Macbeth
Is Macbeth a moral play?
morality play is one human life. The usual subject of it, is about saving the human soul. The central figure is man in the sense of humanity in general. Morality play contains the forces of good and evil that are engaged in a struggle for the soul of an individual. It spoke to medieval mans anxiety about being prepared for death or dying well.
Many of Shakespeare’s plays seem to have ,through accidentally, a moral significance. This plays appear to preach a moral lesson , evil suffers and good triumphs . The story in MACBETH runs through the narration of evil deeds of the inevitable retribution that follows those evil deeds.
But many critics say that Shakespeare diverges from the morality tradition in Macbeth .He is not giving any moral lesson in here but emphasis sympathetically the human fragilities which often tend to lead man to tragic circumstances. The initial stages of the play set Macbeth up as a brave and noble character
The exposition upon Macbeth’s valor and the king’s presentation of the thane ship of chowder to Macbeth heighten the audience’s awareness of his truly noble character. This sets the stage that is established in every great tragedy. A brave and noble character is introduced who should, through some fault of character or error of judgment, fall from his noble state into disgrace. So Macbeth is, both by expectation and by means of expositions, set up as a classical tragedy. Great tragedies often end on a note of optimism by showing the victory of good along with the defeat of the evil. The victory of Malcolm’s army over Macbeth’s forces is a product of such optimism. With Malcolm’s victory Scotland is restored to it’s original and the good and virtuous are assured of their rewards.
But while a tragic hero suffers from a flaw within himself, a personal and self oriented error which is purely the fault of his character. Macbeth is the victim of an external force and the force is his fate.
Macbeth and his wife
morality play is one human life. The usual subject of it, is about saving the human soul. The central figure is man in the sense of humanity in general. Morality play contains the forces of good and evil that are engaged in a struggle for the soul of an individual. It spoke to medieval mans anxiety about being prepared for death or dying well.
Many of Shakespeare’s plays seem to have ,through accidentally, a moral significance. This plays appear to preach a moral lesson , evil suffers and good triumphs . The story in MACBETH runs through the narration of evil deeds of the inevitable retribution that follows those evil deeds.
But many critics say that Shakespeare diverges from the morality tradition in Macbeth .He is not giving any moral lesson in here but emphasis sympathetically the human fragilities which often tend to lead man to tragic circumstances. The initial stages of the play set Macbeth up as a brave and noble character
The exposition upon Macbeth’s valor and the king’s presentation of the thane ship of chowder to Macbeth heighten the audience’s awareness of his truly noble character. This sets the stage that is established in every great tragedy. A brave and noble character is introduced who should, through some fault of character or error of judgment, fall from his noble state into disgrace. So Macbeth is, both by expectation and by means of expositions, set up as a classical tragedy. Great tragedies often end on a note of optimism by showing the victory of good along with the defeat of the evil. The victory of Malcolm’s army over Macbeth’s forces is a product of such optimism. With Malcolm’s victory Scotland is restored to it’s original and the good and virtuous are assured of their rewards.
But while a tragic hero suffers from a flaw within himself, a personal and self oriented error which is purely the fault of his character. Macbeth is the victim of an external force and the force is his fate.
Macbeth and his wife