Macbeth Final

The good is rewarded while the bad will be punished. In the play, Macbeth, it consists of a man named Macbeth that believes that he is destined to become king. But once he does become king, his thirst for power begins. He gets paranoid and sees everyone as a suspect, and starts to murder many innocent people. Only at the end, karma strikes back as he faces his death. Macbeth by William Shakespeare is about karma because any destiny or prophecy predetermined for you does not matter, if you do a good deed, good things will come in your way and vice versa for doing something bad. 

Macbeth did not start off power hungry but when the three witches gave him a fuel to start a fire, he didn’t think twice to start the flame. There was a prophecy stated to Macbeth that he will rule Scotland and that skyrocketed his ego. “All hail, Macbeth, who will soon be king.” (1.2.50) When presenting the prophecy to Macbeth, the witches were not specific on how or when he will be king, so Macbeth took it upon himself to kill King Duncan in able to claim the crown for himself. “Can all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood from off my hand? No. This hand, instead, will dye the huge and mighty seas crimson, turning the green ocean red.” (2.2.60-62) Macbeth is not born evil, so for him to feel remorseful towards his actions towards King Duncan is not a shocker. But, that doesn’t excuse his brutal actions for selfish reasons. As punishment for his bad deed, he lost his sanity and an increase of paranoia showed through his behaviour.

Lady Macbeth is the wife of Macbeth; she takes part of the blame of King Duncan’s death, basically the mastermind of the murderous plan. “Asleep like swine, their alcohol-drowned senses numb as if in death--- what can’t we two do then to the unguarded Duncan? What blame can’t we attach to his drunken servants, who will be held guilty of our great murder?” (1.7.60-72) Anyone in the right mind would not spontaneously think of a way to kill someone, Lady Macbeth obviously suffered a mental illness and her husband killing numerous people did not help her situation. Lady Macbeth only intended to kill King Duncan for the place onto the thrown, she was not expecting Macbeth to act out and kill other people because his fear of losing his title. In the end, Lady Macbeth could not overcome the pressure and chaos surrounding her, and she ended up taking her life away. “The queen, my lord, is dead.” (5.5.16)

Malcolm is the sole successor of Scotland, he was lawfully the soon-to-be-king but Macbeth (temporally) took that away from him. When King Duncan’s sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, found out about their fathers death, the two sons separated and one darted to England and one fled into Ireland. “To show an unfelt sorrow is an office. Which the false man does easy. I’ll to England.” (2.3.144-145) Malcolm is one of the few characters in the play that did no wrong deed. In the prophecy, it was stated that no one naturally birthed could kill Macbeth but Malcolm was premature, meaning the prophecy could not apply to him. “He's worth more sorrow, and that I'll spend for him.” (5.8.20) Malcolm, in the end, kills Macbeth for everyone’s sake and is rightfully crowned as king.

All Macbeth ever wanted was power, but he didn’t earn it, he stole it. He took away many lives, and to keep the balance of karma, Macbeth ended up dying. Lady Macbeth could not help her condition but Macbeth could’ve helped her instead of being a ‘yes man’ towards her. She could not overcome her guilt for the lives she cost and she too, ended up dead at the end. Malcolm on the other hand is the saviour of the kingdom and ended Macbeth’s life to keep everyone safe. He found a loop whole towards the prophecy of Macbeth to store balance between the good and the bad. Overall, everyone in the play got what they rightfully deserve.