Can somebody mark this essay on Macbeth: How is Macbeth presented as violent

Within the eponymous tragedy Macbeth's despotic character is focal in relation to the disruption of patronage as well as the natural order. The protagonist's violence (particularly accentuated through his character) from the beginning scenes of the play alters our perceptions and allows us to foreshadow what is to come. Shakespeare contrasts Macbeth's violent nature to his feeble internal and mental state, outlining the intent in which he wishes to corroborate across to his audience.
Within the extract Macbeth's violence could be viewed as his quintessential characteristic. This idea that he ‘unseamed’ an opposing soldier ‘from the nave to the chops’ connotes violent and grotesque imagery. From this we are able to gauge an initial interpretation to Macbeth's inherent violent and brutal nature. Alternatively, it could be perceived that Macbeth's brutality is an act of service to the patronage. Shakespeare intended to promote kingship and depose of any negative perceptions surrounding the monarchy. Being close to King James I, this play acted focal in improving relations with the patronage and showing the destruction of one's mental state if they ever decided to oppose kingship and commit regicide. The euphemism used in the verb ‘unseamed’ subtly corroborates this idea that Macbeth is slicing people open from the ‘nave’ to the ‘chops’. For a contemporary audience, this would evoke a sense of disgust as we feel impacted by this horrid and gory imagery. Macbeth's ultimate callous nature (from an audience's perspective) does not put Macbeth in good stead for the rest of the play. This creates a moral basis in which we feel it necessary to question if Macbeth's actions are the acts of wrong doings or the acts of valour and glory. From a psychoanalytic perspective, we could connote Macbeth's brutality to that of Jungian archetypes and this theory of the shadow form. This concept that one's shadow is a hidden-away reflection of the immoral and unconscious desires in which we have, details that Macbeth is controlled by his shadow and is unable to dispose of it. He is controlled by these unconscious and immoral desires which becomes more evident as the play proceeds.
Subsequently, Macbeth's valorous and violent nature is clear when his sword is described as being ‘smoked’ ‘with bloody execution’. The adjective ‘smoked’ is evocative of war and emphasises Macbeth's violent and malicious intent. It is almost a metaphoric depiction of Macbeth’s vaulting murderous desires as he is killing so many opposing soldiers his sword is ‘smoking’ from the mass amount of murder. Alternatively, this idea of ‘bloody execution’ acts key in relation to the killing in which is occurring. We perceive execution as being a gory, brutal method of unaliving an individual; however the adjective ‘bloody’ puts a stronger emphasis on Macbeth's murderous actions, reiterating his immorality and violence. It's as if he views this murderous spree as a game, in which he aims to repent the mercy of his enemies and eliminate them in the most evil way conceivable. From the perspective of a Jacobean audience, it may be inferred that Macbeth possesses traits such as machiavellianism and immorality, connoting his traits to that of the dark triad. In addition to this it could be interpreted that Macbeth's fate is already predetermined. A common concept of Predestination during the Jacobean era, outlines that each human has their fate planned out from the day in which they are born. This is relevant to Macbeth as his dark traits are there from the beginning and are which stay with him for the short duration of his life.
As the play develops it becomes evident that Macbeth's violence is what leads him to his ultimate demise. After the death of Lady Macbeth, Macbeth pronounces in a soliloquy: ‘Life [..] is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing’. We could interpret this to be an exemplar of Macbeth's anagnorisis: he realises all the effort in which he has put in corresponds to nothing. The use of anapestic rhythm within Macbeth's soliloquy accentuates that even significant individuals, such as Lady Macbeth, are subject to the inescapable grasp of time, corroborating an important message in which is to inform the audience to cherish every moment as death is inescapable. On the other hand, Macbeth's nihilistic views within the quote would be quite shocking for a mainly Jacobean audience. Through Macbeth's attitude, he is essentially opposing religion and stating that the construct of life is but an irrelevant and insignificant reality. From a psychoanalytic perspective we could relate Macbeth's nihilism to Nietzsche's theory on perspectivism: this essentially outlines that every individual on this planet has the ability to break free from the nihilistic construct of life by finding passion and happiness. Obviously, Macbeth attempts this however fails, leading him down an immoral path which subsequently results in him committing regicide.