nes do not remain loyal, nor can his own wife live with things as they are.Lady Macbeth becomes mad and crazy. She fantasizes in her sleep of having blood on her hands. This derived from her earlier certainty that she and her husband needed no more than a little water to clear them of this deed. As Joseph said "She had found that they have been involved in ever-increasing murder, 4 4accompanied by hatred and distrust, her conscience has asserted itself, terrifying her with physical images"(219-220) Lady Macbeth lacks the ultimate hardness of a heart necessary to survive the torture of her conscience, so she commits suicide.Macbeths' next mission is to kill Macduff. If he kills Macduff he will then remain safely the king of Scotland. Macbeths' prophecies soon end up in total disaster. He finds out that Macduff was not born by a woman. Macduff's mother had a cesarian section. Yet, he does not fear for his life. Then he sees Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinae Hill come against his. His second prophecy fails him. Thus, Macbeth fights Macduff, but Macbeth is defeated. Macduff chops the head of Macbeth, and places it on top of his sword as a sign of victory. Scotland then crowns Malcom King of Scotland.We as human beings, have freedom of speech and freedom of choice we have the choice of picking form right and wrong. We also realize that extreme guilty has the power to disturb the conscience enough to destroy a person. Macbeth and Susan Smith, both have the power to commit murders, but both are defeated at the end by society's need for right. 5WORKS CITEDAbridged from Lecture IX, Shakespearean Tragedy by A.C. Bradley.Reprinted by permissions of St. Martins Pres. Inc.,Macmillian and Co., Ltd. and Macmillian London and Basingstoke.Bradley discusses several topics on Macbeth, in which he discusses such things as the withces, Macbeth the character. Bradely also talks about destiny and how Macbeth lead his own tumbbling wall to de...
