He is brought to have a savage mind which so greatly desires power that to make sure he becomes king, he murders King Duncan – subsequently, becoming king himself and changing from fair to foul (1.1.12). As a result of Macbeth, a lesser being, killing Duncan, a greater being, chaos is created in the natural world. “The heavens [are] troubled with [Macbeth’s] act […]. By th[e] clock [it is] day, and yet [the] dark night strangles the traveling lamp” (2.4.7-9): the assassination causes an absence of heaven and its stars – letting hell reside in its place and unsettling
He is brought to have a savage mind which so greatly desires power that to make sure he becomes king, he murders King Duncan – subsequently, becoming king himself and changing from fair to foul (1.1.12). As a result of Macbeth, a lesser being, killing Duncan, a greater being, chaos is created in the natural world. “The heavens [are] troubled with [Macbeth’s] act […]. By th[e] clock [it is] day, and yet [the] dark night strangles the traveling lamp” (2.4.7-9): the assassination causes an absence of heaven and its stars – letting hell reside in its place and unsettling