Shakespeare s Macbeth Morality and Justice
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is the last of four tragedies that were made into plays. The other’s being Hamlet, King Lear and Othello. Compared to the others, Macbeth is a short play and is considered to be his darkest work. ... The play is not only extremely immoral, but it’s portrays almost every evil quality that human beings can bear. Morality is defined as the conformity to established sanctioned codes or accepted notions of right and wrong. ... Nonetheless, the question of whether justice is served can only be answered by which point of view one takes. Assuming Shakespeare wanted his audience to focus on Macbeth, the main character, one can honestly say that justice was indeed served. Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, who persuaded him to kill in order to obtain the title of King of Scotland, both become delusional and Macbeth, with plenty of suffering along the way, eventually dies. ... As the Irish attempt to invade Scotland, Macbeth kills the Irish leader, Macdonald. For this, the current king Duncan names Macbeth the thane of Cawdor. At this point, Shakespeare implies Macbeth’s allegiance to his king and to his country. On the battlefield, the witches prophesize that Macbeth will become King. Obviously, Macbeth is intrigued by this and wonders why they said that. Once Lady Macbeth hears the prophecy, she propels Macbeth to take action and kill Duncan in order to speed up the process.