Macbeth - Contradiction In The
Beginning of paper
It has often been said that Macbeth is a
character of powerful contradictions. He is evil
and all-powerful. Are his violent acts and his
criminal activities simply the result of Macbeth’s
ambition to be King of Scotland? Why is he willing
to kill his king and his best friend with
apparently ....
Middle of paper
.... After
committing the murder, Macbeth seems almost
delirious. He says that "…all great Neptune’s
ocean will not wash this blood clean from my
hand"(Act II, Scene ii, lines 60-61). When he
murders Banquo, Macbeth is still in torment, but
the cause of his anguish seems to have changed.
He is afraid of Banquo, because Banquo knows about
the witches and because the witches predicted that
his descendents would be kings. Banquo’s death,
he says will put his mind at rest.
As the pla ....
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