The Loss of Humanity in MacBeth
Title: The Loss of Humanity in MacBeth
Category: /Literature/European Literature
Details: Words: 497 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Loss of Humanity in MacBeth
Category: /Literature/European Literature
Details: Words: 497 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
In Shakespeare's play Macbeth the character Macbeth proves to be somewhat dynamic
in his human representation. He starts off as being very human; he is actually a war-hero.
However the seed of change is planted right away when he meets the witches and they tell
him their prophecy of him becoming king. This makes Macbeth ambitious, and it leads to
his demise. Once he kills Duncan the change rapidly begins to accelerate. By the end
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allowed the evil that is
within everyone to overwhelm him. His ambition and need for power put him through a
transformation from hero to killer. Macbeth's conscience and feelings seemed to leave him.
At first he needed Lady Macbeth to coax him into killing, and at the end he kills on
impulse. After a number of mental breakdowns, Macbeth just loses it. At this point he
stops representing anything human, and displays no human characteristics.