Macbeth

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The Tragedy of Macbeth

There are many themes in the play Macbeth that apply to today’s world. Greed is
one of the main themes in this particular Shakespeare play. An example of a person who
is greedy in this play is Lady Macbeth. There are many power struggles that occur in
Macbeth. Many people wanted to be kings and have power, but couldn’t. Macbeth
wanted to have power, but he couldn’t control himself when it came to doing something
about it. The third theme would have to be self-control. People need to know how to
think or what to do in certain situations such as the problems that go on in the play
Macbeth.
Everyone, at some point in time in their life, feels greed. I know that I have felt
greedy at least once in my life. A lot of people do not realize it until they are told by
someone else. Lady Macbeth would be considered a greedy person in Macbeth. She is a
deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power and position. She begs her husband,
Macbeth, to kill Duncan and seize the crown. Lady Macbeth is eventually taken to
madness and suicide by her guilt over all of the problems that have occurred. Greed is one
of the reasons why Lady Macbeth killed herself.
There were always very many power struggles that went on throughout the entire
play. Power was pretty much all that anyone wanted in Macbeth. Macbeth kills Duncan
in order to become the king of Scotland. Macbeth is also Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth
wants power more than anything. He hires a group of murderers to kill Banquo. The
witches tell Macbeth that he cannot be harmed by any man born of woman, and he will be
safe until Birnam Wood moves itself to Dunsinane Castle. Macbeth feels pretty relieved
with those ideas.

During the play Macbeth, Macbeth goes through many times where he has no
self-control. An example of that would have to be when at the royal feast, Banquo’s ghost
visits Macbeth, causing him to cry out and startle...