Macbeth

Power can corrupt anyone’s nature. Thus, it normally changes a person from good and moral to an evil monster. When Macbeth felt he was in powerful position, he becomes a person of corruption. Macbeth committed many sins to become the king. In the tragic play by William Shakespeare, a person who gains power uses it to their advantage through the use of character and tropology, Macbeth uses the throne or crown to try to gain control over Scotland. Shakespeare wrote this play to prove a point that power can corrupt anyone, and how misusing power leads to corruption.

In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is portrayed as magnificent hero, and then he turns from good and moral to immoral. The three witches tells Macbeth that he will become a king “all hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!”(1.3.53). Macbeth does not believe the three witches until the first prophecy thane of Cawdor comes true. Then Macbeth starts to think about the idea of becoming a king. He passes the idea to his wife by sending her a letter. Macbeth and his wife plans to kill King Duncan and make it look like the guards killed Duncan. In this section of the play power corrupts Macbeth, he goes from a good and loyal servant to a murderer and committing regicide. As well, when Macbeth becomes the king, he begins to fear when the three Witches tells him that Banquo descendants will be kings in the future. He is afraid that his friend might go against him. Macbeth talks to himself and says “Our fears in Banquo stick deep” (3.1.53). Macbeth thinks that the only reason this happened is because he was with him when he got his prophecy. Banquo is the only one who can bring Macbeth down and Macbeth doesn’t want that to happen. After all Macbeth has done a lot of things he did not want to do to become king, but now he has lost himself in power of greedy, he would do anything to save his king position. He plans to kill his best friend Banquo and his son Fleance. He kills his best friend because he is paranoid of losing his position.
The dark imagery in Macbeth represents ominous atmosphere. In the beginning of the play, the first witch says “When shall we three meet again/In thunder, lightning, or in rain?”(1.1.1-2). Crashing thunder, lightning and rain represents that something evil or bad is about to happen.

In the play, it is clear that Macbeth misused his powers and it leads him to corruption. When people are in position of power, they mostly misuse their powers and would do anything to achieve their goal. Shakespeare realized that it was a better idea to prove how people misuse their powers, such as Hitler and George Bush, since there were kings and queens in his time.