Personal Fulfillment In Macbeth

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It's possible to bake the cake that you have always wanted too, but when you take a bite of the most glorious cake you've ever laid your eyes upon, it ends up being the worst thing that you've ever tasted. If you've done something similar to this, then you can relate to Macbeth in Shakespeare's play Macbeth. In this play, Shakespeare suggests that personal fulfillment is defined as being successful in achieving your goal. Although when we cheat fate to get what we want it comes with unexpected negative results.
Macbeth was a virtuous man at the start of the play, that is until the witches showed up and completely changed the Macbeth we knew. Macbeth was a man of war, and although he had the capability of brutally murdering another man, he …show more content…
Macbeth is extremely worried about Banquo and feels the need to have him murdered. After this, the people are suspicious to Macbeth as he is grieving about the deaths of the King and Banquo more than anyone else. We know that Macbeth is becoming eviler as the time during his reign goes on. A Lord speaks of Macbeth in these times saying “The son of Duncan— / From whom this tyrant holds the due of birth— / Lives in the English court and is received / Of the most pious Edward with such grace / That the malevolence of fortune nothing / Takes from his high respect. Thither Macduff / Is gone to pray the holy king upon his aid / To wake Northumberland and warlike Siward, / That by the help of these—with Him above / To ratify the work—we may again / Give to our tables meat, sleep to our nights, / Free from our feasts and banquets bloody knives, / Do faithful homage and receive free honors. / All which we pine for now. And this report / Hath so exasperated the king that he / Prepares for some attempt of war.” This shows us that the people of Scotland are beginning to doubt Macbeth and are blaming him for all the darkness that the people of Scotland have suffered under his ruling. This ultimately meets Macbeth with his the ultimate fate of death, Macduff is able to slay the evil that has become of Macbeth and is able to bring the peace back into the
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