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 Obsession and Corruption by Marshall Jones Sarah Price Tyler Sprinkle Bill Williamson "I have almost forgot the taste of fears. The times has been my senses would have cooled to hear a night shriek, and my fell of hair would would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir as life were in't." (Act 5 Scence 5)

"Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, till thou applaud the deed. Come, selling night, scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, and with thy bloody and invisible hand cancle and tear to pieces that great bond which keep me pale!" (Act 3 Scene 2)





"The Queen, my lord, is dead." (Act 5 Scene 5)

"Out, damned spot! Out, I say! One, two. Why then tis time to do't . Hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie! A soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knowsit, when none can call our pow'r accompt?" (Act 5 Scence 1)



Analysis

As the saying says, “power corrupts”. This saying is never truer than in Macbeth, where a thane and his wife plot and scheme their way to the top. Macbeth’s obsession with power begins when the witches say, “All hail Macbeth that shalt be king hereafter”. After hearing this prophesy, Macbeth relays the information of his accent to kingship to his wife. Upon learning of Macbeth’s future kingship Lady Macbeth wants Macbeth to kill Duncan. However Macbeth begins to have doubts and Lady Macbeth tells him to “screw [his] courage to the sticking place”. In order to kill Duncan Macbeth has to be convinced to commit murder. Interestingly enough, however later in the play Macbeth plans, decides, and hires a hit on Banquo never telling Lady Macbeth about his plans. Instead he tells her “Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, till thou applaud the deed” only alluding to the fact that he has order Banquo’s death. Macbeth in fact becomes so blasé about death that he “almost forgot the taste of fears, the time has been [his] senses would have cooled to hear a night-shriek.” After hearing screams in Act V Macbeth is unconcerned in fact when informed that “the Queen…is dead”. He only seems to be bothered with the fact that she did not die at a more convenient time. Power does not just turn Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into corrupt killers it also makes them paranoid and insane. Lady Macbeth begins to sleep walk and filled with guilt cries “Out, damned spot! Out, I say! One, two. Why then tis time to do't .” while washing illusionary blood from her hands. In fact the obsession with guilt that Lady Macbeth has affects her so much she ends up killing herself. However she is not the only one to become unhinged, Macbeth too begins to obsess over the idea that people are after him. As his paranoia grows worse so does his demeanor and he begins to act crazier. This can be seen most clearly before his last battle when he calls his servant Satan and then ask for his armor only to reject it. The fact of the matter is that obsession and corruption changed the Macbeths from normal people into suicidal, paranoid killers.