Duncan dies by the hand of Macbeth due to a desire for power. ... Again, Macbeth's desire for power leads him ordering for the murder of Macduff's wife and sons. ... The desire for power can slowly corrupt one's state of mind. ... Lady Macbeth, too, is driven to death by her desire to obtain power. ...
Envy is the sixth deadly sin, and is the desire for the possessions, position, or qualities of another. ... Due to her ambition and envy, she lived vicariously through Macbeth and desired to be hailed queen. ... For example, Macbeth can not control the family, time, or place in which he was born, nor can he choose how, when, or why he dies. ... Macbeth was destine to become king as was he destine to eventually fail and die. ... Surly, if someone knew how he or she was going to die they would try to avoid death. ...
Macbeth has always desired power in his ambitious life, but to take the throne by murder is a thought he never encountered. ... He either has to wait for Duncan to die or kill Duncan himself. ... He has high respect for the king and does not wish for the king to die, but he has his ambitious quality stuck in mind. ... Eventually, Macbeth's moral code falls to his inner desires, and he completes the witches' true intentions. ...
However Claudius idea and reason to kill Hamlets father, was completely his decision so that he could obtain the power that he so deeply desired. ... At the end both were so naive with their desire for power, and that was ultimately their downfall as they paid for their sins with their lives. ... She is also torn by her love for Hamlet and the desires and demands of her brother and father which eventually drive her into insanity. ... On the other hand Lady Macbeth death was in some way or another deserving, and before she dies we can see a little bit of humanity inside her causing her to fe...
"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.... He is essentially saying that a person of authority will either die honorable or survive only to see themselves become morally diluted by ambition. ... It also alludes to the transformation Macbeth and Lady Macbeth undergo as well when ambition and the desire for power is brought into play. ... Furthermore, the darkness within her is brought forth by her inner desire for power leading to her suicide. ... Banquo, Macbeth, and Lady Macbeth unfortunately, did not die heroes and did in fact live long en...
This flaw can influence Jane's which is her enduring desire to be loved and accepted. ... She never forced Rochester to make any rash decisions due to her desires. ... Lady Macbeth both resents her womanhood and yet sees it as an asset to achieving what he desires. ... For example, Jane is called back to Gateshead when her aunt is dying and she finds out her mother's brother said he wanted to adopt her and make her his heir. ... Macbeth has to do all the work like killing the king, in order for her to have all the luxuries she desires. ...
"Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my back and deep desires." ... The Macbeth realizes that "blood will have blood," and that his murderous plots will all come to an end when he dies. ... Macbeth, unaware that the Thane has died states, "The Thane of Cawdor lives. ... Art thou afeared to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art in desire?...
But he has a deep desire inside his heart. ... As the play goes on, Macbeth ventures further into darkness, and makes more and more wrong moral discisions, until all his friends desert him, and he is left to die. ... Macbeth's deep-seated desire to become King is shown in his eagerness to hear more prophecies. ... This causes him to lose the battle, and die. ... In contrast, Macbeth just says "She should have died hereafter" and goes back to prepare for the battle. ...
Macbeth: She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word "(Shakespeare, Act V, Scene V). His wife, his love, his world had died and he did not even care. ... His desire to be unstoppable and all powerful was what killed him. ...
She died because of all this pressure and her guilt about the murder. ... Macbeth is actuated in his conduct mainly by an inordinate desire for worldly honors; his delight lies primarily in buying golden opinions from all sorts of people. ... Now so long as these mutable goods are at all commensurate with his inordinate desires - and such is the case, up until he covets the kingship - Macbeth remains an honorable gentleman. ... These demons in the guise of witches cannot read his inmost thoughts, but from observation of facial expression and other bodily manifestations they surmise with compar...
They both covered up the murder with dramatic scenes of shock and horror, appearing to be outraged by the murder, "Had I died but an hour before this chance, I had liv"d a blessed time, for from this instant, there's nothing serious in mortality." ... In many circumstances we saw frequent contrast between reality and appearance, which ultimately led to the burning desire of many people for revenge on Macbeth, which was the cause of Macbeth's demise. ...
In Lady Macbeth's case, the main fault that brought about her destruction and final suicide was greed, along with an ignorance and repression of the emotions that contradicted this desire. ... He shows a desire to do so, saying to himself, "That is a step/On which I must fall down or else o'erleap...Let not light see my black and deep desires." ... Again, she is quelling her own moral instincts in order to allow herself to seek the power that she desires. ... Both characters inevitably die from their individual weaknesses at the end of the play. ...
Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires" - lines 55 - 58. ... Lady Macbeth now regrets what they have done when she says, "Where our desire is got without content: 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy" (lines 5 - 7) And Macbeth, who has become the plotting, treacherous one who can't rest until the murder of Banquo and Fleance are completed. ... He is sad that he will die alone without any true friends. ... Macbeth has died by his own hand using the sword ...
For example you can tell Lady Macbeth is deteriorating when she states, "Naughts had, all's spent, where our desire is got without content: 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction in doubtful joy. ... Why do you keep alone, of sorriest fancies your companions making, using those thoughts which should indeed have died with them they think on? ... To show how uncaring he has become he says this about his late wife, "She should have died hereafter; there would have been such a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty p...
Exploring a ruthless reality, William Shakespeare's Macbeth highlights human nature's desire for power, and the lengths one will go to obtain it. ... We follow the actions of Macbeth as he is consumed by his desire and demand for power. ... It is at this moment when Lady Macbeth realizes she has lost her power that she is consumed with guilt, and this ultimately ruins the marriage, and both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth die, each alone. ...
Also at the end he is shown as a warrior who has died in battle. ... Then when he asks Lady Macbeth if Duncan has asked for him ,he says "we will proceed no further" but Lady Macbeth asks Duncan if he is "afeard" or if "art in desire" of his to kill Duncan. ... There had to be some desire to be king inside him that would make him kill. ...
Lady Macbeth had an indescribable desire for the throne. ... The hallucinations that haunted Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were a result of their desire for power. ... Banquo's ghost only made Macbeth's life more miserable than it already was and helped assure the people that Macbeth was not who he said he was and that he needed to die. ...
As the play carries on to the castle, King Duncan has received the news that Caword has died nobley. ... IN the last scene of Act I Macbeth tells his wife that he no longer desires to kill the king but Lady Macbeth convinces him otherwise. ...
Ambition is defined as the strong desire to achieve something, and this is obviously evident in the play as Macbeth strives to make himself King, and prevent fate from occurring. ... Near the end, she dies, supporting the description tragedy of ambition'. ...
As the play progresses, Macbeth begins to become corrupted by the es, his wife, and his own personal desire for gain. ... Just as Macbeth begins his rise to power fighting for his country, he dies on the battleground trying to hold on to his position on the throne. ... Finally he decides to go through with the plan, perhaps just because his own personal desire and greed to be king outweigh the eventual consequences that could come later. ...
