Macbeth is the most widely performed play because it is the shortest and perhaps most intense of all Shakespeare’s works. It attracts so many readers by giving them not only a glimpse into, but an analysis of the thoughts and convictions of a psychopath. Readers can dissect the structure of a madman and discover the factors that contributed to his falling out of reality and into complete chaos. The story that ended so intensely began with just as much confusion and pandemonium, introducing itself with three witches and weather that seemed to foretell the pending catastrophe.

At this point in the play, Macbeth and his wife are deeply tormented and mentally unstable after the crime committed to the king and all others involved.. Macbeth seemed to go on a murderous raid, hunting anyone that was remotely threatening. Him and his wife hired men to kill Banquo and his son which would have been completely successful had Banquo’s son not escaped. Macbeth heard of this news and began having hallucinations of Banquo. He was so paranoid that he already had the next murder victim in line. Macbeth teetered on the edge of schizophrenia for a time before tumbling down head first along with Lady Macbeth.

Through all the commotion, Macbeth is tormented by his actions. He cant wash the blood from his hands and is lost in the irony of his fate. For, after the sons fled, the kinship was passed to Macbeth. Although king, Macbeth didn’t completely escape suspicion. Banquo, the other man involved in the witch’s prophecies, was cautious of Macbeth’s actions. He was relieved that the witches prophesied his sons as the future kings of Scotland. Macbeth, knowing this, felt threatened of his position and made up his mind to kill Banquo and whoever else interfered with his rank.

The rest of Macbeth goes into great action, denoting the tragic fall that became of Macbeth and his wife. Every bit of the play holds significance to the denouement. The very concept of summing up such a masterpiece

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