Macbeth †Victim or Villain? Essay

As the scenes of Macbeth, is slowly scene by scene revealed to the audience Shakespeare wittily memorialises Macbeths personality as two dissimilar characters, the victim,to brothel keeper Macbeth and the witches and as the scoundrel, througout the play except with some(prenominal) characters clearley portrayed so that ace from the audience may say Macbeth is a victim to expectanter precedents lady Macbeth, the witches and his throw voraciousness, wheras an other may say Macbeth is a baddie, who was happy of committing all the tough whole shebang doing so with his own turn will, with confused points to confirm their views.Initially, right from the start we see of Macbeths goodness before we notwithstanding meet him good and hardy spend and Brave cousin all show how brave Macbeth is and how he is patriotic, which obviously a villain wouldnt be, caring, loving or doing anything for their coun endeavour they would be caring for themselves and their take aims, soulfu lness who loves their inelegant will not try and decimate the index of the country, especailly a world power like Dun tooshie who was al focussings thinking of the countrys needs and views first.Secondly, the fact that Macbeth wasnt so sure on the blueprint that brothel keeper Macbeth suggested because even though he had suggested kill Dun arsehole, right before the arrive at he was thinking almost how dreary the act is,he was very confused and he decided not to the deed of conveyance scarce it was under the influence of Lady Macbeths greed that he gave in and move the inhuman act And live a coward in thine own esteem, which attached Macbeths maleness and so therefore Macbeth be catchs so godforsaken that he doesnt really do the deed with his own free will, anger drove him to do it. howevermore the fact that he in truth thinks and lists the domineering and the negative sides of doing the deed or not shows unlike villains he does choose a human side and that he does get by and know about right and premature as he thinks to himself Hes here in double organized religion First as I am his kinsman and his subject Strong both against the deed then as his host Who should against his execution of instrument shut the door, Not bear the injure himself. This shows that he feels guilty about this and because of this, he decides that he wouldnt kill Dun green goddess, besides Lady Macbeth persuades him, which further proves that he is a victim.Macbeth was also under the influence of the trio witches because they appeared so inhuman and magical, Speak if you can What are you? that when Macbeth heard the prospiciences he position as the first prediction alone hail Macbeth, hail to thee Thane of Glamis., and the second prediction All hail Macbeth, hail to thee Thane of Cawdor, both seemed and came unbent, so Macbeth popular opinion why wouldnt the third All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter come true? Did not the witches speak deno minations of cognizance before with the other two predictions? move intot they seem magical? So Macbeth was victim to the witches throughout the play, thinking about their encounter. If the witches and Macbeth hadnt met, Macbeth wouldnt have killed Duncan, Banquo and nor would he have committed all the bad deeds he did.The fact that Lady Macbeth, to add on to Macbeths deficiency of manliness grounds an example as to what she can do if shes promised to do something arrest plucked my nipple from his boneless gums, and rush the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this. She says this to make him angry and feel ashamed of lacking masculinity so therefore in methodicalness to prove he isnt to himself and to Lady Macbeth he becomes determined and does the deed.Moreover at the end, when Macbeth dies you can see clearley he is a victim who has lost everything, power, family,life the fact that Macbeth is all in all disheartened shows he is really unbalance and (to the audi ence) seems like a victim.On the other hand, Macbeth can also be thought of a villain, there are numerous points in the play as to how this is proven. When the tercet weird sisters are making their be prediction All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter his villainous promontory quickly starts thinking of the possibilities of becoming king and how to reach this he immediately suggests this programme to his married woman, when she suggests the plans Macbeth immediately agrees to it also when she asks him to leave everything upto her cave in all the rest to me he agrees to it all. what is more if Macbeth wasnt a villain he wouldnt have been persuaded so comfortably to kill Duncan even though women in shakesperean time were supposed to be wan and lesser then men Macbeth chose to take heed to his wife, which in Shakesperean time men wouldnt do.Additionally, after Macbeth killed Duncan sort of of learning from and not sinning anymore he carries on to think and plan about killing Banquo his close champ because Banquo was starting to suspicious Macbeth and the fact that Banquos sons would be kings. It is a villainous deed to kill or attempt to kill your best friend and his son. Macbeths courage becomes so great he doesnt even avow his wife Lady Macbeth when planning to kill Banquo and his son Fleance.Mostly when good flock have a special power or belonging they try to be satisfied with it and not to want more, especailly if the way to achieve it isnt good, wheras Macbeth through his actions always shows that he wants more power and that his greed is unstoppably growing, therefore proving he is a villain.Macbeth constantly tries to fight and control fate instead of leaving it, enjoying and appreciating what he already has he goes to the witches the second time himself instead of avoiding them, I conjure you, by that which you profess, However you come to know it, answer me here he is clearly due to his greed awful for some sort of sign or mirac le to happen from the witches so fate is on his side again.Similarly like a general villain, Macbeth instead of worrying for his wife, Lady Macbeth, when the doctor tells him that Lady Macbeth is in need of a priest, Macbeth doesnt ask for elaborate he changed the subject to Scotland be in need of help to add on to the point when Seyton brings the news that Lady Macbeth has lastly died, Macbeth says She should have died hereafter, There would have been a time for such a word this is one of the most cruelest responses anyone can give to a friends destruction let alone a wifes, it just shows how like other villains Macbeth is common cold hearted and he has also started to be carried away with his power and greed that he actually states she should have died later in a more appropriate time which further proves he really has no feelings, which relates to him being a villain.Consequently, I think that overall Macbeth is both a victim and villain as there are many another(prenominal ) points to prove both views but isnt definitely one (a victim or a villain) but a intermixture of both. The fact that at the end Macbeth is so sure of the witches predictions show that he is a victim and a villain for believe what three weird sisters have said, for no proof of what they are but scarcely because theyve said something beneficial to him. Without one victimised deed he wouldnt have done a villainous deed and the same the other way round, Macbeth is both a victim and a villain just like some animals who can both be predator and prey.