a signal used in order to show Macbeth that she had taken care of the guards and the coast was clear to kill Duncan. As he neared Duncan’s room, he silently prayed that Duncan wouldn’t hear the bell, for it was an omen for his death. Even worse, Duncan lead an innocent life, yet Macbeth still wondered whether Duncan would go to heaven or hell. In the second passage, he once again wondered whether his innocent friend would go to heaven or hell, once again playing god. macbeth, god, fate, duncan, change, reason, vaulting, power, kill, heaven, guilt, find, even, because, ambition, witches, trying, play, passage, once, hell, god’s, go, felt, destiny, come, bell, attempt, yet, wouldn’t, worked, wondered, whether, temptation, show