Saturday, July 27, 2013

Book Review: Macbeth by William Shakespeare.




The play I believe is a wonderful study of the psychology of Evil. It speaks of how Macbeth, in hunger for Power, his vaulting ambition proved to be his doom. Even the witches and Lady Macbeth, proved to provide the catalyst for his downfall. Whenever Macbeth entertained evil thoughts in his mind to commit horrendous crimes, his conscience gave him warnings. But the catalyst of his wife along with the witches' prophecy, made him go forth to commit crime after crime. At the end, we see how he kills his conscience, and has no remorse in doing crimes. We sometimes feel sympathy for him,but his crime of ordering the murder of innocent people make us feel righteous indignation towards him. 


Never fall into the devil's traps, heed thy God within. Never give thine eternal jewel to the common enemy of man,the devil. False faces show what the false heart doth know.
I thank God for making this book a compulsory read for my school and Board exams.




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