Nate McCormick
Mrs.Wood
English 11 A-5th hour
19 February 2016
Characterization Essay of Macbeth
At the beginning of the story Macbeth presented himself as a very brave and loyal man to King Duncan. Macbeth changes drastically throughout the whole story and it is very apparent to some of the characters. Macbeth really starts to change when the witches tell him that he will be the king. Although Macbeth seems to be a loyal man at the beginning of the story he dies a bloodthirsty and corrupt monster.
At the beginning of the story Macbeth is a brave, loyal, and respected man. Macbeth is very loyal to the king and can't imagine himself killing the king. After the witches tell Macbeth that he will be king I think it kind of excites him and also confuses him. Macbeth doesn't know what to think about this new information. Macbeth wants to stay loyal to the king and says his services are enough and pays itself. Macbeth seems to be a loyal and respectable man but then Lady Macbeth starts to get into his head.
Lady Macbeth pushes Macbeth to do things he isn't comfortable doing. Macbeth was to kind of a man and Lady Macbeth even says “It is too full o'th milk..great” (1:v, 13-25). Lady Macbeth knows he is too kind so she pushes him until he starts having thoughts of actually killing the king. Macbeth starts having thoughts and says “Let not light see... desires” (1:iv 48-53). Macbeth even starts to have hallucinations on the night of the murder and says “Is this a dagger..still” (2:i, 33-35). Lady Macbeth then finally gets Macbeth to kill the king and this is when Macbeth's personality really starts to change.
Once Macbeth claims the throne he becomes very violent and paranoid. Banquo then starts to suspect that Macbeth may have played fouly to become king and says “Thou play’dst most foully for it” (3:i, 3). Macbeth then plans to kill Banquo and Fleance and tells his murders “Ay, in the catalogue ye...dogs” (3:i, 92-95) which is very similar to what Lady Macbeth was saying to Macbeth to kill the king. Macbeth really starts to go crazy now and says “O, full of scorpions my mind” (3:i, 37-38) and suspects Macduff knows he killed the king and Macbeth has Macduff's family killed. Macbeth really starts to only care about himself and becomes bloodthirsty, violent, and ruthless.
Macbeth really starts to loose his mind and becomes very unstable. Macduff then finally convinces the king's son to go back and claim his throne. Macduff and the rest of the forest starts to creep up the hill and Macbeth knows his fate is near. At this point Macbeth has gone crazy and seems depressed. Macbeth loses this battle and is killed by Macduff. Macbeth started out this story as a kind and respectable man but then after just one act of violence leads to many more and he dies a corrupt monster.
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ReplyDeleteYou should say if Macbeth succeeds in killing all of those people and how he feels about killing his best friend and the innocent family. Try saying things other then Macbeth is going crazy, try saying that he is going insane or just different language because i feel like i have read that a lot over and over again. When does macbeth really start to loose his mind, start, end, middle, when and what caused this (another meeting with witches and more prophesies). What is Macbeths fate you said he know it but we the readers don't know it, it would be a good idea to remind the readers of what it is. Anti climate ending, never really was pulled in it just said that he was killed, you should say that the prophecies of the witches came true and that he was slain by no man born of a women but one who was ripped out of one or something like that, just more climatic and informational ending. (after just one act of violence leads to many more) syntax/ weird language. Was a good essay but the flow felt a little weird to me and didn't really flow from one paragraph to another. Was good though.
I think that you used a lot of really good adjectives and they really make the essay flow together. I'm not sure if your paper lost it's formatting when you posted it on here but remember to indent and use Times New Roman. I also think that the essay would sound better and make it look longer if you used the whole quote instead of putting the ellipse in the middle of the quote. Good job!
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