So is he dead?

Macbeth, after everything that happened, was it all worth it? My answer would be without a doubt no. Macbeth, who began as a hero and virtuous person and who once could be trusted, completely ruined his reputation and his life. Not only is his reputation ruined but he as a person takes a turn for the worse. He begins to quickly become ungodly and begins to view killing many people sort of as no big deal. He could hardly look at himself in the mirror anymore and the arrogance that he built up as a result of being who he was and talking to the witches caused him to be blinded to the fact that it was still very possible for him to get killed just as any other man. On top of all of the madness and murder and deceit he had to go through in order to earn his title, his reign was very short lived because when you kill someone’s entire family or all their friends of course they’re going to come after you and want to kill you. This being said, eventually someone, somewhere, somehow will more than likely end up being successful. Another reason why all the bad things Macbeth did weren’t worth is because he had to live with the fact that he didn’t earn his way to the top as he did with earning the title of Thane of Cawdor, he arrived to the top with murder which is close to the biggest sin in existence. So many people who learned of what he did resented this man, whom they had once looked up to. Therefore, no I do not think that all Macbeth went through to become king was worth it especially seeing how short of a time his reign extended because the killer got killed. All he went through to reach the top…just to die so quickly after his victory. The deceit, the murder, the ruined reputation, the destroyed soul, the ignored morals, and primarily the greed. Being Thane of Cawdor would have been just fine.