Macbeth

Macbeth The story of Macbeth, like most of Shakespeare's plays, tells a story that has a moral lesson attached to it. Macbeth was essentially a man who craved power but when a prophecy was revealed that he would indeed gain that which he sought, Macbeth wasn't satisfied. Instead, he went to great lengths to ensure that his power lasted longer than it should have. He ahdered to the evil whims and plans of his wife, Lady Macbeth, and put himself in a position that destroyed his self respect, ruined his pride, degraded his honor, and spoiled his integrity... all in order to possess...and maintain the crown... Macbeth is a character of powerful contradictions. He is a man who, for the simple sake of his own ambition, is willing to murder his king and his best friend. At the same time, Macbeth has a conscience so strong that the mere thought of his crimes torments him to no end. As with any of Shakespeare's work, what we learn is essentially up to us as is the way we view the story. Reading Macbeth, one could easily infer that the pursuit of power and control bare a great price. We see that macbeth, lady, play, story, power, gain, very, man, james, essentially, written, wife, tells, shakespeare's, scotland, prophecy, own, order, one, numerous, longer, lesson, integrity, instead, indeed, idea, honor, himself, great, best, wrote, work, without, witchcraft, willing, william