Honestly, Macbeth has really been bothering me lately. He makes everything a big deal from messes he created and brought upon himself. In Act 3 scene 4 it is obviously clear Macbeth is troubled from telling the two murderers to kill Banquo. He has another hallucination, which he only has from pure fear. While Lady Macbeth was pushing for him to kill Duncan, no one told him to kill Banquo. He killed Banquo out of fear, frustration, and anger. Now he is paying the price from that decision because he thinks Banquo's spirit is haunting him. I think he totally deserves it and I hold no sympathy for him. Their was no need to kill Banquo, he could have handled the situation head on instead of being a coward and just getting people to kill Banquo for him. This brings me to my last point, obviously Macbeth got people to murder Banquo for him because he couldn't do it himself.
I agree with Sam's post earlier in which Macbeth is just continuing to dig a deeper hole for himself, one bad decision after another. Sam pointed out that after Macbeth killed Duncan, he left all his previous beliefs and value. I totally agree with that, which is why it was an easier decision to kill Banquo. Lastly, Sam also said that Macbeth is abusing his power in making these decisions. Because Macbeth is now king, anything he needs is at his disposal which will influence further bad decisions.
I agree with this totally. I am not sure Macbeth even knows what he is doing anymore; it is almost as if he is killing just to kill not without thinking of the possible consequences. He has lost sight of what he really wanted, the throne, and now is paying the price for not thinking about the murder(s) fully through. I believe Macbeth knows what he is doing is completely wrong and now he is realizing it with the ghost of Banquo haunting him, which he deserves.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that Macbeth dug himself the hole originally. Although Lady Macbeth demanded that he kill Duncan to secure his spot as king, he could have chosen against the murder. However, all the events proceeding Duncan's death were caused by Macbeth, but could not be stopped by Macbeth which is why disagree with they fact that he is a coward for not dealing with his problems himself. If you put yourself in a similar situation, where you have dug yourself a hole, it is often hard to get out. In a way he is stuck in this cycle of getting rid of people that give him problems. We know that Macbeth feels guilty about killing Banquo, as Saha mentioned, which is why he is hesitant towards killing Banquo himself. In a way, I feel bad for Macbeth cause he doesn't know how to deal with his guilt, which leads to another murder.
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