Can someone mark my Shakespeare(MACBETH) essay

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Answer - In the beginning of the play, Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a very brave and ambitious warrior who is liked by everyone. He is considered as nobel by the king who makes him the Thane of Cawdor. However, Lady Macbeth describes him as full of ambition, but not ruthless enough to become the king by killing Duncan. He is presented as having physical strength but isn’t smart and is easily manipulated. Eventually, by the end of the play ambition corrupts Macbeth, leading him to make countless poor and desperate decisions eventually leading to his demise.

Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a fierce and brave warrior. Shakespeare portrays this idea in the quote “unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps”. This is symbolic as it shows that Macbeth is not an ordinary warrior but a brutal, cold hearted slave to Duncan and is ready to sacrifice his life for him. The use of the verb “unseamed” shows how he is not fighting beautifully or gracefully but is fighting like an absolute savage and leaves no chance for the enemies to win. Shakespeare does this to show the Jacobean audience that he is the perfect epitome of a man in the patriarchal society. Shakespeare does this to give the impression to the readers and the audience that he is a war hero, full of ambition.

However, Lady Macbeth doesn't think of Macbeth as the brave and fierce warrior that he is presented as. This is evident in the quote “yet do I fear thy nature, it is too full o’th milk of human kindness”. The use of metaphor and creating the idea that Macbeth is full of kindness shows us that there is a side of him that the audience doesn't know. This is a sharp contrast to what Shakespeare presents him as in the beginning of the play. In the quote “thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it”, Lady macbeth says that he's not ruthless enough to kill the king to take the throne and she makes it her responsibility to manipulate macbeth into killing duncan, as seen in the quote “That I may pour my spirits in thine ear and chastise with the valour of my tongue”. The use of personification in “pour my spirits” shows how she wants to give her ruthless and uncaring characteristics to Macbeth, and make him capable of killing the king. This is strengthened by the verb “chastise”, implying how she wants to completely revamp the personality of macbeth. The use of aside in this extract creates dramatic irony, as no one knows that Lady Macbeth is going to manipulate Macbeth except the audience and makes the audience foreshadow what is going to happen later on in the play. This extract will cause great confusion amongst the jacobean audience as a woman is trying to manipulate a man which goes against the gender roles of patriarchal society. The planning of the act of regicide will also anger the audience and make them hate Lady Macbeth as it goes against the natural chain of order which the audience truly and deeply believed in, in which the king was chosen by god and no one could replace him or kill him.

However, even after all the positive qualities Shakespeare presents in Macbeth, he still portrays him as a person who is physically strong but isn't wise. This is evident in the quote “Heat oppressed brain”. The use of soliloquy in this quote shows how Macbeth can't share his feelings even to his loved ones like Lady Macbeth as it'll go against the patriarchal society. This is symbolic as he is stressed after killing the king which is ironic as he was supposed to be happy after him being crowned as king but his ambition led to him being pushed away from lady macbeth and focused on securing his “fruitless crown”. The use of oxymoron strengthens the idea that he isn't wise .His brain is supposed to be free and not occupied by his thoughts but he is being controlled by his thoughts. This shows his ambition led to him making several wrong decisions and eventually ruining his life. Him not being wise leads to him being easily manipulated by the supernatural and Lady Macbeth and shows that he was the perfect person for the witches to play and mess with.

In the end, Shakespeare shows how ambition corrupts Macbeth and eventually takes control of him. This is described in the quote “Something wicked this way comes”. This is said by the witches. The use of juxtaposition in the quote highlights how ambition has changed Macbeth completely so much that even the witches can't recognise what he has become and is being called “wicked” by the witches. The use of Chremamorphism shows how the witches dehumanise macbeth and call him talks about macbeth like an object. This is ironic as stereotypically women were objectified in the jacobean audience, but this time macbeth is being objectified. This creates the effect that maybe the supernatural were not as strong as the audience thought of them as and maybe they just lit the fire in macbeth who always wanted to be the king. It was his ambition all along which led to the act of regicide.