Promotion of family values ​​in Macbeth The play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, was first printed in 1623 and is a conflicting and disturbing work for the values ​​of public. Values ​​such as truth, masculinity, security, and goodness are all implicit in the play, as their opposites prove destructive and life-shattering. Of all Shakespeare's plays, Macbeth is the most obsessively concerned with evil. It is dark, menacing and bloodthirsty; illustratively, Lady MacDuff's messenger's sole function is to prepare the public for bloodshed. Blood itself is considered an evil image and helps in character development, as seen in Macbeth's description at the beginning. According to Duncan, gutting someone like a fish is worthy of praise like "Oh brave cousin, oh worthy gentleman!" For the people of the time, being able to kill someone with such ability is a good thing… obviously, it means that Macbeth has the potential to break. The evil images present in the work also contribute to increasing the tension: the old man's description of the horses devouring each other is a great example of this. Macbeth himself is also essentially evil; when he knows he is going to die, instead of taking the honorable path of suicide, he decides to take as many people with him as possible. It is a bit ironic then that “Macbeth” means “son of life”. The evil that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth create within themselves allows the audience to experience the psychological void involved in committing murder. Evil is inevitably destructive, but it is also self-destructive. By killing Duncan, Macbeth is destroying himself; his “one state of man” is shaken by his… middle of paper… elm. Criticism of Shakespeare's tragedies. A series of lessons on dramatic art and literature. London: AMS Press, Inc., 1965.Shakespeare, William. Tragedy of Macbeth. Ed. Barbara Mowat and Paul Warstine. New York: Washington Press, 1992.Steevens, George. Shakespeare, The critical legacy. vol. 6. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981.TW Shakespeare, the critical heritage. vol. 5. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979.Wills, Gary. Witches and Jesuits. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Epstein, Norrie, The Friendly Shakepeare, New York, Viking Publishing, 1993. Harbage, Alfred, Macbeth, Middlesex England, Penguin Publishing, 1956. Magill, Masterplots- Volume 6, New Jersey, Salem Press , 1949. Staunten, Howard, The Complete Illustrated Shakespeare, New York, Park Lane Publishing, 1979.