Internal Conflict In Macbeth

In William Shakespeare’s tragic play, “Macbeth”, one dominant moral becomes clear to the audience, do not tempt fate, let nature take its course. Some of the ways that Shakespeare achieves this is through the development of conflicts in the plot and also through dialogue, vivid imagery and metaphors created by the atmosphere in the play. The characters develop in the early acts to identify the protagonist and antagonists to the audience. The characters contribute rhetoric that reveals the disturbing of Shakespeare’s theory of the Great Chain of Being, the natural course of order. The course of nature is altered by many types of conflicts that emerge throughout the play. The three witches set up the first conflict for Macbeth, man versus …show more content…
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have two very different personalities. While Macbeth is unsure about his actions and what he wants, Lady Macbeth is dominating and willing to do whatever is takes to have Macbeth as king. Macbeth has second thoughts about killing Duncan, but Lady Macbeth refuses not to take advantage of the situation. “Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valor. As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that. Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would” Like the poor cat i’ the adage?” (Mac.1.7.42-47) Lady Macbeth questions Macbeth's courage and insults his manliness.“What beast was't then That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man.” (Mac.1 7. 51-56) Lady Macbeth knows how to get what she wants and manipulates Macbeth. This upsets Macbeth and he finally agrees to go along with the treacherous act. “I am settled, and bend up Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.” (Mac. 1.7. 89-90)
At the same time Macbeth agrees to kill Duncan, a third conflict rises, man versus nature. Although it may not be as obvious, this conflict is present throughout the play. An example, when Macbeth commits the unspeakable murder of King Duncan, nature rebels. There are huge storms and even …show more content…
“ That, trusted home, might yet enkindle you unto the crown, besides the thane of Cawdor. But ‘tis strange: And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray us in deepest consequence.” (Mac. 1.3.129-135) Banquo tries to reason with Macbeth and suggests that if he listens to the witches, things may not turn out the way they say. He wants him to be cautious. Later in the play Banquo displays his character of antagonist when he wonders as the prophecies for Macbeth,

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Internal Conflicts In Macbeth

Examples Of Internal And External Conflict In Macbeth