Essay Example on Macbeths Poisoned Mind Mental Deterioration

As he prepares for his final battle he announces Seize upon Fife give to th edge o th sword His wife his babes and all unfortunate souls That trace him in his line 4 1 172 174 Before Macbeth was a passive thinker and Lady Macbeth an active doer Now he has taken on her part and is willing to let his first thought be his only thought He starts acting impulsively his anger portraying his decaying mental state Despite Lady Macbeth s absence Macbeth plots murder with ease thanks to her tutelage Macbeth struggled with the idea of killing one man in the beginning of the play and now is twisted enough to desire killing innocent women and children 

The answer to where Macbeth s children are and what happened to them is up in the air but we can see by his act of murdering a blood line for the sake of getting back at his enemy it is clear Macbeth s personal struggles regarding heirs has taken a toll on him and has effected his decision making making him even more cruel Macbeth s unhealthy addiction to his wife leads to her harmful persuasions corrupting his mind Once a harmless and honorable man Macbeth dwindles under his wife s words into an impulsive evil man It is easy to assume Lady Macbeth is the evil being who simply pulls the mad tendencies out of her husband but Lady Macbeth shows the toll on her later in the play and Macbeth has no guilt He toils with the idea of murder in the beginning and fantasizes about it at the end of the play His transition is apparent throughout the play open for anyone to see for all willing to look beyond the surface of the text