Macbeth Essay

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Macbeth Essay

     Everyone at some point in their life wants to have more power than they already do.  This statement includes Macbeth.  Macbeth wants power more than anyone does.  However, he doesn�t earn his power the right way.  In the tragedy Macbeth, Shakespeare uses imagery, characterization, and conflict to show that the desire for power corrupts.
     In Macbeth imagery helps show the thoughts of people in the play.  The first example of imagery is when Macbeth compares the murderers to dogs.  From this example it appears that Macbeth thinks of himself as a high and mighty man.  He thinks of them as no good people, but at the same time he is also a murderer.  Even though he tries to act better than the murderers, the play shows that he really doesn�t think of himself as a very good man.  One reason that shows the reader that Macbeth refers to himself as having evil thoughts is the line that states his mind is full of scorpions.  Someone having a mind full of scorpions is someone who must have many evil thoughts because people don�t think of scorpions being good.  This sets the mood to be very dark.  This play doesn�t have many happy thoughts.  Imagery makes the reader understand the thoughts of the characters without directly showing them.
     Characterization is also important because it gives the reader the background of the character.  Macbeth shows many traits throughout the play.  When Macbeth visits the witches and orders the murder of Macduff�s family it shows that he no longer has any morals or hesitation.  He also appears that he doesn�t care what other people think of him.  This is not a good trait for a king because he represents a whole kingdom and if he doesn�t care about anyone but himself then people will start to hate him.  One of the people that begin to dislike him is his own wife, La...

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