Wk 3 Discussion - The Tragedies. Madness versus Insanity

MADNESS VERSUS INSANITY
Erika Pinter
LIT/304
Professor Jarvis
June 22, 2020
Madness versus Insanity
According to Merriam Webster dictionary madness is defined as “behavior or thinking that is very foolish or dangerous (Webster 2002 p.245.” In one of the Shakespearean tragedies ‘ The Tragedy Of Macbeth,' we discuss the theme of madness versus sanity, which is well portrayed by the character Macbeth who starts as a hero who helped king Duncan achieve his throne. CIt all changes begin when a witch tells him he will be named king and write to his wife to inform her of what was happening, and she encourages him to kill the king to acquire the throne. If one I am has toto follow the Merriam Webster dictionary definition, I would say this is where all Macbeth madness started. He started killing people to have the throne and to maintain the throne.
The following phrase below in the first pages shows that Macbeth was already a murderer even before his wife The Lady Macbeth encourages him to take matters into his own hands to kill the king, “For brave Macbeth- well he deserves that name Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel, which smoked with bloody execution, Like valor's minion carved out his passage (Shakespeare, 2001 p. 43).” This is a phrase in the first pages of the tragedy that shows that Macbeth was already a murderer even before his wife The Lady Macbeth encourages him to take matters into his own hands and kill the king. If you continue to read this chapter, you will see that even then, when he had not yet become cowdarCawdor, he killed people. So iIf we refer to his killing as madness, it means he was insane before he even started.
At the beginning of the play Mbook, Macbeth seems to struggle with killing people, but at the end of the book, you notice that he seems to enjoy it. Meanwhile, it It seemsis liked he switched off his humanity and switched on 'madness.' it doesn't mean that Macbeth was mad but that the actions that he committed were utter madness. The haunting in the book may also be referred to as madness, Macbeth was haunted by the dagger before he killed the king “Is this a dagger which I see before me, (Shakespeare 2001. p. 46)”. The haunting also happens to his wife. Lady Macbeth until she takes her own life.
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