'Macbeth: A Failure As King? Essay\r'

'To be regarded as a great queen mole rat involves m whatsoever pregnant factors such as being honor adapted, gracious, and join. It is far much(prenominal) difficult to regard a king as being great than as being a as well-ran. In Macbeth there are examples of great kings as well as failures as kings. Duncan is a fair and gracious king who is kind to all of his subjects, and Malcolm has the capableness to be a great king d maven the way in which he meshs to overthrow Macbeth. Macbeth, however, by his lack of noble qualities is another story. Through arrogance, actions, and cowardliness versus bra really Macbeth emerges as the scarcely true failure as a king.\r\nArrogance surfaces in Macbeth because the whizz believes that he knows better ab verboten everything than any integrity else. For example, Macbeth is peremptory to his suffer thoughts and feelings. He easily lets Lady Macbeth manipu tardy him into killing Duncan by questioning his manhood. Again, Macbeth is ju st as arrogant when he quickly dismisses Macduff as a scourge because an apparition tells him that â€Å"none of a woman born(p) shall harm Macbeth” (IV. i 86-87). Only subsequently a short while does Macbeth decide to kill Macduff, and provided as a precaution in baptistery Macduff was actually not born of a woman, which Macbeth does not know, and does not even plan on purpose out.\r\nFinally, Macbeth is very arrogant when an apparition tells him that he impart be overthrown when Birnam wood recognises to him: That willing never be: Who can impress the forest, bid the tree Unfix his universe ” bound root? Sweet bodements! Good! unmanageable dead, rise near till the wood Of Birnam rise, and our lofty plac’d Macbeth Shall live the lease of nature, pay his confidential information To time and mortal custom (IV. i 103-109) Macbeth feels very secure in his position as king of Scotland, and that he has absolutely nothing to worry about. He does not even a ttempt to decipher the riddle. Macbeth’s arrogance is brought on by the seeming federal agency of his position and by excess pride, and it is a colossal cause of his downfall.\r\nActions reflect largely upon the type of soul one is and whether one will be a success or a failure. To begin with, Macbeth kills Duncan, who is also a king. The and reason he kills Duncan is that Macbeth has ambition to become the king. Subsequently, Macbeth kills Banquo because he is a threat to him, and he, or his sons, could take the throne away from Macbeth at any time, or so Macbeth believes: To be thus, is nothing, But to be safely thus: our concerns in Banquo Stick darksome; and in his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be worry’d: â€Å"tis much he dares, And, to that dauntless wrath of his mind, He hath a wisdom that doth communicate his valor To act in safety. There is none and he Whose being I do fear; and under him My genius is rebuked, as it is verbalise le arn Anthony’s was by Caesar.\r\nHe chid the sisters, When first they rig the name of king upon me, And bade them speak to him; then(prenominal) prophet like They hail’d him flummox to a line of kings: Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, And a barren scepter in my gripe, Thence to be wrench’d with an unlineal paw (III. i 52-67) This heartless murder demonstrates Macbeth’s contritenessless actions which cause chaos, since the Great Chain of Being has been disturbed. lead of all, Macbeth once again shows his cruelty with the murders of McDuff’s family. Macbeth in the beginning set out only to kill McDuff, and only slaughters McDuff’s family just to make sure that in the future none of them will be able to harm him. Macbeth is not remorseful in any way for any of his actions, and is a cold-blooded killer.\r\n cowardice and bravery determine whether a character will become a success or a failure in life. If one is a coward, one ca nnot properly rule a country because one will not be able to behave up to any opposition, and be a guide to doing the right things for others. In fact, Macbeth fulfills his own destiny knowingly when he and Lady Macbeth plot to murder Duncan. tear down though Macbeth wants to become king desperately, right forrader the murder he becomes a coward and tries to back out: We will proceed no merely in this business: He hath honour’d me of late; and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not gag aside so soon. (I. vii 33-37) Only after Lady Macbeth’s persuasion and manipulation does Macbeth go back a bit of bravery to proceed with the murder.\r\nIn addition, Macbeth is a coward because he manipulates others into doing his â€Å"dirty work” for him, as for example, arranging the murder of Banquo: Do you find your perseverance so predominant in your nature, That you can let this go? Are you so gospe ll’d, To pray for this grievous man and for his issue, Whose heavy hand hath bow’d you to the grave And beggar’d yours for ever? (III.i 93-98) Macbeth is not involved in any of the killings, other than Duncan’s, and he cowardly hides behind murderers to avoid any guiltiness he may have. In comparison, Macbeth shows bravery at the end of the play. Macbeth shows that he is capable of bravery when he does not give up without a fight: I will not yield, To kiss the terra firma before young Malcolm’s feet, And to be baited with the lower classes’s curse.\r\nthough Birnam wood be come to Dunsinane, And thou oppos’d, being of no woman born, to date I will try the last. Before my tree trunk I will throw my warlike shelter: lay on, Macduff, (V.viii 32-38) Macbeth knows that he will be overthrown since everything the apparitions said would have to happen for him to be overthrown actually happened, but he still has faith in himself, and co ntinues fighting. Though Macbeth demonstrates both cowardice and bravery, his cowardice far more apparent and intentional, and his bravery is only self upright and, therefore, selfish.\r\nThrough arrogance, actions and cowardice versus bravery, the protagonist in Macbeth , is regarded as a failure because of his selfishness, and utter lack of remorse for his actions. While other kings strive to do good, Macbeth dwells further and further into evilness and makes it apparent he is the only true failure as a king.\r\n'