Macbeth

            Throughout the entire play of Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth is pulled in opposite forces. One force would lead him to honor and the other to his demise. This internal conflict helps in illuminating the story.
             The positive force on Macbeth is his conscience. He was not originally a bad person, and he almost talked himself out of killing Duncan. It took Lady Macbeths persistence to finally push him across the line. However once he did commit the murder, Macbeth began to go downhill. To kill Duncan is a major decision for Macbeth, because before he was a murderer he was loyal to the king. .
             In contradiction to his conscience Macbeth had an ambition. This is what harmed him the most. He always wanted something more than he had. He is easily tempted into murder to fulfill his ambitions to the throne, and then to murder after that in order to have dominance in his kingdom. Lady Macbeth also is a negative force on him by urging him at the beginning. After her push, his demise is his own entire fault. .
             Macbeth's internal conflict is entertaining as the reader is able to understand his conscience as well as his ambition to be king. Macbeth is not portrayed as tyrant until the end and the reader is surprised by the murder rampage he goes on. None of the other characters in the play, except Lady Macbeth realize the internal fight between Macbeth. This too illuminates the work.
             Macbeth is pulled in opposite forces, one towards good, and one towards evil. His conscience almost saves him in the beginning. In the end however, the push of his wife and his ambition disintegrate him as a person, all the way to the point he is killed on the field of battle. .