Macbeth Good And Evil Essay

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the themes of good and evil are prevalent. The evil that Macbeth and many other characters face is temptation and greed. Witchcraft is another evil thrown into the play, but is an evil in itself; it is not transformed or given to any characters, it is only used by the three witches. Nevertheless, witchcraft adds to the evil theme. Shakespeare develops the evil further by creating not one witch, but three. The evil that envelops many, which is temptation and then greed are shown by Macbeth and his wife's actions. The three weird witches tempt Macbeth with talk of him becoming king. They never say that Macbeth has to kill King Duncan for this to be true, but through lustful eyes, Macbeth and especially his wife see this as the only way. The catalyst to the massively consumed
Not only do the witches taunt Macbeth in the beginning of the play, they come back again and again. With each visit, the witches plant seeds of doubt and madness within Macbeth through their hissing and cackles which was a good interpretation by the director. This truly shows the evil power the group of three hold and how this madness and evil could be spread to anyone close enough to hear their manic laughter. At first the witches' visits are irking, but in the full reach of their power, Macbeth begins to hallucinate and hear his name being repeated over and over. This to me, was the greatest scene in the play. It genuinely had me spooked, yet kept its artistic qualities making it not cliche like a lot of “losing sanity” scenes are. The actor as Macbeth genuinely had me engrossed and convinced as well. The skulls in the trees was a fantastic touch to show the evil and made the audience feel and see what Macbeth did, including the audio. The audio of Macbeth's name being repeated throughout