1999 Essay question 3

Throughout Shakespear's play Macbeth, the main character, Macbeth, experiences much internal conflict.  His mind is pulled in two conflicting directions.  Macbeth wants power but at what cost.  He begins to contemplate and then decide on the murdering of those who control the power he is destined to have.  By shakespear using these internal conflicts of Macbeth he helps to reveal some of his themes in the novel such as the power struggle and how power affects a person.  Macbeth was pushed by his wife to quicken his line to ultimate power by killing which left him with feeligs of guilt and remorse but still that want for power grew stronger.  The internal conflict that Macbeth faces also is well used by Shakespear to convey the theme of pursuation and influence others have on you.