Is Lady Macbeth A Villain
The Villain Inside Have you ever had someone in your life that influenced you to make poor choices? It is hard not to listen to them. Then they start to taunt you and make you feel bad for not doing the wrong thing. This is how Lady Macbeth and the Witches entice Macbeth to commit crimes and murder so many people. By using his insecurities against him to bring out his bad side, they show what is truly beneath the surface. Despite influence of Lady Macbeth and the Witches, Macbeth is undeniably a villain because of his pleasure of killing for control, lack of remorse, and his ability to manipulate people to benefit himself.
Macbeth tired to kill anyone who posed a threat to him becoming king. However, he sees that Macduff, though he is …show more content…
It is a numbness that does not allow the murders to bother him. This is a trait shown in serial killers. Many serial killers emotions change when they kill someone. The willingness to kill has gone up and they no longer feel pain or remorse for their actions. Macbeth says “ I have almost forgot the taste of fears. The time has been my senses would have cooled… Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts...Cannot once start me”(IV, 5). Macbeth explains that he no longer feels any type of emotions when he commits crimes. His mind and heart is stone to all that is happening around him because of his undying thirst for …show more content…
The people of the kingdom start to realize that he is not a great man and attempt to get rid of him. Macbeth however, underestimates the forces and power that the people have. Macbeth deserves his consequences because he murdered a lot of innocent people to get what he wanted when he could have been a good person and have gotten to be king anyway. Macbeth’s need to be the only one in control brings out the worst in his personality. It changed the way that he feels about his loved ones and makes him have no sympathy and turn a blind eye to others like they do not matter. Macbeth kills friends and family to try to get something that he thought would make him happy and it only made him a villain to the people he knew best. It came from within him and there is no denying that Macbeth’s undying thirst for power caused him to show his true
Macbeth tired to kill anyone who posed a threat to him becoming king. However, he sees that Macduff, though he is …show more content…
It is a numbness that does not allow the murders to bother him. This is a trait shown in serial killers. Many serial killers emotions change when they kill someone. The willingness to kill has gone up and they no longer feel pain or remorse for their actions. Macbeth says “ I have almost forgot the taste of fears. The time has been my senses would have cooled… Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts...Cannot once start me”(IV, 5). Macbeth explains that he no longer feels any type of emotions when he commits crimes. His mind and heart is stone to all that is happening around him because of his undying thirst for …show more content…
The people of the kingdom start to realize that he is not a great man and attempt to get rid of him. Macbeth however, underestimates the forces and power that the people have. Macbeth deserves his consequences because he murdered a lot of innocent people to get what he wanted when he could have been a good person and have gotten to be king anyway. Macbeth’s need to be the only one in control brings out the worst in his personality. It changed the way that he feels about his loved ones and makes him have no sympathy and turn a blind eye to others like they do not matter. Macbeth kills friends and family to try to get something that he thought would make him happy and it only made him a villain to the people he knew best. It came from within him and there is no denying that Macbeth’s undying thirst for power caused him to show his true