Commentary on Macbeth Essay

The tragedy of Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is about a man names Macbeth who becomes a noble man and then the king of Scotland. He meats with three witches that tell him about his fate and that he will be the king of Scotland. In order to become king, Macbeth will have to kill the king himself. He does that with the aid of his evil wife Lady Macbeth. She plotted the murder, and she made most of the decisions, but forced her husband to carry them out. Macbeth visits the tri of witches again and they tell him that his friend's son will be the king. The witches also tell Macbeth that he has to fear no one because their prophecies seemed impossible. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth plan to hire murders to kill Fleance and his father Banquo. The murders only manage to kill Banquo and Fleance escapes. A nobleman then kills Macbeth and the throne is restored to the King's sons. Lady Macbeth commits suicide because she felt guilty about the killings.

Macbeth is a weak character and is indecisive. He doesn't accept responsibility for his actions and that leads him to killing more innocent people than he has to. Macbeth's only strong point is compassion. On the other hand, Lady Macbeth the decisive one because she planned the king's death. She is compassionate in some ways, but not as much as Macbeth. Moreover, lady Macbeth accepts responsibility for her actions. Lady Macbeth is more fit to become a leader because she accepts responsibility for her actions, is decisive, and has some compassion.

Macbeth is not as decisive as Lady Macbeth. He wasn't able to plan the murder of the king: he was forced to obey his wife into killing the king because Lady Macbeth insulted his manhood and told him that she couldn't kill the king herself because he "resembled [my] father" (2,2 11). Macbeth made a mistake when killing the king and wasn't able to think of a way to cover it up. Lady Macbeth would excel in this category. She made all the important decisions. She was the one who made up the plan to kill the king and thought of a way to cover up Macbeth's mistake. Also, when Macbeth encountered Banquo's ghost at the party, Lady Macbeth quickly decided to explain Macbeth's strange behavior to the guests by saying, " My Lord is often thus/ And hath been from his youth." (3,4 53-54).

Macbeth was more compassionate than his wife. He had more feelings toward the king, and told his wife that he doesn't want to commit the crime. Lady Macbeth then insulted Macbeth's manhood and called him a coward, which led him to kill the king. Lady Macbeth has very little compassion towards people. She doesn't care how her husband feels about killing the king, and she forced him the kill the king. She only shows compassion for her husband when she made that story up for Macbeth when he saw Banquo's ghost. Unfortunately, that contradicts what she says "How tender tis to love the babe that milks me," and that she would, "Have plucked nipple from his bowless gums/And dashed his brains out." (1, 7 55-57). That proves that she has feelings, towards Macbeth, but is mostly evil and cold-hearted.

Macbeth can't accept responsibility for his actions. He thinks that by killing anyone who stands in his way he wont feel guilt and will be safe. He has a weak character and he seeks help from the three witches, so he could know about his future and what it has in store for him. Lady Macbeth does accept responsibility. When Macbeth and Lady Macbeth killed the king, Macbeth was very hesitant, but Lady Macbeth was calm. She said to "Leave the rest to me" (1.6 72) and after the murder she took all the responsibility herself

There is no perfect leader. Every leader has his or her flaws. The better leader should take full responsibility for his or her actions. They should also be decisive and compassionate. There is not perfect leader because humans are not perfect, but the better leader should excel in all of those qualities. The people might not approve of that and may want a more compassionate leader but he or she might turn out to be weak. So a balance in these qualities will make the better leader.