The yin yang circle resembles two complete opposites and shows that they connect and support each other, similar to how Macbeth's actions showed both the right and evil sides combined in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Although Macbeth is shown as greedy, evil, and cold-blooded, none of his actions should be attributed to him. Many evil factors help create his evil actions, such as his wife, driven by ambition, and his desire for recognition and power by which he is influenced. In the dark room of his guided treacherous actions a candle light is lit of his loyalty and the value of friendship, of his righteousness and his hesitation to beckon to his influencers. Macbeth is surprisingly not the villain he is commonly made out to be. Rather, he is the helpless puppet of his masters. Macbeth is initially presented as a rational, well-thinking man of conscience who believes in God's judgment. He earns an envious reputation as a brave and loyal soldier and values success. Motivated by honor and glory, he fights in King Duncan's service and is praised: For brave Macbeth, well he deserves that name, Disdaining fortune, with his steel brandished, That smoked with bloody execution, As the servant of valor hath dug his passage. (1.2, 2)Macbeth thrives on the rewards of success as it satisfies him with new titles, fame, and royal favor. It seeks to please without malicious intent and attracts the attention of many. Even though he wants people to admire him and potentially desires power, his independent self never shows ideas of atrocious methods to achieve such desires. He states to the king his noble deeds: "The service and loyalty I owe / In doing so, pays for itself." (1.4, 10) Macbeth, unfettered, finds himself doing that... middle of paper... the whole house: / 'Glamis has murdered sleep, and then Cawdor / Will sleep no more : Macbeth will sleep no more. '” (2.2, 23) Despite killing countless people in war, horrors fill Macbeth when he kills King Duncan. Macbeth was really reluctant to kill and only did so in spite of Lady Macbeth. The murder would definitely not have happened if it weren't for Lady Macbeth. In conclusion, Macbeth was not independently guilty. Rather he was controlled by Lady Macbeth's emotional manipulations. He is a loyal hero with high morale dirtied and corrupted by his wife. Lady Macbeth's achievement of goals aids Macbeth's actions, and her goals are achieved using Macbeth's actions, identical to the black and white yin yang symbol. If it were not for Lady Macbeth's belief, Macbeth would still be a highly respected and loyal soldier instead of the conclusion of his life..
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