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Macbeth The Main Theme of Evil  William Shakespeares Macbeth is a play in which a man by the name ofMacbeth, who is presented as a mature man with an uncertain character. At thebeginning of the story, Macbeths character was a character with strong morals.As the play went on though, Macbeths morality lessened immensely. After killingDuncan he was very paranoid and feared the consequences that would arise. Heknew what he had done wrong. In comparing Duncans murder with his best friend,Banquos murder, He was much more relaxed after Banquos death. His charactershifted throughout the play. Macbeth, at this particular did anything to keep hiscr bear, even so far as to getting killed for it I judge that some sort ofanatomy of evil was responsible for Macbeths as well as other characterswrongdoings in the story. Each character in the story had to either fight it orgive into it. In Macbeths case, he fought it and lost, and therefore, gave intoit. The play makes several points about th e nature of evil. One point it makesis that evil is not normal in human nature. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have tosort of trick themselves into murdering Duncan. First, Lady Macbeth has to begevil spirits to tear all human feeling from her (...spirits / That tend onmortal thoughts... Act I, guess V, Lines 41-42 Stop up th accessand passageto remorse / That no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fellpurpose...Act I, Scene V, Lines 45-47) and then she has to make Macbethignore his own conscience (Yet do I fear thy nature It is too full o th milkof human kindness To catch the nearest way Act I, Scene V, Lines 17-19) Onceshe has seen her husbands ambition has been inflamed, she is willing to riskanything to help him get the crown. It was as if she were taking her heart outto make her husband king. She has been very successful of modify herself ofhuman feeling. By the end of the play, both characters have been destroyed fromwithin. Fear and guilt drive Lady Macbeth mad Macbeth se es life as an empty,meaningless charade. (His noteworthy speech upon hearing of Lady Macbeths suicideTomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow...Act V, Scene V, Lines 17-28) Thisspeech is less an expression of grief than it is a speech about the meaninglessof life. The second point is that evil disrupted nature itself. In nature, there is atime and a place for everything.