Inane Reign

Ms. Milani
ENG3U1-02
15 July 2010
                             
Inane Reign
Retribution has an instinct of making a pathway uncontrollable, as portrayed in Macbeth written by William Shakespeare. However, retribution has ways of getting to humans, such as insanity. In Macbeth insanity was a vital key to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s demise. Although they both experienced gradual insanity, Lady Macbeth was vividly portrayed to be more insane then Macbeth in the text. Lady Macbeth’s descent to insanity was more believable than Macbeth because of her evil solicitudes, her suffering, and her actions.
Lady Macbeth had an abundance of insanity compared to that of Macbeth; the evil deeds of Lady Macbeth are far more superior to Macbeth. Macbeth’s idea of winning over the crown was planted into his head by the witches and watered by Lady Macbeth. Macbeth was pondering over the fact that the witches’ prophecy had been fulfilled validly. “This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill cannot be good. If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth? I am Thane of Cawdor.”(1.3.129-133) He had endured the thought of becoming the king; which was established by the witches. Macbeth, confused, had written to Lady Macbeth concerning the prophecies. Lady Macbeth had been selfish from the start and was determined to do anything to win over the crown, even murder.   Although it was an immense sin to kill anyone, Lady Macbeth had gone to great lengths to lose her womanly values, mentally, in order to carry out her evil deeds. “Come you spirits/unsex me here And fill me from the crown to the toe topfull of direst cruelty/ And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark” (1.5.39-50). Being so determined to lose all her women-like features, she ironically asked the evil spirits, not the Gods to help her accomplish her mission, in order to become a leader that is respected...