An Analysis of Poetic Justice in Macbeth

An Analysis of poetic Justice in Macbeth The play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare is a story about a man named Macbeth and his quest for power. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is a brave and awful soldier, who is crowned as Thane of Cawdor by magnate Duncan. After nice Thane of Cawdor he and Banquo come across three witches who give them each three screamions. The witches predict that Macbeth will become the Thane of Glamis, the thane of Cawdor and then(prenominal) mogul. At first these predictions mean postal code to Banquo and Macbeth, and then Macbeth commencements thinking that if the witches were right about adept prophecy, then it must be true that he will become business leader. This prophecy mixed with the influence of his wife, lead him to devour King Duncan. After Macbeth became King, Macduff and Banquo consent suspicions that it was Macbeth who slayed Duncan. Macbeth kills Banquo and tries to kill Macduff to avoid being caught, unfortunately Macdu ff has already assembled an army to kill Macbeth. When the army reaches Macbeth, Macduff fights him and kills him. With Macbeth gone, Malcolm rightfully becomes King of Scotland. The conclusion of Macbeth contains a high detail of poetic umpire because of the slaying of Macbeth, Macduff being the man to slay Macbeth, Malcolm becoming King of Scotland and Lady Macbeth committing suicide. In the beginning of the story we get a false impression of Macbeth, because we see him as a brave, loyal and certain(p) soldier. After he kills King Duncan, we see Macbeth as an evil, greedy and power-hungry. Macbeth continues his bloody ways when he kills Banquo and tries to kill Fleance so they couldnt be his successor as King. Then Macbeth kills Macduffs family, because he knows hat Macduff has a suspicion that he killed King Duncan. Macbeth is truly a collide wither that has gotten away with everything he has done. Macbeth realizes that he has changed and dissimulation go back I am in blood . Steppd in so far that should I wade no more, returning were as long-winded as go oer. (3.4. 136-138). poetic justice is established when Macbeth is slain, because he had killed many people, all of which were innocent and had done nonhing wrong to Macbeth. He at long last gets proper justice when Macduff kills him for his actions throughout the play. Macduff is the Thane of Fife and is one of the first people to distrust that Macbeth killed King Duncan. Macbeth is aware that Macduff suspects him as the murderer, so he sends out workforce to kill him. When Macbeths men get to Macduffs castle he is not there, but his family is and the men kill Macduffs family. Macduff learns that his family has been killed All my pretty ones? Did you say all? O hell-kite All? What all my pretty chickens, and their dam at one fell swoop? (4.3.216-218). This shows the love that Macduff had for his family and how sad he became when he knew he would never see them again. Poetic justice is establish ed when Macduff slays Macbeth because he gets justice for what Macbeth did to his family by killing the man who made him lose his whole family which he cared for so much. Malcolm is the eldest son of king Duncan and the rightful heir to his throne. When King Duncan is killed, Malcolm was the next in line and should have became king, but instead he fled to England out of fear of being suspected as his fathers murderer. Since Malcolm and his younger brother Donalbain fled, there was no one to take the throne other than Macbeth. Poetic justice occurs when Malcolm becomes King of Scotland because he was supposed to be King since King Duncans death but instead Macbeth becomes king. Malcolm gets his poetic justice when he at long last gets what he rightfully deserved since his father died. Lady Macbeth is the wife of Macbeth and is an influencing factor in in Macbeths decision to kill King Duncan. Without her influence Macbeth may not have killed King Duncan. It was her influence that made her feel guilty, because she knew she was just as much a part of the murder as Macbeth was. This guilt leads her to start sleepwalking, where she attempts to wash blood off her hands during her sleep. Although the play never mentions why she committed suicide it is most likely that it was because she couldnt live with the guilt she felt. Poetic justice occurs when Lady Macbeth commits suicide because she was a big part of the murder of King Duncan and gets what she deserved when she kills herself because of her own guilt. She deserved to die because of what she did to influence Macbeth into killing King Duncan. In conclusion, the ending of the play Macbeth provides a high layer o Poetic Justice as a result of