bition but has toomuch"o' the milk of human kindness." that makes up the ordinary man. Helikes to achieve his goals " holily" like a saint unacquainted withpractical affairs. It is by this appeal that Macbeth is driven to commit the murders andconvince the murderers to kill Bunquo. "A true man will respond to injuriesby taking a bloody revenge!" says Macbeth. The irony is that by doing what he had done, Macbeth's guilt followedhim where ever he went and made him loose all his feelings. By the end ofthe play, Macbeth lost all his feelings . He reached the point where he hadno taste of fear and the death of his wife did not bother him which hedismisses by saying that she had to die someday and somehow. The time has been, my senses would have cooled To hear a night shriek, and my fell of hair Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir As life were in't. I have supped full with horrors. Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, Cannot once start me. (Act 5:Scene 5:Ln.11) She could have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player. That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. (Act 5:Scene 5:Ln.19) All in all, I think that by using the characteristics of Macbeth,Shakespeare succeeded in relating him to many people today because hisqualities are naturally part of human nature. Macbeth had lived a life fullof ups and downs, just like many of us, but in his opinion, he had notaccomplished anything. Seyton-I am sick at heart, When...
