He wrote this play for King James I, who was a largely active supporter of the theatre. The king watched many productions and soon Shakespeare’s company was called ‘The King’s Men’. In honouring the king, Shakespeare used King James’s I history to create characters and pieces of the plot for the play. He named Banqou after an ancestor of the king, who ties into Banqou’s prophecy of his children becoming kings, the ‘child’ in the scenario refers to King James I.
Shakespeare used the plot in Macbeth to convey the universal truth that power is corruptive. Throughout the play Macbeth is seen going through the stages of a soldier turning to a murderer. The reason behind the change was Macbeth learning of his prophecy of becoming a king. The idea of him being the most powerful in the land appealed to him in dangerous ways. That hunger for power led him to kill the active King Duncan, who has done much for him, and showed us that when mankind is capable of getting power they will stop at no means to get it.
Shakespeare is a very important playwright and a lot of studies and discussions have been put into his plays. Denis Biggins, a professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He states that “In [Lady Macbeth] mood of masculine aggressiveness she sees herself as impregnating Macbeth’s consciousness with her own ruthless ambition for sovereignty. ” Prof. Biggins believes that Lady Macbeth questions the masculinity and sexuality of her husband. Scenes from the play make me also believe this.
The Term Paper on King Lear by Shakespeare
Character Sketches Lear Lear is an old man, in where his best days have passed. Lear first enters the stage dressed in royal, but as soon as he speaks we discover that he is an orderless old man. Lear wears a proper cloak; the visible signs of royalty are present but the intell Goneril and Regan Two villains, of which Goneril seems perhaps more vicious than her younger sister. They represent evil ...
It was Lady Macbeth’s plan that killed King Duncan and when Macbeth kills him and he comes out like a frightened child. Instead of feeling comforting Macbeth about the horrible deed he had done, she berates him for not killing the guards as well and Macbeth sits there in silence still looking like a child. Lady Macbeth is proven to be the man in that house-hold. In general, I thought Macbeth was a good play. At times, authors like to delay the point of the story, but Shakespeare didn’t waste time getting to the point which is a good thing.
Also, the success of most stories comes from how lost readers get can get into said book. Shakespeare using witches, magic and ghost is a lead into the kinds of fantasises people like to envision when reading a book or watching a play. Another very important part to a good story is the message it sends to the reader. Macbeth’s lesson is that power is corruptive. “Let not light see my black and deep desires” (Act IV, Scene I, Line 51).
Macbeths struggles between good and evil is represented in this one line. Shakespeare’s Macbeth was a good read and a great tragedy.
