The Role Of Macbeth In The Odyssey

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blood “(Act II.2 line 49). Lady Macbeth told him to wash his hands and to put the dagger into the king sleeping guards to blame them for the tragedy. The next morning, to cover his tracks he killed the guards. After he killed them he said, “O, yet I do repent me of my fury That I did kill them” (II.3 3). He demonstrated how dark his heart truly was. If he let those guards alive his plans would have been ruined.
In addition, King Duncan’s death was not enough for Macbeth. He planned to murder his friend, Banquo. He decided to get rid of Banquo because Macbeth saw him as a potential enemy, and because of the prophecy of the witches. In order to get rid of him, he hired two men. These two men were not professional assassins, they were common people who were deceived by Macbeth’s lies. He told them that the cause of their miseries were Banquo’s fault and they fell for it. This demonstrated that Macbeth was a liar and that he did not have sympathy for people. He was so cold-blooded that he lied to get rid of his friend Banquo, just to continue being king. …show more content…
No, they are not the heroes that they want to be portrayed as. Homer in The Odyssey may want us to believe that Odysseus is a hero, but if you go deep down you will see he is a villain. Shakespeare in Macbeth portrays Macbeth as a loyal man whose reputation is acclaimed by the king and his people, but deep down he is as much as a villain as Odysseus. Both of these characters have different reasons as to why they are the way that they are, but that does not give them the right to be murderers and liars. Both of them think only about their personal interest. True heroes may only speak the truth from their heart and they present themselves the way they are since the
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