Choosing Essay Topic

Choosing Essay Topic

1. Fate Versus Free Will

   • Free will: Macbeth's actions are not predetermined, but rather a result of him being weak in nature.
   • Free will: Macbeth has an insatiable thirst for power.
   • Free will: Macbeth is willing to do anything in order to remain in power.

2. Mental Deterioration

   • Macbeth hallucinates both a dagger and Banquo's ghost.
   • Macbeth loses his moral compass through no longer understanding the personal consequences of killing others.
   • Macbeth is no longer compassionate, nor empathetic.

3. Gender

   • Macbeth is threatened when others question his masculinity.
   • Malcolm wrongly associates masculinity with strength and power.
   • Lady Macbeth defies her societal role as a female.

4. Ambition

   • Macduff leaves his family in order to join forces with the English Empire to take down Macbeth.
   • Lady Macbeth does everything in her power to make sure that her husband becomes the king.
   • Macbeth is willing to kill others in order to become the king and remain in power.